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• Dent: More NATO Troops Needed

  WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent and other House lawmakers got a reminder about the dangers of war and the tactical challenges faced by U.S. forces in Afghanistan during his recent trip to to Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan and... [...]
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  Posted: January 10, 2008, 1:09pm EST
  by Bill Cahir

• Marine Battalion Set to Deploy

  Bill Cahir, a reporter for the Express-Times, serves as a sergeant in the Marine Corps reserve. The photo above shows Cahir, a corporal at the time, defending the Iraqi police station in downtown Fallujah from a small-arms attack Feb. 10.WASHINGTON... [...]
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  Posted: January 07, 2008, 1:04pm EST
  by Bill Cahir

• Officials Not Ready for Stimulus Plan Yet

  WASHINGTON -- Ordinarily, voters might not expect much productivity out of a Republican White House and a Democratic Congress in a tough election year. But with several warning lights blinking on the nation's economic dashboard, it's possible that President Bush... [...]
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  Posted: January 07, 2008, 9:41am EST
  by Bill Cahir

• Menendez Questions Aid to Pakistan

  WASHINGTON -- Yesterday was an exceptionally busy day in the nation's capital, and one of the stories that I couldn't get to as it was happening was U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez's hearing on U.S. aid to Pakistan. Menendez heads a... ' [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2007, 11:27am EST
  by Bill Cahir

• Outlook Bleak for Rail Funding

  WASHINGTON -- Officials from the Lehigh Valley got a sobering jolt of discouragement when they visited Capitol Hill on Thursday. The federal government, they learned, had little or no money available for commuter rail projects in the Lehigh Valley, eastern... [...]
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  Posted: December 06, 2007, 7:11pm EST
  by Bill Cahir

• Bush to Veto Energy Bill

  WASHINGTON -- President Bush has threatened to veto a Democratic energy bill that would impose tougher fuel economy standards upon cars and trucks, and also require power companies to generate at least 15 percent of the electricity they produce from... [...]
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  Posted: December 06, 2007, 11:08am EST
  by Bill Cahir

• Lawmakers Love Southwest, Want Flights

  WASHINGTON -- Alarmed by high fuel costs and USAirways' plan to cut back services and jobs in Pennsylvania, members of the state's congressional delegation on Wednesday met with the chief executive officer of Southwest Airlines and encouraged him to schedule... [...]
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  Posted: December 05, 2007, 6:07pm EST
  by Bill Cahir

• Holt Backs Science Tests, Funding

  WASHINGTON -- One day after a Bethlehem student won a prestigious national science scholarship, U.S. Rep. Rush Holt, a Princeton physicist by training, has denounced the Bush administration's plan to halt U.S. participation in a long-running international math and science... ' [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2007, 10:32am EST
  by Bill Cahir

• High court weighs NJ v. DE

  If a man committed a murder while standing on a wharf west of the South Jersey shoreline, the killer wouldn't necessarily be prosecuted in New Jersey but in Delaware. That surprising idea didn't come Tuesday from a law student conducting... [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2007, 5:43pm EST
  by Bill Cahir

• Giuliani Nets at least $100K in Lehigh Valley

  WASHINGTON -- Former New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani raised at least $100,000 during his visit today to the home of Dr. Atul Amin, M.D., in Bethlehem Township, said U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent, a supporter of Giuliani's presidential campaign... ' [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2007, 3:51pm EST
  by Bill Cahir

• Ferguson to Retire from Congress

  WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Mike Ferguson, who represents most of Hunterdon County, will not seek reelection next year. Ferguson, a four-term Republican from New Jersey's seventh district, became the 17th member of the House GOP caucus to determine that he... ' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2007, 12:12pm EST
  by Bill Cahir

• Senate Deadlocks on War Cash

  WASHINGTON -- Senate lawmakers on Friday failed to pass either one of two bills to fund combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, likely leaving the Pentagon in the lurch until December. In a test vote, the Senate failed to pass... [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2007, 11:28am EST
  by Bill Cahir

• Giuliani to Visit Lehigh Valley

  WASHINGTON - Republican presidential frontrunner Rudolph W. Giuliani plans to attend a fund-raising event at the Bethlehem Township home of Dr. Atul Amin on Monday, Nov. 26, according to Shawn Millan, campaign manager for U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent. Dent, R-Lehigh... [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2007, 3:24pm EST
  by Bill Cahir

• Bush to Veto Iraq Spending Plan

  WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Jack Murtha last week disclosed that House Democrats would provide about one quarter of the $196.4 billion that President Bush was seeking to fund combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan in fiscal 2008. Bush today threatened... [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2007, 1:17pm EST
  by Bill Cahir

• Lawmakers See Need for Flood Controls

  WASHINGTON -- In the end, it was no surprise that the House and Senate voted to override President Bush's veto of the $23 billion Water Resources Development Act, a bill that authorizes flood-control and river navigation projects to be undertaken... ' [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2007, 3:08pm EST
  by Bill Cahir

• Defense bill would route $9.4M to Lehigh Valley

  The $470 billion defense appropriations bill developed by House and Senate negotiators includes $9.4 million in earmarks for projects in the Lehigh Valley, according to U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent. The single largest grant, $3.2 million, would go to Air Products... [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2007, 9:33am EST
  by Bill Cahir

• Lawmakers Plan $470 Billion for Pentagon

  WASHINGTON -- House and Senate negotiators have drafted a compromise defense spending bill that would provide $459.6 billion for the Pentagon's regular budget and another $11 billion for the purchase and deployment of new, mine-resistant vehicles for American soldiers and... [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2007, 1:46pm EST
  by Bill Cahir

• Garrett, Frank Work on Flood Insurance Issue

  WASHINGTON -- If you had to pick out an unlikely pair of allies to work on housing issues, you might list U.S. Rep. Scott Garrett, the deeply religious, anti-government Republican from northern New Jersey, and U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, the... [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2007, 4:59pm EDT
  by Bill Cahir

• Bennett Drums Up D.C. Support

  WASHINGTON -- Democratic congressional candidate Sam Bennett visited the nation's capital on Thursday to meet with two lawmakers allied with her campaign, potential donors, one union official and leaders of key interest groups, hoping to build support for her bid... [...]
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  Posted: October 25, 2007, 3:47pm EDT
  by Bill Cahir

• Specter Signals Immigration Worries

  WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter was deeply involved in a bipartisan attempt to recast U.S. immigration laws earlier this year. Specter ranked among those few senators willing to lend his good name to a bill that would have created... [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2007, 2:04pm EDT
  by Bill Cahir