The latest source of inflation pain for consumers is gas prices. With a national average of $4.30 per gallon, filling up is costing the most in nearly four years, according to AAA, putting renewed focus on whether lawmakers should act. Whenever fuel prices spike, as they did in 2008, 2022, and now, calls for a federal gas tax holiday tend to follow. However, when then-presidential candidates John McCain and Hillary Clinton supported a gas tax holiday in 2008, and former President Biden called for a 90-day ...