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Two Iowa lawmakers played key roles in the debate and passage of the latest reauthorization of the Ryan White Program, ensuring that thousands of Americans living with HIV/AIDS will continue to receive the support and medical care they need.

First District Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Waterloo, topped  Iowa’s congressional delegation in third-quarter fundraising, bringing in more than $182,000. He now has $446,842 cash on hand.
Congressional campaigns had to turn in their quarterly fundraising reports this week, documenting money raised and spent between July 1 and Sept. 30. Information about other elected officials and challengers is below.

Although Senate Democrats seem to be moving toward a compromise on health care reform that would allow individual states to opt-out of a national public option, U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley is adamant that such a provision would defeat the overall purpose of health care reform.

A golf outing in West Virginia and a weekend getaway to Atlantic City, N.J., are just two of the trips taken this year by U.S. Rep. Tom Latham of Ames that have garnered the attention of campaign finance watchdogs.

A U.S. House bill touted as the most sweeping overhaul of federal student loan programs since inclusion of the GI Bill was passed last week with the Iowa delegation splitting on party lines.

Although some members of the U.S. House have voiced firm opposition to the long-awaited initial health care reform bill presented this week by U.S. Sen. Max Baucus (D-Montana), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Iowa) isn’t necessarily among them. The process is not a sprint, he reminded reporters on his Thursday [...]

INDIANOLA — At his 32nd annual Steak Fry fundraiser, U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) was cheered by an enthusiastic crowd of supporters when he declared that a health care reform bill would pass both houses of Congress “by Christmas,” and that it would include a government-run, not-for-profit health insurance plan.

A federal program that provides financial assistance to more than half a million Americans who have contracted HIV or have AIDS will sunset on Sept. 30 unless Congress reauthorizes it, and its prospects seem uncertain.

U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley, Iowa’s second-term Democrat who represents the 1st District, mourned the loss of a great U.S. leader today in an official statement regarding the death of U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy:

Three Democrats are already in the race to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley in 2010, but rumors of a fourth, with deep pockets and high name recognition, are beginning to bubble to the surface.