A Siegel posted an informative diary on Tuesday, but it was lost amidst the North Carolina/Indiana primary results. 28 members of the House have banded together to oppose the Clinton/McCain plan for a gas tax holiday. A 29th, Rep. Mark Udall (running for Senate in Colorado) has issued his own statement:
Senator Clinton claimed yesterday that I either stand with her on this proposal or stand with the oil companies. To that I say: I stand with the families of Colorado, who aren't looking for bumper sticker fixes that don't fix anything, but for meaningful change that brings real relief and a new direction for our energy policy. We can't afford more Washington-style pandering while families keep getting squeezed.
Since Hillary's still campaigning on this hare-brained scheme, it's worth looking into related energy policy a little. There's some Clinton-era oil revenue issues worth revisiting. We might find better sources for revenue from the oil companies there than the "windfall profits" tax Hillary has put forth.
