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More than a dozen state and federal lawmakers opposed to tolls on Interstate 80 took their case to federal highway officials Thursday; they returned home unsure when a decision would be made.

Federal and state lawmakers banded together last week in an attempt to block the Federal Highway Administration from allowing the state of Pennsylvania to turn Interstate 80 from a freeway into a 311-mile toll road.

Witnesses on Dec. 15 urged the House Financial Services Committee to create a legislative framework for covered bonds in the United States, saying the financial crisis had illustrated both the instruments' advantages and the need for regulatory certainty.

Here are the votes of Western New York's four members of the House of Representatives and the state's two U. S. senators on major legislation recently in Congress.

A delegation of Pennsylvania lawmakers yesterday urged officials from the Federal Highway Administration not to allow the state to toll Interstate 80.

A month after 10 state senators sent the U.S. Secretary of Transportation a letter urging him to reject a proposal to toll Interstate 80, some of those legislators headed to Washington to join congressmen in asking the Federal Highway Administration deputy administrator to do the same.

Members of Congress and Pennsylvania lawmakers have asked the Federal Highway Administration to stop a plan to turn Interstate 80 into a toll road to raise more state money for roads and bridges.

The political battle over tolling Interstate 80 heated up Thursday when Pennsylvania leaders met with the Federal Highway Administration in Washington, D.C. State Reps.

Victims of Ponzi-schemer Bernard Madoff turned up in the House not long ago, hats in hand, begging for federal compensation for their loss.

The Republican "Young Guns" program seeks to identify key hopefuls nationally. BILL O ' BOYLE boboyle@timesleader.com HAZLETON Lou Barletta has been designated as an "on the radar" candidate by the National Republican Congressional Committee, it was announced Wednesday.

Congress shouldn't let financial institutions get large enough to wreck the financial system.

The following is a letter written by Claire Bettag. She asks that it be distributed widely: We are pleased that Jan Alpert, President of NGS, will be testifying at the previously announced hearing next week on Capitol Hill related to the National Archives.

Last week, veteran congressional candidate and Hazleton mayor Lou Barletta announced his intention to seek the Republican nomination for Congress in Pennsylvania's 11th Congressional District in the 2010 Republican primary.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] Office of Congressman Paul E. Kanjorski Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski, D-11, speaks at a press conference Friday after the passage of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Rep. Barney Frank , with Rep. Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa., and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, talks Friday about the House bill to rein in the financial sector.

The House has approved a comprehensive financial reform bill, albeit with a number of key provisions weakened in recent days.

The House vote marked a personal triumph for Rep. Barney Frank, center, who began drafting the legislation last summer.

The House approved dozens of changes late Thursday to the financial regulatory reform bill, including measures to enhance the Federal Reserve Board's power to break up large, complex firms and cap a potential debt guarantee program by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

An amendment to legislation to be considered today by the House Rules Committee could exempt accounting firms that audit certain broker-dealers from having to register with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

In his third bid for Congress, Republican Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta is counting on a vastly different political climate than in his loss last year.