Obama a consistent supporter of ethanol; Clinton more circumspect on corn, fuel price impacts, bundled oil subsidies in energy bills

Newsday has contrasted the biofuels policies of Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton. Obama has been a consistent supporter of corn ethanol subsidies and mandates, while the paper said that she opposed the measures because of the potential impact on New York fuel prices until two plants opened in New York in 2006. Obama had supported the 2005 Bush energy bill, but Clinton had opposed it on the grounds of $14 billion in oil and coal industry subsidies.

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