2008-05-05
Green Group Endorses Obama after He Opposes Gas Tax 'Holiday'. Grist, May 3, 2008. "Friends of the Earth Action endorsed Barack Obama for president on Saturday, citing his principled stand against a temporary suspension of the gasoline tax. 'The gas tax holiday debate is a defining moment in the presidential race,' said [FOEA] President Brent Blackwelder. 'The two other candidates responded with sham solutions that won't ease pain at the pump, but Sen. Obama refused to play that typical Washington game. Instead, Obama called for real solutions that would make transportation more affordable and curb global warming'... Meanwhile, Democrats in Congress are preparing to release a plan to counter rising gas prices, but it's unlikely to include a gas-tax holiday, Grist's Kate Sheppard reports. A Republican plan unveiled last week also omits a tax holiday [though] it does include a plan to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling."
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