The GOP must deliver immediate tax relief before the midterms, and they can start at the pump

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Republicans are scrambling to show the public they are trying to reduce the cost of living before November’s midterm elections. Some want to use new tax policies in a proposed third reconciliation bill to do that. If they do, two changes are best suited politically and economically: temporarily suspending the federal gasoline tax and reducing the payroll tax by 2 percentage points for the remainder of the year.

Rising gas prices are one of the big political problems the GOP is facing this year. President Donald Trump is clear that he will not sacrifice his long-term goal of ensuring that Iran does not get a nuclear weapon on