The US House of Representatives has passed legislation to prohibit fuel price gouging.

As the party tries to quell public outrage over high pump prices, Democrats in the US House of Representatives have advanced a bill making it illegal for firms to charge "unconscionably excessive" fuel prices.

The bill passed today with a vote of 217-207, giving Democrats a chance to press their contention that oil firms' "price gouging" is at least partially to blame for rising fuel costs across the US. Repub....