Call for gas tax holidays raise concerns over highway funding

Jun 23, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    8% Center

  • Reliability

    45% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    36% Moderately Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    82% Negative

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"Biden has since boosted oil and gas supplies by tapping the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve to try to lower fuel prices, and he has urged oil companies and refiners to boost capacity."
Positive
18% Conservative
"ARTBA's research concluded that the price of crude oil is the primary driver of pump prices, not fuel taxes."
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-28% Liberal
Biden has since boosted oil and gas supplies by tapping the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve to try to lower fuel prices, and he has urged oil companies and refiners to boost capacity.
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8% Conservative
The $1 trillion infrastructure law signed by Biden last year funds all types of increased infrastructure investment, including for roads and bridges.
Positive
18% Conservative
On June 22, President Joe Biden joined the chorus and asked Congress to suspend the federal gas tax of 18.4 cents per gallon for three months.
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2% Conservative
Biden is calling for the revenue, which goes to the Highway Trust Fund for roads, bridges and transit projects, to be replaced with other federal revenue.
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-4% Liberal
President Joe Biden has joined the chorus for gas and diesel tax holidays, asking Congress to suspend the federal excise tax for three months.
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-8% Liberal
nn"A recently introduced proposal to suspend the federal gas tax will likely have no impact on what motorists pay at the pump, but it will certainly make it harder for President Biden to keep his promise to fix roads and bridges that are in desperate need of improvement across the country," wrote AGC CEO Stephen Sandherr.
Negative
-12% Liberal
Biden attributes his call for the tax holiday to "Putin's Price Hike," in which prices have gone up $2 per gallon since the Russian president began amassing troops on the Ukrainian border.
Negative
-20% Liberal
nnBiden also does not believe the tax holiday will be the sole solution, but will give "breathing room" to American families as the war in Ukraine continues.
Negative
-22% Liberal
Nebraska - Gov. Pete Ricketts has rejected a holiday for the state's 24.8-cent tax because of the lost revenue for roads and bridges.
Negative
-24% Liberal
Biden says the federal tax holiday would not negatively affect the Highway Trust Fund.nn
Negative
-26% Liberal
New Jersey - Gov. Phil Murphy has rejected proposals to suspend the 42.4-cent gas tax.
Negative
-28% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Biden has since boosted oil and gas supplies by tapping the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve to try to lower fuel prices, and he has urged oil companies and refiners to boost capacity.
36% : ARTBA's research concluded that the price of crude oil is the primary driver of pump prices, not fuel taxes.

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