Women In Politics

Obama’s NASA plans appear in jeopardy
Few Democrats have endorsed proposal, while foes continue to blast it WASHINGTON — President Obama’s grand plans for NASA appear in big trouble.

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Bill would increase liability cap for companies after oil spills
WASHINGTON – Rep. Artur Davis joined other Democrats today in introducing a bill to increase the economic damages oil companies must pay when they’re responsible for accidents like the massive oil spill threatening the U.S. coastline along the Gulf of Mexico.

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Kosmas hears health care concerns in Titusville
TITUSVILLE — For Cocoa garden and landscape designer Linda Gombert, one slip on a wet lawn could mean an expensive medical bill that she would have to cover.

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Bill aims to help space workers land teaching jobs
U.S. Reps. Suzanne Kosmas and Bill Posey want to take advantage of all the bright people working at the space center by putting them in classrooms across the country.

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Reform brings health-care credit for small businesses
Check your mailbo: 4 million companies across the country are getting postcards soon from the Internal Revenue Service.

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Matt Reed: How much do reps get from bankers?
Campaign donations from Wall Street warrant another look this week as Congress tackles reforms and investment firm Goldman Sachs fends off fraud charges.

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Reed: County, state reps differ on bed taxes
Even as Brevard County gains ground in its lawsuit to collect bed taxes from online room-booking websites, our state representatives have moved to stymie the county’s effort.

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Bauer group targets vulnerable Dems
Campaign for Working Families, the pro-life organization headed up by longtime Christian Conservative activist and onetime presidential candidate Gary Bauer, is dropping big bucks to target vulnerable Democrats this fall. The organization announced this week that it is launching a $2 million campaign targeting 22 vulnerable House and Senate Democratic-held seats …

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Kosmas hears health care concerns
TITUSVILLE — For Cocoa garden and landscape designer Linda Gombert, one slip on a wet lawn could mean an expensive medical bill that she would have to cover.

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Kosmas’ campaign war chest more than triples her closest rival
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Suzanne Kosmas of New Smyrna Beach ended her latest fundraising quarter with more than $1 million in the bank — far outpacing a pack of Republican rivals looking to beat the freshman Democrat.

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