The Catholics endorse the health care reform bill.
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops delivered a critical endorsement to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday by signing off on late-night agreement to grant a vote on an amendment barring insurance companies that participate in the exchange from covering abortions.
“Passing [...]
DES MOINES, IA. -- American Future Fund (AFF) is running an updated version of its “Walk the Plank” print ad. The ad is another addition to a series of print and radio ads highlighting so-called Blue Dog Democrats, and encourages them to not walk the plank and vote for government-run healthcare [...]
The United State House of Representatives will vote on the controversial health care bill tonight at sundown. You can watch the floor debate on CSPAN live by clicking here.
[...]Turn to CSPAN if you want to watch — about four hours of debate are scheduled, meaning a vote will come late afternoon or early evening.
[...]IOWA CITY, IA. -- On Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 11:23pm Iowa City Police received two separate reports of armed robberies. A victim reported he was walking in the 700 block of N. Gilbert St. when two men approached him from behind. When the victim turned around he was punched [...]
I really don’t hear many Republicans bragging about their health care plan lately. Seems they were forced to finally come up with one, confirming what everybody already knew, that they had no real plan to change anything.
There’s no question that the Republicans’ bill is cheaper because it does so [...]
Today, I’m sacrificing watching the whole Iowa Hawkeyes game to attend the Iowa Tea Party Statewide Convention here in Des Moines. They are currently beating Northwestern 10-0 in the first quarter. Later tonight I’m going to be Leadership for Iowa, an event hosted to the Republican Party of [...]
Gov. Chet Culver’s goal of making a decision on hundreds of state employee layoffs passed on Friday without any action, and an aide said it could be weeks before anything is determined.
Republican legislative leaders responded by criticizing Culver for a failure of leadership. Further delays will only worsen the impact [...]
Gov. Chet Culver has said he did not know about problems with the Iowa Film Office’s tax credits program until mid-September.
But e-mails obtained under Iowa’s public records law show his staff and other top officials in state government received an urgent letter about “irresponsible spending” in early August.
“It is critical [...]
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty plans to present the image of a common-sense conservative who can win in Democrat territory when he introduces himself today to a key political focus group, a hall full of Iowa Republican Party activists.
The Republican, who is eyeing a 2012 presidential bid, says a profile like [...]
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Killing others in the name of any God or prophet or religion is wrong. It's a form of genocide, of ethnic cleansing. It's clear prejudice. It's not in self-defense. It's an open act of offense to purge the earth of people who suffer the great offense of believing differently than [...]
How many people who know Christ still behave as though they are still condemned? That’s not the Gospel. Some encouraging words from the late Welsh pastor, Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones in The Christian Soldier:
…when the devil comes and says, “You have no standing, you are condemned, you are finished”, you [...]
Miscellany to kick off the weekend.
John Piper: 9 Ways to Know the Gospel of Christ Is True Principled Discovery: Why I’m not a “crunchy con” The Foundry: New Study Shows Tax Cuts Most Effective Stimulus Investors Business Daily: Power To Spare (their take on Sarah Palin [...]Kos with some EPIC pwnage:
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UPDATE: Crooks and Liars links to a Denver Post article detailing Tancredo’s 1-Y Vietnam deferment.
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Governor Culver gave labor unions until Friday November, 6th (That’s Today) to renegotiate. Its 6:22 p.m. Governor, I’m sure there are a lot of state workers wondering if you were successful in negotiating with the unions so they can keep their jobs.
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JOHNSTON – U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin thinks the country should have a debate on whether the Medicare program providing health care to U.S. seniors ought to be expanded to cover children as well.
Harkin floated the idea with reporters after a taping Friday of Iowa Public Television’s “Iowa Press.”
“It’s [...]
Steve King
U.S. Rep. Steve King is hoping to derail health care reform legislation scheduled to be debated in the U.S. House by trying to harness the Tea Party protests that took place throughout the summer and once again bringing them to the nation’s capital on Saturday.
King [...]
Paul McKinley
Senate Majority Leader Paul McKinley, R-Chariton, followed through on his promise Friday and dropped out of the 2010 campaign for governor.
McKinley said last month that when former Gov. Terry Branstad made his candidacy official, he would withdraw. [...]
