BAMW: Special Summer Savings In an economy often overrun with imports and cheap, Chinese knockoffs of authentic American products, it's always a special act of patriotism to Buy American while there is still American left to buy, and to help ensure that there always will be.
	Pelosi: Manufacturing Strategy Reaffirms When We 'Make It In America,' We Create Jobs and Lead World Economy Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after House Democrats rolled out "Make It In America," a new strategy to create new high-skill, high-wage American manufacturing jobs and restore U.S. leadership in the global economy...
	Wolf: Send work back to U.S. Tenth District Rep. Frank R. Wolf plans to introduce legislation next week to encourage American companies with manufacturing or call-center operations overseas to bring those jobs back home. Wolf's "Strategic Manufacturing & Job Repatriation Act" would align federal funding to support U.S. manufacturing growth, study a new federal tax incentive to promote job repatriation and bolster American intellectual property protections.
	Make it in America (Rep. Steny Hoyer) Democrats are launching the "Make it in America" agenda: a manufacturing strategy based on the idea that when more products are made in America, more people will be able to make it in America. The "Make it in America" agenda will create incentives for investment in industry, strengthen manufacturing infrastructure and innovation, and help to level the playing field for American companies that compete globally.
	BAMW: Ending foreign economic dependence Buying American is more than just about economic patriotism; it's about traditions rooted and grounded with other American values established by the Founding Fathers of our country like self-sufficiency, self-reliance, and independence.
	Rahm Emanuel says the President's big theme will be "Made in America." In coming weeks, the president will expand his push to create clean-energy jobs to include more traditional industries such as automobiles and railroads. "Made in America" will become the "big theme," Mr. Emanuel said.
	BAMW: Lifetime-lasting American accessories for your home The strength and success of American capitalism and entrepreneurship is often defined as that which is limited only by American imagination, innovation, and ingenuity.
	BAMW: Furniture for your home starts at Florida-based Home Furniture If you've been shopping for furniture lately, you probably know just how difficult it is to find quality furniture made by fellow Americans these days.
	Meridian buys Cleantech America to Expand in Solar Meridian Energy Ltd., the biggest New Zealand electricity producer, has agreed to buy solar power developer Cleantech America Inc. to expand into renewable electricity generation in the U.S. Government-owned Meridian, which operates New Zealand’s largest hydroelectric dams, paid $5.4 million for Cleantech and a five megawatt photovoltaic solar facility the San Francisco- based company is building in Mendota, California.
	Solar Millennium AG: US Solar Power plant projects proceed to next stage in approval procedure Two German firms – solar thermal company Solar Millennium and plant construction firm MAN Ferrostaal – have formed a joint venture, Solar Trust of America, LLC, to develop, construct and finance large-scale, concentrated solar power (CSP) plants in the Southwestern United States.
	Obama Announces Loan Guarantees for Solar Firms Abengoa, Abound "We're going to keep competing aggressively to make sure the jobs and industries of the future are taking root right here in America," Obama said. Abound Solar, a closely held company based in Loveland, Colorado, will receive a $400 million loan guarantee to expand a solar-panel manufacturing plant in Longmont, Colorado, and to open a new plant in Tipton, Indiana. The two plants will employ about 1,500 people, according to the White House documents.
	China's solar making gains in West Chinese solar industry companies have already played a major role in lowering the cost of solar panels by almost half over the last year, The New York Times reports. In an effort to boost market share, China's largest solar panel manufacturer, Suntech, is selling solar panels in the United States at below the cost of materials, assembly and shipping, Shi Zhengrong, the company's chief executive and founder, told the Times. Solar companies in the West, meanwhile, are facing a tough time competing with their Chinese counterparts, which benefit from lower operating costs and government support.

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