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So now Obama is Tenn Republican Senator Boob Corker?Obabble wants to raise gas taxes,
Politically it’ll be a monstrously tough sell, especially for many of Corker’s GOP colleagues who see anything resembling a tax hike as toxic. Some even question whether the federal government should pay for transportation projects at all. And Corker didn’t pitch the plan during a Wednesday lunch with Senate GOP colleagues, senators said.
Corker acknowledged that he himself voted against transportation bills in 2009, 2010 and 2012 — mainly because he opposed the “gimmicks” used to transfer general fund dollars into the trust fund.
But the former Chattanooga mayor said he was fed up with Congress coming up with short-term fixes while the nation’s roads and bridges continued to crumble.
“I finally got to a point that I realized that this cannot go on,” Corker told reporters at a news conference. “It’s time for us to finally deal with this issue.”