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DES MOINES, IA. -- Senate Republican Leader Paul McKinley (R-Chariton) issued the following statement today regarding the Revenue Estimating Conference’s new projections:
“The new projections today once again serve to underscore how short-sighted and fiscally [...]
Calling recent Republican attacks against her record an unnecessary distraction, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Tom Fiegen called on rival Roxanne Conlin to end her Senate campaign for the sake of “working Iowa families.”
On Tuesday, the Republican Party of Iowa and conservative group American Future Fund [...]
Health Care Reform Update: Howard Dean Comments on the Senate Bill Compromise
It should come as no surprise. A few weeks after announcing that she is a candidate for the United States Senate, Roxanne Conlin is standing beside Governor Chet Culver announcing that Iowa schools will receive $60 million in vouchers for computers as part of the Microsoft [...]
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley said an agreement by Democrats to drop a government-run health insurance provision from a comprehensive reform bill would do little to change his opposition to the Senate bill.
Grassley said the agreement announced Tuesday to abandon the so-called public option would continue to overburden Medicare by expanding [...]
Iowa schools are eligible for a share of $60 million in vouchers for computer technology money from the Microsoft class action lawsuit settlement, Des Moines lawyer Roxanne Conlin said today.
The money is part of the $180-million settlement of the 2007 case. Conlin, a Democrat running for U.S. Senate, has recently [...]
Stop Stupak Amendment in Senate
The focus of Roxanne Conlin’s campaign for the United States Senate is pretty simple. First, take on special interests groups and political action committees that have too much influence in American politics. Second, remind people that her opponent Senator Chuck Grassley has held elected office for over [...]
Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin today said he would propose taxing stock transactions as a way of generating revenue to offset the budget deficit.
Harkin, a Democrat, said he planned to introduce in the Senate a bill co-sponsored in the House by Iowa Rep. Bruce Braley, a measure that would impose a [...]
Republican accusations that the Senate health reform bill will hurt Medicare recipients by making drastic cuts to the program are “fear tactics,” U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, said Thursday.
“I’m sad to see that our Republican colleagues have resorted to fear tactics in a desperate attempt to preserve the dysfunctional, costly [...]
Iowa Should Lead on Banning Nuclear Weapons Testing
No, really, that's what Iowa Senate Republican leader Paul McKinley said in a meeting on Tuesday with journalists from the Des Moines Register.
Hello. I’m sending a copy of a statement I made earlier today on the Senate floor. I point out the major flaws in the way supporters of Senator Reid’s health care bill are spinning a new analysis of the health care bill’s impact on insurance premiums. It says a lot [...]
Like as for all global warming issues, Paul Chesser is on top of Climategate
What does Senate Environment and Public Works chairwoman (I assume she doesn't want to be called "chairman") Barbara Boxer call Climategate?
"You call it 'Climategate'; I call it 'E-mail-theft-gate,'" she said during a committee meeting.
Michael Kiernan
Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Michael Kiernan has called for Senate Republican Leader Paul McKinley to apologize for his comments about children with special needs.
McKinley made the comments Tuesday in a meeting with The Des Moines Register.
Here’s the statement Kiernan just released:
State Sen. Paul McKinley [...]
The New York State Senate this afternoon defeated a bill that would legalize gay marriage. Gay marriage advocates have seen some success in 2009, after Iowa in April became a state where same-sex marriage was legalized via a state supreme court ruling. But [...]
State Rep. Phyllis Thede, a Democrat from Bettendorf, won a seat in the Iowa House last year.
Now her husband, Dave Thede, a Republican who recently became a Democrat, is now seeking a seat in the Iowa Senate.
Dave Thede, a 55-year-old teacher, is challenging [...]
A spokesman for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Roxanne Conlin said accusations that the campaign is strong-arming elected officials for their endorsement are ridiculous.
“We expect ludicrous allegations from Republicans, but not Democrats,” Conlin spokesman Mark Daley said.
The claims were made Monday by Democrat Tom Fiegen of Clarence, who joins Conlin and [...]
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley said did not agree with his Oklahoma colleague Tom Coburn’s comment Tuesday that Medicare cuts proposed in the Senate health care bill would lead to earlier death for seniors.
But Grassley stopped well short of criticizing his fellow Republican, attributing the comment to a debate environment
that [...]
Troy Price, a spokesman for Gov. Chet Culver, issued the following statement about statements made today by House Republican Leader Kraig Paulsen and Senate Republican Leader Paul McKinley during an interview with The Des Moines Register.
See the video replay here. More news coverage of the meetings with both Democrats [...]
After the jump you'll find lots of links about various campaigns for U.S. Senate, House, governor and state treasurer.
Representative Bruce Braley endorsed U.S. Senate candidate Roxanne Conlin on Monday at events in Davenport and
