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With their hands over their hearts, about 100 Trinity Lutheran School students said the Pledge of Allegiance as two 7th-graders raised a flag that had flown over the U.S. Capitol -- a gift from U.S. Rep.

Look at what else Congress is up to . . . Scott Maxwell TAKING NAMES November 10, 2009 You know, it's not all health care in Washington nowadays.

Yes, Virginia, there are entrepreneurs in Congress a ' 11 of them, in fact, were elected to the 111th Congress, * as best as we can determine.

Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas, the Democrat representing northern Brevard, bucked her party and voted against the so-called health care reform bill.

A freshman lawmaker from Florida this week called on Congress and the White House to consider flying the space shuttle beyond 2011, an option for NASAa s future that largely has been ignored since an independent space panel issued its recommendations last month.

Contributors The Blog for Thursday, October 29, 2009 The best they can do? "National Republicans met with two potential challengers to U.S. Rep.

It should be little surprise that many of the same members of Congress who issued comments about the Augustine committee report last week also issued statements after the successful test flight of the Ares 1-X rocket Wednesday .

They're putting up 'Pardon our dust' signs at the Veterans Affairs Viera Outpatient Clinic, and they're a welcome sight.

Space Coast congressional representatives Suzanne Kosmas and Bill Posey have proposed legislation that would create NASA "Centers of Excellence" at universities to support development of the commercial spaceflight industry.

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Source: Rep. Kosmas - Comments Bipartisan Bill Would Create "Centers of Excellence" to Bring Public and Private Sectors Together for Research and Development - Today, Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas and Congressman Bill Posey introduced legislation to help minimize the impact of the impending ...

Most economists say the recession is over and point to the Dow again reaching 10,000 as a sign the economy is slowly on the mend.

Guess what these federal spending items have in common: $5 billion for the International Monetary Fund.

The Economic Development Commission of Florida's Space Coast, the agency charged with getting new companies to locate in Brevard County and encouraging existing ones to stay and grow here, holds its annual investor meeting Wednesday amid probably the most difficult economic environment since the Apollo era of the mid-1970s. The state announced ...

Florida's congressional delegation today appealed to the White House to shift $3 billion in unspent economic stimulus funds to NASA.

T he blue-ribbon panel that President Barack Obama tasked to study NASA's future has given the White House several options to chart a new course for space exploration.

Two key Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday introduced a provision that would exempt banks with less than $10 billion in assets from examination by a proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency, which as drafted would rewrite rules for all institutions offering mortgages and credit cards in response to the financial crisis.

The effort should attract 1.6 million new foreign visitors and create 40,000 jobs, according to the U.S. Travel Association, some of them in Brevard, due to its proximity to Orlando.

The web of influence and deceit portrayed in the federal indictment of Broward County fundraising powerhouse Alan Mendelsohn tells the story of how special-interest cash taints lawmaking in Florida's Capitol.

Days after the majority of the Texas Congressional delegation pushed for diverting stimulus funding to NASA to support the agency's exploration efforts, members of Florida's delegations are making similar calls.

The push to reform the nation's health care system is starting to reach critical mass with the Senate Finance Committee expected to vote Tuesday on its long-awaited bill.