Federal policy makers should consider a temporary gasoline-tax holiday to ease the burden of soaring fuel prices, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Sunday.

“Gas prices have risen a great deal and it’s clearly burdening households,” she said on ABC’s “This Week.” “That’s an idea that’s certainly worth considering.”

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