Morning Update: High-Energy Debate
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) on Sunday morning television continued to defend her gas-tax holiday plan and said she would have the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission conduct an investigation into manipulation of gas prices.
Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), who has rejected the gas tax suspension proposal, said on a separate Sunday morning program that changes to the U.S. ethanol policy might be necessary. “If it turns out we need to make changes in our ethanol policy to help people get something to eat, that has got to be the step we take,”Obama said.
Obama barely beat Clinton in Guam’s Democratic caucuses Saturday (MSNBC), winning 50.1 percent of the vote.
