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Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron, received a near perfect score on the American Conservative Union’s annual rankings of House and Senate members.
King scored a 96 out of 100, losing out on collecting the group’s “Defenders of Liberty” award due to his vote last year to override President George W. Bush’s veto of the $307 billion farm [...]

Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron, broke from the rest of Iowa’s Congressional delegation, including fellow Republican Tom Latham of Ames, to vote against instituting a 90 percent tax on bonuses for AIG and other financial firms that received bailout funds.

Republican Reps. Steve King and Tom Latham outpaced their Democratic counterparts in the U.S. House in securing earmarks in the 2009 omnibus spending bill, according to Taxpayers for Common Sense.
The nonpartisan watchdog organization reports that Latham personally secured 10 earmarks in the bill, totaling $3.7 million, ranking 100th in the U.S. House. The Ames Republican, [...]

The National Journal has released its 2008 rankings of the most liberal and conservative lawmakers in Washington, and Iowa Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron, has come in as the 9th most conservative (or 419th most liberal) lawmaker in the U.S. House.

Iowa Reps. Leonard Boswell (D-Des Moines) and Tom Latham (R-Ames) are listed among a group of more than 100 members of the U.S. House who secured earmarks for clients of a lobbying firm under investigation by the FBI for possible illegal campaign contributions.

U.S. Rep. Tom Latham (R-Iowa) was in Iraq with a congressional delegation over the weekend, and the statement he issued after his meetings wrapped up may reveal what he thinks about President Barack Obama’s promise to withdraw U.S. troops from the country quickly.
Latham seems to imply that the goal of federal policy should be to [...]

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is targeting 28 Republicans who voted against the economic stimulus bill last week in the U.S. House with radio ads in their districts. Iowa 4th District Rep. Tom Latham made the list.

Six out of the seven members of Iowa’s congressional delegation will jointly host a reception for Iowans in Washington, D.C. following the swearing-in of President-elect Barack Obama. U.S. Rep. Steve King, a Republican representing the state’s 5th District, is the lone holdout.

After voting against an expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), known as HAWK-i in Iowa, Fifth District Rep. Steve King (R-Kiron) called the bill “misguided” and said it overlooked needy children.
“Speaker [Nancy] Pelosi used budget gimmicks and debate suppression to ram a bill through the House that gives illegal immigrants and wealthy [...]

The three Democratic members of Iowa’s congressional delegation voted in support of a $14 billion loan package for ailing automakers while the two Republican lawmakers opposed the measure.