Senate Majority Leader John Thune offered a lukewarm response Monday to President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the federal gas tax should be suspended — even as several GOP lawmakers embraced the idea amid a global oil supply crunch.
“I’ve not in the past obviously been a fan of that idea,” Thune told reporters. “But, you know, I’ve got some colleagues out there who think it’s a good idea, and so we’ll hear them out.”
As the war with Iran keeps millions of barrels of oil from transiting the Strait of Hormuz daily, Trump endorsed the idea of a gas-tax holiday during a Monday CBS News interview.
“We’re going to take off the gas tax for a period…
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