Hillary Rodham Clinton - Should Congress suspend the gas and diesel tax from Memorial Day through Labor Day 2008?

Plans to Introduce Legislation

A little more firm than her appearance on Larry King.

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton lined up with Senator John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, in endorsing a plan to suspend the federal excise tax on gasoline, 18.4 cents a gallon, for the summer travel season...

Mrs. Clinton said at a rally on Monday morning in Graham, N.C., that she would introduce legislation to impose a windfall-profits tax on oil companies and use the revenue to suspend the gasoline tax temporarily.

“At the heart of my approach is a simple belief,” Mrs. Clinton said. “Middle-class families are paying too much and oil companies aren’t paying their fair share to help us solve the problems at the pump.”

The New York Times

Posted on 4/29/2008 11:29:19 AM by PeteforAmericaApproved 4/30/2008 1:00 PM

"I would also consider a gas tax holiday"

Wall Street Journal

Speaking on Larry King Live on Monday night, Clinton outlined a series of steps to address the issue at the beginning of the show, reflecting the growing importance of pocketbook concerns among voters. “I would also consider a gas tax holiday, if we could make up the lost revenues from the Highway Trust Fund,” she said, without specifying how to make up those lost revenues.

Posted on 4/24/2008 8:35:44 AM by JennaApproved 4/30/2008 1:00 PM