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Article: REP. GILLIBRAND OPPOSES GAS TAX HIKE PROPOSAL
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- January 15, 2008
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Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. (20th CD), has issued the following news release:
Today, the Associated Press reported that the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission would be releasing their two year study to Congress, advocating for a 40 cent increase in the federal gasoline tax to pay for the nation's crumbling infrastructure.
Local Congresswoman, Kirsten Gillibrand, came out against the tax hike as a bad deal for New York taxpayers.
The federal gas tax is currently at 18.4 cents per gallon. New York State has the third highest gas tax in the nation at 59.3 cents per gallon according to the American Petroleum Institute If the new recommendations are ...