Dem Senator Calls Biden’s New Plan to Lower Gas Prices ‘Shortsighted and Inefficient’
President Joe Biden is searching for ways to lower the high gas prices that he feels have contributed to his low approval ratings, but politicians on both sides of the aisle have taken issue with his most recent plan…
President Joe Biden is searching for ways to lower the high Gas Prices that he feels have contributed to his low approval ratings, but politicians on both sides of the aisle have taken issue with his most recent plan.
According to The Hill, Biden plans to ask Congress to suspend federal taxes on gasoline and diesel for three months in hopes of bringing down prices at the pump.
However, multiple senators in his own party have pushed back against the idea.
“I’m glad that is exploring ways to lower Gas Prices at the pump,” Delaware Sen. Tom Carper wrote on Twitter. “Still, suspending the primary way that we pay for infrastructure projects on our roads is a shortsighted and inefficient way to provide relief. We should explore other options for lowering energy costs.”
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a moderate Democrat who has stymied much of Biden’s agenda, has also said that the idea of pausing gas taxes would not be worth the consequences.
“People want their bridges and their roads, and we have an infrastructure bill we just passed this summer, and they want to take that all away,” Manchin said in February, according to The Hill.