Posts Tagged ‘United States’

Written by Congressman Steve King Iowa's 5th District Congressman Spending is out of control in Washington, and even liberals who have long supported Keynesian economics are starting to talk about reducing the national debt. President Obama recognized this sentiment last month when he created a bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. This ... Full story

Republican candidates will be busy traveling to county conventions this weekend.  TheIowaRepublican.com compiled the list of counties that the gubernatorial candidates will visit. If you live west of Interstate 35, don’t expect to see one of the three candidates. If you want to see all three candidates together, you will ... Full story

Well at least Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid things so. Only 36,000 people lost their job today! Talk about being out of touch with the American public. ... Full story

OTTUMWA, Iowa – In a news release Wednesday, Democrat Congressman Dave Loebsack “urged fiscal responsibility and honest budgeting” and “encouraged steps towards reigning in spending, reducing the deficit and addressing long term fiscal health.” Interestingly, Loebsack has been a rubber-stamp for much of the runaway spending in Congress he now denounces, voting for ... Full story

Third District Republican Congressional candidate Dave Funk signed the Americans for Prosperity no climate tax pledge recently. In a statement sent out from his campaign, Funk said, “I’m grateful for the acknowledgment and is proud to be one of more than 400 elected officials and candidates that have signed this pledge. Fighting these taxes is ... Full story

In just a couple of days, Republican activists will gather at their county conventions to ratify a county platform and select delegates to the district and state conventions. While this is nothing new, there is a twist this year, the delegates will not know where the state convention is going to be held at until after ... Full story

If you are looking for proof of a Republican resurgence in Iowa, you don’t need to wait until Election Day this November to see it. You can see it by the quality and quantity of candidates that will appear on the ballot in the June primary, and you can also see it in the rebuilding of ... Full story

Yesterday, Rob Gettemy announced that he would be a candidate for Congress in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District. The first obstacle he must overcome is getting his name of the ballot for the June primary. Republican candidates for Congress must each collect 1,224 signatures to be placed on the ballot. ... Full story

If you are a loyal Krustacean, you know that I’m not the biggest fan of Bob Vander Plaats being Iowa’s next governor. It’s not that he’s not a good guy. He just doesn’t float my boat. I also think it’s laughable when some of his most ardent supports rail on Branstad ... Full story

By James M. Johnson It is possible -- not just hypothetical, but actually possible -- that the Republican Party may seize control of the entire executive branch of the State of Iowa in next November’s election. Nationally, polls indicate so much voter frustration over the incompetence of the Democratic Party, the election of 2010 may make the ... Full story