GOP SCRAMBLES AS DIESEL HITS RECORD $6.51

Republicans are weighing a diesel export ban and gas-tax holiday as surging fuel costs pressure consumers and farmers ahead of the midterms. (The Wall Street Journal)

But Congress has little time to act, with the House already recessed and only two Senate weeks remaining before Election Day.

The deeper constraint is supply: lawmakers acknowledge Iran-war disruptions are a key driver of prices, limiting what domestic policy can quickly achieve.