In his Jan. 8 weekly press conference, Speaker Boehner was asked about gas taxes, given all the comments by lawmakers and low pump prices. “I have never voted to raise the gas tax,” he said. “Funding a highway bill is critically important. It’s a priority for this year. How we fund it, we’re going to have to work our way through this.” Boehner also said “it’s doubtful that the votes are here to raise the gas tax.” When asked about Corker’s proposal, to pair a gas tax hike with a cut in income taxes, Boehner said: “There’s a lot of people with a lot of ideas. We’ve got to find a way to deal with America’s crumbling infrastructure, and we need to do it in a long-term program that is in fact funded.” (You can view a CSPAN video of that press conference; his gas tax remarks start about three minutes in.)
Posted on: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 01:48:49 +0000
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