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I caught up with U.S. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) at the How to Take Back America Conference to follow up on an issue that had come up there: “defunding the Left.” After ACORN, what was the next natural target for Republicans?
King said it would be the Service Employees International Union.
“When you think what happened to [...]

The Iowa State Education Association PAC raised more money than any other Iowa-focused political action committee during the first 6 months of 2009, bringing in $204,072, according to paperwork filed with the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board.

Advocates for a public health insurance option available to all Americans have been peppering U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley with comments at his public events for months. Sometimes he deals with the questions well, but for a guy like Grassley who is known for his verbal shots from the hip, a slip-up was inevitable.
Last week in [...]

A man was arrested at the capitol today after a lobbyist allegedly caught him in the act of stealing a woman’s wallet.  The Des Moines Register reports that the man, Marshall Clemons, 38, of Cedar Rapids, was charged with two counts of fifth-degree theft.
The man was apparently at the capitol as part of a group [...]

It was only last fall that Sen. Chuck Grassley, the top Republican on the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, took an unpopular party stance against Pres. George W. Bush’s domestic health care policy. Grassley took some hits on the Hill as a result of his stand, but one Iowa group wants him to know they appreciate [...]

John Edwards picked up the endorsement of the Iowa branch of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) at a Monday event at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.  That much was expected, but Edwards also rolled out the endorsement of SEIU locals in several other states.  The national union did not endorse [...]