Today, Senator Hillary Clinton endorsed added her endorsement to a plan to get rid of the 18.4-cents per gallon tax on gasoline.

According to the New York Times caucus blog Clinton spoke out against the plan of her opponent, Rick Lazio, which would repeal the gas tax.

“One of my fundamental disagreements during this campaign with my opponent was when he called for the repeal of the gas tax. Now, the gas tax is one of those few taxes that New York actually gets more money from Washington than we send. And we are totally reliant on it to do things like finishing I-86 in the Southern Tier, or the fast-ferry harbor works up in Rochester, as well as the work we need to do here in the city.”
-Senator Hillary Clinton

Also according to the NY Times caucus blog Senator Barack Obama has similarly reversed his stance on a “6.25 per cent gasoline sales tax” in Illinois. Initially Sen. Obama supported the bill but later he opposed a permanent reduction in the tax, arguing that the state needed the revenue.