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Speaking in Spencer earlier  this week, Democratic congressional candidate Rob Hubler argued that the Republican Party is letting down ethanol producers. Hubler faces U.S. Rep. Steve King in the general election for Iowa’s Fifth District.

U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, tells the Cedar Rapids Gazette that a race for governor in 2010 is possible and that he’s attempting to build a statewide network to see if he has the political muscle to challenge Democratic Gov. Chet Culver.
Here is The Gazette:
King flirted with running against U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, but decided [...]

On the conservative Human Events.com U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron, discusses his experiences in the 1970s as a young man working on construction connected to the Alaska Pipeline and relates them to a drilling debate today.

In making the case for bringing more nuclear power on line U.S. Rep. Steve King said concerns sparked by the nation’s most infamous nuclear accident at Three Mile Island are exaggerated.

U.S. Rep. Steve King plans to host town hall meetings in Sioux Center, Sioux City, Red Oak, Council Bluffs, Creston, Denison, Spencer and Storm Lake. Western Iowans will be able to talk to Congressman King and ask him questions about issues facing America. A schedule follows below.

U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, is one of 31 members of Congress to sign a letter to President Bush asking for a review of the sentences in high-profile border-patrol case with resulted in convictions for two law enforcement personnel
Here is the Washington Times:
Thirty-one members of Congress on Wednesday asked President Bush for an “immediate review” [...]

U.S. Rep. Steve King controlled GOP debate on the House floor today on a bill for a congressional apology for slavery and Jim Crow.

Art Cullen of the Storm Lake Times says the nation (and the rest of the state) shouldn’t judge western Iowa on its loudest mouth, U.S. Rep. Steve King.
(And he gives Iowa Independent a shoutout!)

WHO-TV’s Dave Price recently asked U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, if he was interested in challenging Gov. Chet Culver in 2010. King sees Culver as vulnerable on a number of fronts — namely state spending and the smoking ban (which Culver signed).

Here is Price on his blog about King:

He said “that whatever duty calls, that’s [...]

For all of his bluster and posturing, what has U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron, actually accomplished?

The Sioux City Journal researches this question in some detail.

In terms of legislation, King has been successful with one bill he’s sponsored: getting Christmas recognized as being, well, important to Christians.
Of the 44 bills King has sponsored according to www.GovTrack.us, [...]