the conservative legislation and the majority of the house, it will be difficult to get it through the senate. that makes everyone angry because we want to get things in. everyone coastal congress whether liberal or conservative and sincerely want to pass legislation you believe will benefit your district. it is very difficult because 435 vastly different districts. we have different ideologies but unfortunately because of the 24-hour news cycle and the heated campaigns and all of the money and the negativity in the campaigns, people come to congress already upset on day one. so i hope we can be, get along better, but i m not optimistic about it. todd: in the meantime gas prices at the highest level ever recorded by aaa but americans are still hitting the road. $3.58 the average, $2.50 this time last year. prices are high but people are
speed to thanksgiving gas prices the highest they have been since aaa started tracking them. today s national average clocking and $3.58 up from the typical $2.50 per gallon but that is not stopping travelers from seeing their loved ones for the holiday weekend. a new poll shows 20% more americans hitting the road this year to celebrate, but boy, it is going to cost them. we have energy prices because of the bad policies of the biden administration. they have taken a nation energy independent and exporting energy. because of the prenew deal policies they try to implement through executive order, now we have high energy prices. unfortunately it will only get higher. we will not lower inflation. but if we don t change directions with our american energy policies. carley: drivers in some cities can catch a break. the gas station convenience store is dropping gas prices this week to just $1.99 to help
high? i think there s a reason for it and i m willing to accept that. i hardly ever use gas to go. the president says this is the putin price i, do you believe that? no. why not? i don t believe anything president biden says. all but to go the folks i spoke with today were not happy about those prices and they blame the president. back to check here. gas was $2.38 a gallon when biden took office. it was $3.58 just before the invasion, those prices were rising long before he rolled a tank into ukraine but it has exposed our energy vulnerability
character matters, fitness to serve matters. one of the questions, some of the questions that are so concerning in this poll, he comes out as the american people think he is more corrupt than most politicians, less intelligent than most politicians, less honest than most politicians. you are not comparing him to a bunch of choir boys but to politicians. the approval rate of congress is 11%. you cannot get a lower bar than getting compared to other politicians politicians politicians. i m really out of time here. in the 19 months since president trump took off the economy added 3.58 million jobs. that is a monthly average of 188,600. in the last 19 months the economy added 3.96 million jobs as compared to 3.58, a monthly
that is a monthly average of 188,600. in the last 19 months the economy added 3.96 million jobs as compared to 3.58, a monthly average of 2,800. that s why i say that about the economy. give credit where credit is due. it is reaching down to blue collar workers. the economy is on track to do what it has been doing for the last nine years. i was simply comparing this time heading into the mid term versus obama heading into the 2010 mid term. unemployment in september of 2010 was above nine percent. the president could be doing better if they could find a way to connect what is happening on the economy to his job approval. they better find it with 60 days to go otherwise republicans are in for a rough election night. we ll be right back.