Gas prices fact check: Six ideas in Congress, but can they work?

Soaring gas prices have also shown a consistent and significant ability to push members of Congress over the deep end. Here's the experts' take on 6 ideas floating through Congress.

3. Open the oil reserves

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A file photo of one of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve sites, which are in Louisiana and Texas.

How about tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, America’s oil stockpile? That’s intended for use during supply disruptions, such as hurricane Katrina. As Sen. John Barrasso (R) of Wyoming said on Tuesday: It exists for “emergencies, not for political disasters.”

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