.SenatorHassan accuses GOP challengers in battleground state of being ‘extreme opponents’
While abortion is likely growing as an issue in the midterms, surveys suggest that inflation and gas prices remain the top concern for voters.
Hassan and fellow first-term Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona, who also hails from a key general election battleground state who also faces a challenging reelection, co-authored a bill in February to temporarily repeal the federal gas tax, to help consumers cope withWhile the president is now onboard in support of the idea, their bill still faces obstacles in Congress.
"We need to lower gas prices. People are really feeling the hurt at the pump. I want to suspend the gas tax at least through the rest of the year. I’m glad the president has come on board. I’ll keep pushing for that. And also holding big oil accountable because they are making record profits while they’re still keeping prices really, really high," Hassan stressed.While some congressional leaders in both parties are opposed to the bill, Hassan took aim at the Republicans.
"The Republicans have been blocking any vote on this in Congress. We need to get them to stop blocking it and I’ll keep pushing for it. Most Americans think this is a really sensible thing to do. And it would help put a little bit more money back in people’s pockets at a time when other costs are high too," she argued.
New Hampshire state Senate president Chuck Morse, who's running for the GOP U.S. Senate nomination, marches in the annual Amherst, New Hampshire, Independence Day parade, on July 4, 2022."I think it’s pretty clear – the average person right now is – what they’re paying to buy their groceries for this holiday weekend or the fuel that they’re putting in the car to get to the cookouts they’re going to. They know it. They know what’s going on.
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