Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee called on chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) Friday to launch a bipartisan probe into the Justice Department’s new fund for victims of government weaponization.
Senator Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon and ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, left, and Senator Mike Crapo, a Republican from Idaho and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, during a confirmation hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, July 22, 2025. Jonathan McKernan, who was on the board of directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, was previously nominated to be director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Photographer: Eric Lee/Bloomberg
Speaker Mike Johnson called suspending the federal gas tax “an intriguing idea” but didn’t commit to a timeline as momentum builds in both chambers to take action.
A driver pays at a fuel pump at a gas station in Columbus, Ohio.
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