Wisconsin diesel hit a record $6.11 and Green Bay gas reached $4.30. Tiffany's answer is repealing a state markup law worth about 50 cents. The thing actually moving the price is a war he has voted five times not to end.
Six roll calls to remove U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran. James voted no on all six, the last on September 15. That week Michigan regular went from $4.31 to $4.89 and diesel set a record. Then he went on the radio to talk about the affordability crisis.
With Michigan gas near $5 in large part because of an Iran war he called a 'win-win-win,' Mike Rogers is calling for a gas tax holiday. As a state senator he voted to raise the gas tax, and he once said suspending it was 'not a foolproof method.'
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Donald Trump launched an unauthorized war with Iran that was supposed to last a few weeks.
Two weeks after promising to work 'every day that's on the calendar,' the Speaker canceled the last two weeks of September — then cut the final Thursday too, the day a vote on impeaching Pete Hegseth could have been forced. An Epstein files petition was left short of the 218 signatures it needs. The House has held a recorded vote on 72 of the year's 259 days, and has enacted 110 laws this Congress.
The Pentagon's inspector general says the Iran war has caused 'strategic inventory shortfalls' and cost up to $3.7 billion in lost equipment, including nearly 60 aircraft. The White House calls shortage claims 'false.' Troops sent CBS photos of wrecked U.S. bases, damage one said 'hasn't been communicated to the American public.'
Evans says Democrats' 'war on oil and gas' is why Coloradans pay more at the pump. AAA says Colorado gas was a cent below the national average a year ago, before the Iran war Evans supports, and is a nickel above it now.
On September 15 the House voted 220-204 to end the war with Iran — the third time since June. Republicans voted 203 to 7 against it, and 180 of the members who voted no are on our report cards. The same day, the Congressional Budget Office put the war's direct cost at $38.1 billion and said it will push inflation higher into 2027.