Today, President Biden will call on Congress to suspend the federal gas tax for three months in a bid to provide some relief to drivers. But the plan faces head winds on Capitol Hill, where even some senior members of his own party have questioned the wisdom of a gas tax holiday. Biden plans to make his case in an afternoon address from the White House.
Post Politics Now: Biden’s call for gas tax holiday faces head winds on Capitol Hill
Meanwhile, the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection is preparing its latest hearing, this one scheduled for Thursday afternoon with a focus on President Donald Trump’s efforts to pressure the Justice Department to help overturn the results of the 2020 election. In the Senate, a compromise bill on gun control advanced Tuesday and could be passed this week.
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The latest: McCarthy, Scalise to oppose Senate gun bill
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) told colleagues in a closed-door Republican conference meeting Wednesday that they do not intend to support the bipartisan gun legislation on track for passage in the Senate later this week.
The Post’s Marianna Sotomayor and Mike DeBonis report that Republican leaders expect some GOP votes for the bill but not many. The meeting was described by three people in the room who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations at the weekly conference meeting.
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