President Clinton offered to sign a repeal of the gas tax today, along with a bill to raise the minimum wage, if the Republicans would offer them separately, instead of combining them into one "poison pill" bill. The President also criticized the Republicans for gridlock on Capitol Hill, and asked for a three-month period break from politicking. Senate Majority Leader and presumptive Repulbican presidential nominee Bob Dole responded immediately that Democrats in Congress are creating the gridlock. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.
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