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U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron, was the only Iowa congressman and one of 25 House members to vote against legislation that would direct the Bush administration to halt the filling of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in an effort to help with consumer prices at the pump.

U.S. Rep. Steve King, apparently unable to resist the allure of David Lee Roth’s ode to Midwest farmers’ daughters, is defending American women against increasing foreign encroachment into supermodeling.

American chicks, reasons King, are hot enough to handle the supermodeling jobs in the States. That’s why King, a Republican from Kiron in western Iowa, opposed legislation [...]

CARROLL — As he campaigns in western Iowa, 5th District congressional candidate Rob Hubler says it’s becoming clear to him the economy is surpassing the war in Iraq and the standard-fare menu of social issues as the chief concern for voters.

Hubler, a Council Bluffs Democrat, is challenging three-term GOP incumbent U.S. Rep. Steve King of [...]

Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Scott Brennan today filed a formal complaint with the House Ethics Committee regarding the political content currently published on U.S. Rep. Steve King’s taxpayer-funded website.

Iowa Independent first reported the presence on the official site of the highly partisan comments about Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama several weeks ago.

Western Iowa’s firebrand conservative congressman Steve King is pitch-perfect with his party’s base. With his selection of language and issues, the Kiron Republican has something of a political Midas touch with the rural right.

And now he’s in John McCain’s corner. Which is no small thing for the presidential candidate.

Western Iowa Congressman Steve King, R-Kiron, is the only Hawkeye State lawmaker opposing a request to give the head of the National Guard a seat at the table with the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The Iowa Democratic Party is challenging U.S. Rep. Steve King’s use of his congressional Web site to promote controversial views on presidential candidate Barack Obama, a story Iowa Independent broke last month.

This time its the numbers, not spoken words, that should dog U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa.

SIOUX CITY – At a press conference held in Sioux City this morning, Iowa Congressman Steve King announced his decision to seek re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa’s 5th District. A second announcement will take place Friday afternoon at 5:30 pm in Council Bluffs at Tish’s Restaurant.

“I work hard each and every [...]

CRESTON — Retired educator Joyce Schulte of Creston, the Democratic nominee for Congress in Iowa’s Fifth District the past two times, is collecting signatures for a third run she says will happen this year unless some unforseen circumstance cuts her off at the pass.

“I think you could put it down like that,” Schulte said in [...]