home
Open Thread | 184 comments (184 topical)

Readers Must Login or Create an Account to Comment

The Kyl-McCain Amendment (none / 0) (#148)
by eleanora on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 06:26:39 PM EST
has already been written and is being attached to HR 1195.

"U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) today called on Senate colleagues to join him in supporting the Kyl-McCain amendment to H.R. 1195, the Highway Technical Corrections Bill. The Gas Tax Holiday Amendment would suspend the 18.4 cents per gallon Federal gas tax between Memorial Day and Labor Day 2008.

The attached letters were delivered to Senators Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Barack Obama (D-IL) earlier today."

No way the Republicans don't get this passed in an election year. How many Democrats would even vote against it?  I disagree with her quite often, but I think she's smart to refuse to cede this territory to McCain and try to change the conversation. Hillary is the accepting political reality of a one summer suspension and trying to get people to talk about how we pay for it and how we change what we're doing long-term to end our dependency on gas and oil.

[ Parent ]

Open Thread | 184 comments (184 topical)

Readers Must Login or Create an Account to Comment

  • Premium Ads

  • Blog Ads

  • Contribute To TalkLeft

    donate to TalkLeft