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“Nothing will done on it this year, I’m sure of that. It will be difficult to get anything signed by [President Barack Obama] that doesn’t involve amnesty,” said U.S. Rep. Tom Latham, R-Ames.

Recent flooding in Ames has decimated the city’s water supply and residents are in dire need of bottled drinking water.
U.S. Rep. Tom Latham, a Republican who represents the portion of Iowa that includes Ames, is requesting that companies and individuals donate bottled water by visiting several distribution locations.
“It’s not clear when [the] water will be [...]

If money is a predictor of which incumbents are most vulnerable in the 2010 mid-term elections, then analysis from a national nonpartisan group indicates that Iowa won’t see much change.
Researchers at the Sunlight Foundation scrutinized campaign contributions to incumbents and challengers in 2010, 2006 and 1994 — the later years being notable for waves of [...]

As soon as President Barack Obama places his signature on the Supplemental Appropriations Act passed by the U.S. House Tuesday night, Iowa can finally begin receiving millions in disaster aide.
A key component of the bill was $5.1 billion to replenish the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Disaster Relief Fund. The Iowa congressional delegation, led by 2nd [...]

Tossing partisan politics aside, Iowa’s five congressmen jointly penned a letter to President Barack Obama, urging quick action on federal disaster declarations for several Iowa counties.
The letter, which appears below, notes that a request for the declarations was made earlier in the month by Gov. Chet Culver, when state officials realized that the “severity and [...]

Latham’s coffers are lined with farm properties, savings, and a handful of investments.

Unions have indicated they’ll spend millions to try to protect Democratic incumbents.

All five of Iowa’s Congressmen are out raising money for their re-election campaigns, but according to the Sunlight Foundation’s “Party Time” blog, when it comes to DC fundraisers, Republican 4th District Rep. Tom Latham of Ames has been the most active.
Last week, Latham hosted a golf fundraiser for his re-election campaign at the exclusive Country [...]

“I’m not going to break with that resolution that was passed by the conference. That’s where we are today. That doesn’t mean that I can’t be supportive of an idea or a project, and it doesn’t mean I can’t have those conversations with our senators who will be in a position to make those kind of requests,” said U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron.

Crowded fields have emerged in Iowa’s 1st, 2nd and 3rd District Republican Congressional primaries, with 15 candidates meeting last Friday’s filing deadline to be on the June ballot.
The most crowded race is in the 3rd District, where seven Republicans will duke it out for the right to take on Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell, [...]