Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) has warned President Joe Biden against ordering a gas tax holiday, as other Democrats rally behind the plan as a way to bolster their image as gas prices continue to rise.
According to the most recent Consumer Price Index from the U.S. Department of Labor, the price of gasoline has increased by 48 percent on average over the past 12 months.
Many Democrats, worried about how these price increases will affect their chances in November, have begun to rally behind cries for Biden to order a gas tax holiday to provide temporary relief to American consumers.
However, Blumenauer warned in a letter to Biden that a federal gas holiday would not achieve this goal, and would instead cause various other unforeseen consequences….