of ukraine. rob portman, thank you. that will do it for us here. we will continue to flow in battle back and forth for this gas tax relief. it is not a gimme, but the battle to get it through is on. here s the five. hello, everyone. i m judge jeanine pirro, along with harold ford jr., jesse waters, dana perino, and brian. it s 5:00 in new york city. this is the five. president biden desperate for a solution to surging gas prices. now he s rolling out a plan his old boss barack obama once called a gimmick. joe biden calling on congress to suspend the federal gas tax for three months, but has no plans
i d like your reaction as jim clyburn was with me yesterday, the house majority whip. he thinks it would help. this is from clyburn. gasoline for a gallon has gone through the roof. so a gas tax relief would be i think a proper way to address this issue. neil: is it your sense, congressman, that that s what the president will do by the end of the week? well, you know, i don t know exactly what the president will do. i ve not talked to the president about this. i think from what i ve heard today that this is what he s considering. i think it s a good thing. neil: i want to ask you about who the gas tax thing happens or not. this idea that it could boomerang. it will lower the cost of gas by 18.3 cents a gallon more, if it s diesel. and that could trigger an i vent