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Iowa is one of eight states that will lose a Congressional seat in 2010, according to analysis of U.S. Census estimates by USA Today.
The Hawkeye State joins Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania in the unenviable category of states likely to be on the losing end of reapportionment. However, the predictions [...]

Iowa’s Republican Senator has found an important ally in his quest to reign in tax-exempt religious charities.

The National Journal has released its 2007 Vote Ratings for members of Congress.

Former State Rep. Ed Fallon officially announced his long-anticipated candidacy against Congressman Leonard Boswell in the third congressional district’s Democratic primary Wednesday afternoon.

“Even though I have a lot of respect for [Boswell] — I think he’s a man of dignity, he served well, this country and our state — we disagree on many issues,” Fallon [...]

[Exclusive] Former State Rep. Ed Fallon, who lost a narrow three-way Democratic primary for governor in 2006, may be planning to challenge 3rd District Democratic Congressman Leonard Boswell in 2008.  Rumors of Fallon’s possible challenge to Boswell have circulated for over a year, but Iowa Independent has uncovered new evidence which seems to confirm them.

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If you count yesterday’s visit from former Ambassador Tom Dodd, the Political Science Club at Coe College has had representatives from four presidential campaigns visit their weekly meeting at Brewed Awakenings in Cedar Rapids. That’s the good news. The not-so-good news for the students is that they’ve yet to have a Republican campaign stop by.
“We’ve [...]

Neither the folks who advocate abstinence-only education nor those who support comprehensive sex education were pleased when a re-authorization of abstinence-only funding through Title V was not a part of the compromise Children’s Health Insurance Program bill. It seems Congress could only respond by sticking to the status quo.
As Wendy Norris of Colorado Confidential reports, [...]

Neurologist Selden Spencer is continuing his quest to represent Iowa in the U.S. House of Representatives by launching a new interactive website.
“A large part of any campaign these days is internet presence,” Spencer said in a letter to supporters. “Our new site is fun and vibrant, with tools for you to use in helping us [...]

Taking its cue from the House, the Senate passed its own version of a bill that would make college more accessible and affordable for millions of college students and their families. With the passage of this legislation, Senate Democrats delivered on their campaign promise to make a college education more accessible to all.

“At a time [...]

UPDATE (9:00 PM CDT): Alex Koppelman over at Salon’s War Room reports that Sara Taylor will at least show up to a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday.  It isn’t clear whether she will testify or invoke her Fifth Amendment privilege.  It is not clear whether Miers will appear before the House Judiciary Committee on [...]