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May 5 2008, AP

President Bush said Monday that he’s troubled by rising gas prices and will take a look at proposals to relieve the crisis but warned that there is no quick fix.

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Ranjeet Kumar and wife, Minanshu Jha, holds a copy of their tax forms at their home in San Jose, Calif., Friday, May 9, 2008. Over a million legal immigrants and Americans who married foreigners will be missing out, cut off by a provision meant to...