Congress

Everyone is watching Washington as lawmakers from both sides continue to struggle dodge the fiscal cliff, those expiring tax cuts and spending cuts that could plunge the economy back into the void.

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One hundred twenty thousand Garden State residents, currently collecting federal unemployment insurance benefits, could be cut off at the end of next month because the federal U-I extension program is set to expire December 31st.

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Former CIA Director David Petraeus will testify before the House Intelligence committee Friday on events that led to the death of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in an attack on the U.S. Consulate at Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11.

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A new type of storm is on the horizon. The so-called, "fiscal cliff" that threatens to plunge the nation into a new recession.

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It's must see TV for college students, as dozens of students turn out to watch public viewings of the 2012 Presidential Debates at Monmouth University.

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Almost every tax cut enacted at the federal level since 2001 is set to expire at the end of this year. According to a new report from the Tax Policy Center, nearly 90 percent of Americans would see their taxes rise if federal lawmakers don't act to renew the tax cuts.

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It may seem as though the heights of political stardom is only for the wealthy, but a doggedly determined Ocean County entrepreneur is out to defy the odds.

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A tie-breaking member of the state’s redistricting commission has chosen a new congressional map that favors Republicans, two people told The Associated Press on Friday.

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New Jersey will soon find out which of its 13 congressmen will likely be out of a job come November.

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Groups representing minorities are telling a panel that's redrawing New Jersey's congressional districts not to forget them.

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