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North Plainfield resident Ed Potosnak wants more jobs created around here by supporting small businesses.

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SCRANTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bob Casey said Thursday that Pennsylvania’s emerging natural gas industry has the potential to create jobs and wealth, but also carries environmental risks that must be addressed.

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Rep. Leonard Lance, R-7, is back in session early this week, hoping to pass an appropriations bill that would help cash-strapped states hire back teachers they had to be laid off due to budget constraints, and help states pay for Medicaid.

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AMSTERDAM – The United States has assured international negotiators it remains committed to reducing carbon emissions over the next 10 years, despite the collapse of efforts to legislate a climate bill.US delegate Jonathan Pershing…

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By Bill Herbkersman The response to the last couple of columns has been tremendous. We are running something like 75 constituent contacts above the weekly average of 350-plus calls, letters or e-mails. Many of these calls included good ideas and productive suggestions from you on matters that make adifference to all of us.

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President Obama spoke to reporters Tuesday after meeting with a bipartisan group of lawmakers at the White House. In brief comments, the president said that despite political setbacks on the scope of an energy bill, he still supports the need for comprehensive legislation. He also offered his first public comments on the leak of sensitive documents on the Afghan war. Mr. Obama said the Afghan …

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Linda McMahon, who with her husband, Vince, built up their wrestling business into a worldwide entertainment force, wants government to give small businesses a chance to grow with fewer taxes and regulations.

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U.S. lawmakers might be too focused on elections in November to approve legislation this year that charges power plants and other industrial companies a price for releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, said Senator John Kerry , a leading advocate of the pollution-cutting plan.

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Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said legislation implementing his March budget, which passed the Senate intact last night, will allow the government to exit stimulus spending and restore budget balance.

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A Congressional Budget Office review of the energy and climate bill co-sponsored by Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., revealed Wednesday that the bill could reduce America’s deficit by over $19 billion over ten years. The CBO predicted that over the 2011-2020 period the legislation would increase revenues by about $751 billion and increase spending by $732 billion, resulting …

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