Leonard Boswell
Iowa delegation splits on failed bailout
Iowa’s congressional delegation split 2-3 on the $700 billion bailout proposal rejected by Congress today.
Both Iowa Republicans — U.S. Reps. Steve King and Tom Latham — voted against the bill, along with Democratic U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley. Iowa’s two other Democrats, U.S. Reps. Leonard Boswell and Dave Loebsack, went along with the leaders of both [...]
Civic Skinny claims Boswell wasn’t at Steak Fry, but he was
In this week’s Cityview, Civic Skinny claims that U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell did not attend Sen. Tom Harkin’s annual Steak Fry fundraiser last weekend:
The first bunch of names: Barack [...]
Weather-torn Iowans skeptical of government rhetoric
Parkersburg resident Judy Becker choked back tears Monday as she watched Iowa congressional leaders, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and Gov. Chet Culver meet with local officials and speak to the press.
Two hours south in Cedar Rapids, Calvin Jenkins sat quietly on a bench near Green Square Park. He said he wasn’t sure what made him drive downtown for the meeting with the government officials.
Iowa Farm Bureau endorses every incumbent besides Harkin
The Iowa Farm Bureau, one of the most powerful interest groups in the state, has issued its 2008 endorsements. All five of Iowa’s congressmen made their list, but U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, is conspicuously absent:
In U.S. House races, incumbents Bruce Braley (District 1), Dave Loebsack (District 2), Leonard Boswell [...]
Culver opposes federal plan to define birth control as abortion
Iowa Gov. Chet Culver today voiced his displeasure with President George W. Bush’s proposed rule change that would redefine birth control as abortion.
Schmett stages mock debate in Web ad
Kim Schmett, the Republican nominee for Congress in Iowa’s Third District, has been keeping a low profile so far in his quest to unseat incumbent Rep. Leonard Boswell. In fact, he’s had practically no profile at all. But in a new ad posted on his campaign Web site, he finally gets the chance to debate [...]
With campaign behind him, Fallon looks ahead
When he told supporters on primary night that he wasn’t going away, he meant it. But Ed Fallon has no intentions to run for office any time soon.
Dems who switched FISA vote brought in more telecom cash
Democratic U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell, who represents Iowa’s Third Congressional District and who last week voted to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA), received $10,000 in campaign contributions from the nation’s largest telecommunications companies this year.
Iowans Split on FISA Vote
His primary challenge safely over, Democrat Leonard Boswell voted with most House Republicans in favor of passage on the FISA bill that includes full immunity for telecommunications companies.
Iowa’s other two Democrats, Bruce Braley and Dave Loebsack, voted against the bill but were on the short side of the 293-129 roll call. (Loebsack was back in [...]
New GI Bill Survives the Right Way, the Congressional Way and the Bush Way
When it comes to updating the 64-year-old GI Bill, a military adage comes to mind: There is the right way, the wrong way and the President Bush way. After reaching a more costly compromise that would avert Bush’s veto pen, the House voted Thursday to approve the 21st-century GI Bill.
Bush is expected to sign the [...]