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U.S. Rep. Tom Latham has pledged to introduce legislation that would prevent the Obama administration from further considering a prison just across the Mississippi River from Clinton as a possible future home for detainees currently housed at a military prison at Guantanamo Bay.
“I have heard from so many Iowans over the past few days who [...]

Though races elsewhere on the ballot are heating up in Iowa, CQ Politics has downgraded its ratings of two congressional races here, and U.S. Reps. Leonard Boswell and Tom Latham can breathe a little easier.

First District Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Waterloo, topped  Iowa’s congressional delegation in third-quarter fundraising, bringing in more than $182,000. He now has $446,842 cash on hand.
Congressional campaigns had to turn in their quarterly fundraising reports this week, documenting money raised and spent between July 1 and Sept. 30. Information about other elected officials and challengers is below.

Rep. Tom Latham’s opposition to health care reform legislation can partially be traced back to “lavish sun-splashed poolside buffets and warm afternoons on the links” paid for with money raised by his political action committee, Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Michael Kiernan said Monday afternoon.
“Latham has been taking the health insurers’ money and living it up [...]

More than 25 percent of funds raised by Rep. Tom Latham’s political action committee during the 2008 election cycle paid for trips to resorts around the country, according to documents filed with the Federal Election Commission.

A golf outing in West Virginia and a weekend getaway to Atlantic City, N.J., are just two of the trips taken this year by U.S. Rep. Tom Latham of Ames that have garnered the attention of campaign finance watchdogs.

A U.S. House bill touted as the most sweeping overhaul of federal student loan programs since inclusion of the GI Bill was passed last week with the Iowa delegation splitting on party lines.

Eastern Iowa residents are receiving a recorded phone call regarding health care reform that could be described as a push poll. The calls, paid for by U.S. Rep. Tom Latham’s Political Action Committee, feature the voices of both Latham and U.S. Rep. Steve King.

INDIANOLA — Health care reform legislation currently being considered in the U.S. House does not include anything regarding government-mandated euthanasia or any language pertaining to abortion, Republican Congressman Tom Latham told a town hall forum Tuesday.

The health-care reform debate currently raging in the nation’s capitol is about to shift to city halls, community centers and town squares across the country, as federal lawmakers recess and head home for a month.
And thanks to promises from conservative groups to stack meetings with activists in order to disrupt health-care town halls and other [...]