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Use gas taxes to repair American bridges? Bush says nah.

Sure, gas prices are already pretty high this year, but what would you say to paying five cents more a gallon? This time, the increase isn't a hurricane or trouble in the middle east, but a proposal by the Democratic chairman of the House Transportation Committee, Rep. Jim Oberstar, to raise the tax to pay in order to pay for bridge repair across America. President Bush said today that this proposal is a bad idea and that, "The way it seems to have worked is that each member on that (Transportation) committee gets to set his or her own ... Read more →

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