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Congress Urged to Ease Pain of Gas Prices

The average U.S. household is already spending $1,000 more per year on gasoline than it did five years ago, two consumer groups say in testimony they plan to present to a House Judiciary Committee task force today, according to the Associated Press.
That's an increase of 85 percent, and rural households have been hardest hit because they spend about 20 percent more on gas than urban residents, the Consumer Federation of America and Consumers Union said, citing Labor Department figures, AP reports.

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