U.S. Chamber of Commerce to call for gas tax hike to pay for infrastructure

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce will advocate for a gas tax hike to fund plans for a massive infrastructure package, the organization’s president said in a recently published interview.

“I’ve been pushing this for a long, long time, but now gangs of people are pushing it,” Tom Donohue told The Washington Post.

The Chamber will reportedly press for a 25-cent-per-gallon hike, an effort that comes ahead of the Trump administration’s long-awaited infrastructure plan.

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