The House and Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to temporarily stop filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, a response to public anger over rising oil prices as the average price of regular unleaded gasoline nationwide hit a new high of $3.73 per gallon. (San Francisco Chronicle, Wednesday)
The government shouldn't be stockpiling oil anyway.
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