Posts Tagged ‘Republicans’

By Representative Linda Upmeyer About a week ago, I was invited on a conference call with Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to hear how his office filed suit against Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), over the Health Care bill. The Attorney General is making the case that the ... Full story

Yes that is Mitt Romney on the left and who is that guy on the right?  Oh yeah he usually look taller... It's none other than TEApublican Dave. So the question again, "What Do These Two GOP Guys Have In Common?" Answer: Neither of them should ever, ever, ever run for president of the United States of ... Full story

I’m keeping an eye on all the candidates who are submitting their nomination papers. The deadline to do so is this Friday. The most important stories that will come out of this process will have nothing to do with who submitted the most names, but who is retiring for the state legislature. We have ... Full story

DES MOINES -- Ben Lange, a small business owner from Independence, filed paperwork today with the Iowa Secretary of State to become the first candidate to officially challenge liberal Democrat incumbent, Bruce Braley, in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District. Lange’s filing comes less than a week after another challenger, Brian Cook, dropped his congressional bid and endorsed ... Full story

Former state legislator Sandy Greiner announced that she is running for the State Senate at county conventions today in Johnson, Washington, Jefferson, Wapello, and Van Buren counties.  Greiner would face first term first-term State Senator Becky Schmitz in Senate District 45 if she were successful in the June primary. Greiner makes the SD 45 a ... Full story

Written by Nathan Tucker (Davenport) Recently I wrote in favor of amending the Iowa Constitution at a constitutional convention so as to allow Iowans the ability to propose constitutional amendments by way of a ballot initiative.  This proposal was in response to an ongoing discussion among conservatives over the prudence and practicality of using ... Full story

Republicans in the Iowa House of Representatives used a procedural rule yesterday in an attempt to advance a bill that would allow the people of Iowa to vote on an amendment to the state’s constitution that would define marriage as the union between one man and one woman. The procedure required 51 votes to pass, ... Full story

The Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI) has launched a grassroots media campaign this week aimed to stop a controversial proposal that forces workers to pay fees to labor unions. The statewide radio campaign will focus on a union-sponsored bill in the House Labor Committee that if adopted would be very detrimental to ... Full story

House Republicans are expected to use a procedural rule today that would let them advance a bill that would allow the people of Iowa to vote on an amendment to the state’s constitution that would define marriage as the union between one man and one woman. Rule 60 allows House members to withdraw a bill that has ... Full story

Following last week’s release of Governor Culver’s proposed budget, the Senate’s passage of a government re-organization bill was the most notable event in the Iowa Statehouse this week. Because Iowa’s budgets are built on the level of spending from the previous year’s budget, lawmakers are faced with an record deficit as a result of too much ... Full story