GINGRICH SAYS CONGRESS MAY LIFT GAS TAX.Byline: Dinos Lambropoulos Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Saturday he believes Congress will be able to repeal a 1993 gasoline tax Noun 1. gasoline tax - a tax on every gallon of gasoline sold excise, excise tax - a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate) by Memorial Day, when Americans begin their peak driving season. Speaking at a gas station during a visit to Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , the Georgia Republican said the 4.3 cent-per-gallon tax, passed by Congress in 1993 and signed by President Clinton, has aggravated ag·gra·vate tr.v. ag·gra·vat·ed, ag·gra·vat·ing, ag·gra·vates 1. To make worse or more troublesome. 2. To rouse to exasperation or anger; provoke. See Synonyms at annoy. the recent gasoline price increases. ``While government is not the only problem, it's clear that government is a major problem in terms of the cost of living and in terms of gasoline,'' said Gingrich, who was in the state this weekend campaigning and raising money for fellow Republicans. A proposal to repeal the tax will be introduced in the Senate as early as next week by Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, Gingrich said. He predicted the proposal would get wide support in Congress. In a letter Dole sent to Clinton on Friday calling for the repeal of the gas tax, he did not specify how he would offset the estimated $4.8 billion in lost revenue. White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta said he wasn't sure if the proposal was a serious one or a campaign ploy by the certain Republican presidential nominee In United States politics and government, the phrase presidential nominee has two distinct meanings. The first is somebody chosen by the primary voters and caucus-goers of this party to be the party's nominee for President of the United States. . Gingrich responded Saturday: ``If you want to help lower the cost of gasoline . . . why don't you test us?'' In response to Gingrich's comments, Tom Umberg Thomas John Umberg (born September 25 1955) is a U.S. politician, who was a Democrat in the California State Assembly, representing the 69th District. Military service and family , the California director for Clinton's re-election campaign, said Dole supported federal gas tax increases in 1982 and 1990. ``I think it's hypocritical for Bob Dole to have his surrogate, Newt Gingrich, come to California and blow smoke about the tax increase,'' Umberg said. |
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