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The Weekly Podcast: "Gas Tax Holiday: 2008, Obama Called It A "GIMMICK"

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July 14, 2022

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President Biden has proposed a gas tax holiday. Here's one politician who has dismissed the idea of a gas tax holiday: his former boss, Barack Obama. In this episode of C-SPAN's "The Weekly," we return to the 2008 presidential campaign when John McCain proposed a gas tax holiday and Obama called it "a gimmick."

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