White House Considers Lifting Gas Tax To Lower Prices

White House Considers Lifting Gas Tax To Lower Prices

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The Biden administration is considering a temporary lifting of the federal gas tax as a tool to reduce prices at the pump, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said this weekend in an interview with CNN. "The President is going to use all his authorities to do what he can to increase supply [of oil,]" the Energy Secretary told CNN, adding, in response to a question on why Biden doesn't lift the national gas tax, that "It is one of the tools." However, Granholm said that for the time being, increasing supply is the number one priority, and direct…

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