Virginia Senate Democrats voted to kill Republican governor Glenn Youngkin's proposed gas tax holiday even as the state's average gas price inches back up to four dollars.
All 11 Democrats on the Finance and Appropriations Committee voted Wednesday against Youngkin's proposal, which would have waived the Old Dominion's gas tax for 90 days.
One Republican, state senator Emmett Hanger, joined the Democrats to block the tax holiday, 7News DC's Nick Minock reported.
"Why would you vote against this? Why would you vote to take money out of my family's mouth?".
The Republican-controlled House of Delegates passed the tax holiday, but the Senate's vote Wednesday stopped the bill in its tracks.
The Senate committee's vote comes as Virginia's average gas price hovers around four dollars.
"Not listening to voters again," one person wrote.
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/pain-at-the-pump-virginia-dems-block-youngkins-gas-tax-holiday/
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