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Taxes aren’t the only thing Iowans for Tax Relief and U.S. Rep. Steve King want to know about on a new automated call. They also want to gauge opinion on abortion and same-sex marriage.
King, a Kiron Republican who represents Iowa’s 5th District, is the voice on the call, which is reportedly being made on behalf [...]

U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron, is challenging the president to look at his plan to tackle growing unemployment, which more or less comes down to going after undocumented immigrants.

Though Democrats, because they control both Congress and the White House, have absorbed the brunt of the nation’s discontent, for Republican to interpret that as partisan anger would be a mistake.

At a mid-day press conference in the nation’s capital, U.S. Reps. Steve King, R-Iowa, and Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., launched their “Declaration of Health Care Independence” — a statement of principles that they hoped Democrats and voters would sign onto, but not one that would be backed by legislation or one that could be posted at their Web sites.

At a press availability Wednesday, I asked U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, about the arrest of anti-ACORN muckraker James O’Keefe and what it meant for Republicans, like him, who’d partially based a case against the community group on O’Keefe’s reporting. Lee Fang of ThinkProgress asked further questions. All of that is in this video.

U.S. Reps. Steve King, R-Iowa, and Michelle Bachmann, R-Minn., will step into the spotlight Wednesday as they unveil their “Declaration of Health Care Independence” at a press conference in the nation’s capital.
The pair are also part of a a group of House Republican lawmakers who have been meeting privately to “foment revolution” within their own [...]

U.S. Rep. Steve King was one of 31 Republican members of Congress who signed a resolution praising the work of James O’Keefe, the filmmaker whose work helped damage the national reputation of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now and who on Tuesday was arrested  for allegedly for trying to wiretap the New Orleans [...]

The Iowa Caucuses, historically quiet affairs during non-presidential years, are the first true battle of the 2010 primaries. And with the emergence of the Tea Party movement, and the growing battle for the soul of the Republican Party of Iowa, what happens on Saturday could have a huge impact on state — and even national — politics.

U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron, took a break Monday from ensuring the race to fill the late Sen. Edward Kennedy’s senate seat in Massachusetts was “legitimate” to rally supporters of Republican candidate Scott Brown.
King landed in Massachusetts over the weekend to assist Brown, whose campaign initially denied connection to the Iowa Republican. But in a [...]

As Iowans like U.S. Rep. Steve King and Des Moines-based American Future Fund rally to his aide, Republican senate candidate Scott Brown is beginning to blur the details.