fuel system question Options

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I have been having a lot of problems with my fuel system. I can't tellif it is the fuel pump or just something in the gas tank. I pulled the outlet hose of the fuel pump to try to pump the remaining gas out of the gas tank.however when I did the fuel pump barely put out a trickle of gas. I disconnected the inlet side of the fuel filter in front of the fuel pump and no remaining guess came out from the fuel tank side. I know there was still some gas in the tank but I was assuming that the pressure had locked it up to where no more gas would come out.what I am wondering now is if its the fuel pump is bad or if its something clogging the outlet of the fuel tank. I did put my finger over the end of the fuel pump outlet and only felt a small amount of pressure it was not pushing my finger off by any means. Is it possible that there is a clog on the outlet side of the tank? WhenI start up the engine it runs for a couple minutes and then when it comes under load it dies. If I let it sit for a few minutes the fuel filter then fills back up with gas and then it will run again for another few minutes. Does anybody have any suggestions of where I should go next.