Can stimulus checks help tide over high gas prices?

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With rising gas prices, lawmakers want to ease the burden on American motorists.

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Bills proposed by reps could offer families upto $300 per month as long as it stays above $4 a gallon.

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One of the proposed bills is looking to authorize $100 monthly energy rebates.

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Single people earning less than $75,000 annually could receive the full $100 rebate and it would phase out at $80,000.

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Joint filers who earn less than $150,000 could qualify for the rebate and it would phase out at $160,000.

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