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Resolution opposing Obama’s crude oil tax passes US House
http://www.ogj.com/articles/2016/06/resolution-opposing-obama-s-crude-oil-tax-passes-us-house.html?cmpid=EnlDailyJune132016&eid=290980193&bid=1431773
 WASHINGTON, DC, June 13
06/13/2016
By Nick Snow
OGJ Washington Editor

The US House of Representatives approved a resolution opposing President Barack Obama’s proposal to impose a $10.25/bbl tax on crude oil to support new transportation systems’ research and development. H. Con. Res 112 was approved on June 10 by a 234-177 vote, largely along party lines. Twenty-three Democrats joined Republicans in favor of it, while a single Republican voted with Democrats against it.

“The president has looked for every opportunity to kick the oil and gas industry while it’s down,” said Rep. Charles Boustany (R-La.), who introduced the bill that became the resolution on Feb. 9. “This proposed tax is another over-the-top attack that will be passed on at the pump to the very families who are out of work while the industry is struggling.”

Five days earlier, the Obama administration proposed a $10/bbl tax on crude to help pay for its plan to create a 21st Century Clean Transportation...

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