Gas tax holiday likely to land on empty amid hurdles in Congress

President Joe Biden’s call for Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes will likely land on empty in the Senate.

Even if he can get all 50 Democratic senators behind the legislation, he would still need 10 Republicans to join the cause to advance the measure, which seems extremely unlikely.

Republicans widely oppose lifting the gas tax — even some Democrats, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, have been cool to the idea that former President Barack Obama labeled a “gimmick” in 2008 when he was a candidate. Pelosi has previously argued that oil companies could pocket the savings and not pass it onto the

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