On Tuesday, Biden announced that he is releasing 15 million more barrels of fuel from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, a move aimed at easing gas prices less than three weeks before the midterms. He brushed aside Republican claims that the move was political, noting that it was not the first time he’d ordered such a withdrawal. …
In the final stretch before Election Day on Nov. 8, with early voting already underway in some states, Biden’s strategy seems to be to hit on one or two big campaign themes a day.
On Tuesday, he spoke about abortion rights, saying that if Democrats gain seats in the Senate and maintain control of the House, the first item on his legislative agenda will be codifying Roe v. Wade — a promise aimed at people incensed by the Supreme Court’s decision in June to overturn the landmark 1973 case.
