Posts Tagged ‘Republicans’

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

This week the Legislature advanced Senate File 2088, the state government reorganization bill. As the state faces a budget gap of more than one billion dollars, lawmakers are looking at ways to trim the massive budget through the restructuring of some state government operations. Unfortunately, the state government reorganization bill Senate File 2088, only goes ... Full story

Ever have a bad 80's tune stay stuck in your head that you cannot get rid of? I still have the Terry Branstad staggering sound bite playing in my head from the RPI event... Quick! Somebody else say something silly or stupid just so I can think of something else.  I read Krusty's recent idiot piece ... Full story