PRIME-TIME INVITE: House Minority Leader calls on Dems to take accountability for left-wing policies causing painful inflation for Americans.
assailed President Biden for Friday’s inflation report
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., pauses during a television interview as the House considers President Joe Biden's $1.85 trillion-and-growing domestic policy package, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. marks the fastest pace of inflation since December 1981. The White House has repeatedly blamed surging costs on Russian President Vladimir Putin and his war on Ukraine, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic.
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., speaks at a news conference on the steps of the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2021, to complain about Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., the leadership of President Joe Biden, and guidel On the other side of the Capitol, Republican Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., called on Biden to resign if he can't get a handle on the economic crisis.
The Biden administration in March announced it would release 1 million barrels of oil each day for the next six months from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve in an effort to combat soaring gasoline prices.
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