Posts Tagged ‘Grassley’

With national unemployment hovering near 10 percent, a number of leading Democrat Senators and candidates are abandoning liberal trial lawyer Roxanne Conlin (D-IA), embattled U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), and President Barack Obama as they seek to implement legislation for the largest tax increase in ... Full story

Mr. President, I’d like to take a few minutes to discuss the reasons why I’m voting against Elena Kagan to be an Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court. An appointment to the Supreme Court is one of the most important positions an individual can hold in the United States.  It’s a lifetime position on ... Full story

DOES FORMER TRIAL LAWYERS’ PRESIDENT CONLIN SUPPORT $1.5 BILLION TAX BREAK FOR TRIAL LAWYERS? WE’LL TAKE THAT AS A “YES” Based on her campaign’s response to media questions, U.S. Senate candidate Roxanne Conlin apparently supports an Obama administration move to give a $1.52 billion tax break to trial lawyers. Conlin, a trial lawyer who claims to ... Full story

DES MOINES – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley’s re-election campaign has retained Iowa political veteran Eric Woolson as spokesman and to guide its communications activities through the general election. “Eric has a unique working relationship with Chuck Grassley over more than 30 years.  He was a newspaper reporter in the late ... Full story

Two weeks have gone by since Congress passed the President’s healthcare plan. I’m sure there are a lot of people, especially small business owners, who wish the President would come on the TV today and say, “April Fools, we were just kidding around with all that healthcare stuff.” Sadly, we know that it’s not ... Full story

Senator Chuck Grassley today said he will offer an amendment during Senate debate on the health care reconciliation bill this week to apply the reform legislation to the President, Vice President, cabinet members and top White House staff. “It’s pretty unbelieveable that the President and his closest advisors remain untouched by the reforms they pushed ... Full story

What kind of barometer are social media sites like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to a candidate's effectiveness in a primary or general election? Social media is obviously a tool to reach constituents where they already hang out online, but does the popularity of candidates social networking sites translate to votes on Election Day like it did ... Full story

Ron Corbett When Ron Corbett was elected as Cedar Rapids Mayor, Republicans across Iowa celebrated. RPI Chairman Matt Strawn trumpeted Corbett’s victory as an indication that Republicans were on the move again. Some even speculated that Corbett’s return to politics might mean that he is looking at a run for Governor or the U.S. Senate ... Full story

A new TIR/Concordia Group poll shows the political environment in Iowa has improved for Republicans in the last six months. The poll was commissioned by TheIowaRepublican.com in conjunction with Concordia Group LLC, an Iowa based public affairs company. Voter Consumer Research, a highly respected polling firm based in Washington D.C., conducted the poll ... Full story

Less than three months after launching a campaign promising to “take on the special interests,” Roxanne Conlin is now spending her weekend hobnobbing with her fellow trial lawyers on a balmy beach in Hawaii. Meanwhile, her would-be constituents in Iowa are facing frigid temperatures and flooding as they suffer through some of the worst winter weather ... Full story