Gas tax is "running away," says Governor Kaine (Va.)

At the State Summit on innovative Transportation Funding and Financing, the Governor of Virginia, Tim Kaine, says that as fuel efficiency increases, revenues from the gas tax decrease as if the gas tax is "running away." He says the transportation funding "portfolio" needs to be "diversified."(0:56)
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Clinton Campaign says gas tax holiday wouldn't increase demand

In a conference call with reporters, Clinton Chief Strategist Geoff Garin says that the suspension of the gas tax would not cause an increase in demand. He says that people aren't going joyriding and would not do so. Most gas consumption, he says, is due to people driving to work and doing other necessary trips, so there would not be an increase. (0:59)
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