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Article: Oil import fee backers woo White House, Capitol Hill figures. (column)
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- The Oil Daily
- Article date:
- February 3, 1986
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PERHAPS the most crucial covert operation being mounted in Washington these days is against President Reagan's opposition to tax increases.
Not only is quiet guerrilla activity being mounted within the administration, even some members of the Northeast congressional delegation are on the verge of volunteering to help lead the charge for an oil import fee.
The realities of the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings mandatory spendign cuts and declining oil prices are making allies of two regions normally opposed to each other -- the Southwest energy producing states and the Northeast frost belt.
Many representatives and senators from the producing states see in ...