{
  "question": "Was today a federal gas tax holiday?",
  "url": "https://was.today/a-federal-gas-tax-holiday",
  "verdict": "no",
  "headline": "NO",
  "answer": "No — the 18.4-cent-per-gallon federal gas tax is still in effect; no holiday has been enacted.",
  "details": [
    "Federal gasoline tax: 18.4 cents per gallon",
    "Congress has never suspended it since 1956",
    "13 suspension bills introduced in the 119th Congress"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "GovInfo (.gov)",
      "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr7919ih/xhtml/BILLS-119hr7919ih.html#1"
    },
    {
      "title": "Penn Wharton Budget Model",
      "url": "https://budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu/blog/BE2026-3/#1"
    },
    {
      "title": "The American Action Forum",
      "url": "https://www.americanactionforum.org/press-release/examining-the-costs-of-a-federal-gas-tax-holiday-an-update/"
    },
    {
      "title": "kpler.com",
      "url": "https://cn.kpler.com/blog/the-us-driver-does-not-have-a-18-4c-gal-problem"
    },
    {
      "title": "National Press Club Journalism Institute",
      "url": "https://www.pressclubinstitute.org/event/briefing-covering-the-gas-tax-holiday-debate/"
    },
    {
      "title": "Congress.gov",
      "url": "https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48948"
    }
  ],
  "date": "2026-10-24",
  "place": null,
  "permalink": "https://was.today/a-federal-gas-tax-holiday/2026-10-24",
  "scope": "global",
  "volatile": false,
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-25T00:34:43.355Z"
}