reporter: so he s going to be pushing for this three-month gags holiday, and basically that would mean a 90-day suspension of the federal gas tax. if you re wondering what that s going to save you when you re actually at the pump, right now the federal gas tax is about 18 cents for a regular gallon and 24 cents for a gallon of diesel fuel. so not really that big of a difference when you re looking at an average price of gas. it is getting close to $5. of course it topped $5 earlier this month. so that s been a big question for lawmakers because getting this done is not just something that the president can do on his own. yes, he s about to call for it any moment now. but it really requires an act of congress on capitol hill to actually get this passed. and you re already see something concern even from democrats in the president s own party about whether or not this would actually make that big of a difference, and if it s worth what it would do. one of those concerns has c
consult known as the new green deal democratic party the socialist party and as we speak the biden administration are knowingly and openly lying to you, the american people, including their own diehard supporters about one of the democratic party s favorite causes. the transition to green renewable energy. remember, they steadfastly refused to drill and to frac and they want to import oil from iran and venezuela and saudi arabia and opec. watch. we have a chance here to make a fundamental turn toward renewable energy, electric vehicles and not just electric vehicles but across the board. ultimately we really do need to invest in renewables. until we achieve a form of energy independence based on clean energy at home american citizens will still be vulnerable to wild price hikes like we re seeing new due to putin s war. as he said this clean energy transition could be the peace project of our time. the way in which we can assure reasonable energy expenses for househo
possible floor vote on final passage by the end of the week. we ll tell you exactly what is in it. plus the war of words escalating tonight between president biden and the oil industry as the president seemingly mocks the ceo of chevron as sensitive as the blame game for record high gas prices continues. first, it s primary night in some states across the country. our election coverage begins with alexandria hoff live on the ground with a crucial g.o.p. senate runoff in alabama. alex, good evening. everyone is watching this one. good evening. we re here at katie s quarters clearly about to close up for the night but this was a really, really exciting evening. there was a lot of talk about how the last-minute endorsement by former president trump might have helped katie get to this moment it can t be forgotten how well she performed in the primary last month that ended up going into a runoff. she still came up 16 percentage points over her opponent. when she took the stage,
wednesday morning carley shimkus. ashley: ashley strohmier import todd piro. a chance to run for u.s. senator in alabama and mike collins securing a victory over vernon jones in georgia. next live with the latest results this morning, brooke, good morning. good morning, carley, ashley, we have big republican primaries in boulder congressional is out of yesterday s election with a strong g.o.p. ticket come november. virginia house candidate jen kiggans dominating the g.o.p. candidate in district 2. she will face elaine maria ants flip a seat in a military heavy area because of redistricting. she joined us with her matchup. also a navy veteran like myself a helicopter pilot. we are both moms. we were both elected but my job will be to educate about nancy pelosi and joe biden s failed policies and disastrous policies and what they have done to america. police officer advances in virginia with crowded district g.o.p. primary. she is looking to him, abigail spent burger in
president biden resorted to mocking oil company executives for the price surge and continues blaming russia for his own bad policy. griff jenkins has the latest details. griff: good morning, it is official fox news can confirm the idea barack obama once called a gimmick, president biden will call for it, three-month federal gas tax holiday, he is calling on states to take similar action. gallon of gas was just $2.39 on inauguration day. senator tom cotton calling it a gimmick and saying it is meant to cover up the fact dem policies restricted supply and raised cost. senator tim scott had this to say. we re going to try to trick the market and suggest we can alleviate tax pressure, that is great. but the way gas is ticking up every week, that reduction in price is eliminated in about 12 days. criticism is not limited to capitol hill, target ceo blasting saying it is time to change the supply and demand curve for fuel and transportation. another oil company chief is pushi