Despite Palin, GOP Still Opposes Tax on Oil Companies

• By Steven T. Dennis
• Roll Call Staff
• Sept. 3, 2008, 6:49 p.m.

One of the biggest maverick feathers in Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s (R) cap is the plan she pushed through to raise taxes on massively profitable oil companies and give each of Alaska’s residents a $1,200 check. But Congressional Republicans aren’t about to jump on the soak-the-oil-companies bandwagon.