WASHINGTON, D.C. — Though Americans were up in arms when news broke that lawmakers were pushing to give themselves an increase in salary, members of Congress insisted that they needed the pay increase to keep up with the inflation they caused.
At $5.89 per gallon, the current average price for regular gasoline is the highest in the nation. It is followed by Hawaii, which has an average of $5.50, and Washington, where the average is $5.36.
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