by Luke Martz | Dec 12, 2020 | Campaigns, Congress, Opinion
Dr. Mariannette Miller-Meeks is now Congresswoman-elect Miller-Meeks. Two weeks ago, the Iowa State Canvassing Board–which consists of the Governor, Secretary of State, Ag Secretary, Auditor, and Treasurer (three Republicans and two Democrats)–voted...
by Luke Martz | Dec 7, 2020 | Campaigns, Congress
Remember Jamie Raskin? The radical East Coast liberal that Cindy Axne gave her vote to? Well, he’s back. After voting on behalf of Iowa’s third congressional district while Cindy Axne was too busy to come to work, Raskin is apparently still hungry to...
by Chuck Grassley | Dec 4, 2020 | Congress, Conservation, Policy
Congress should raise the royalty rates on federal lands. By Senators Charles Grassley and Tom Udall One hundred years ago, Congress passed the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, setting up a system in which companies lease public lands to wrest valuable oil and gas from...
by Luke Martz | Dec 2, 2020 | Campaigns, Congress
Failed Lt. Governor Candidate and State Senator Rita Hart lost her campaign against Mariannette Miller-Meeks to represent Iowa’s second district in Congress. Miller-Meeks was officially declared the winner Monday afternoon by the state canvassing board with a...
by Luke Martz | Nov 26, 2020 | Campaigns, Congress
The Second Congressional District election saga in Jasper County finally ended Wednesday evening, but not before the Rita Hart campaign fought one more time for approval of faulty results from a malfunctioning machine. The Second District race, which is one of the...
by Luke Martz | Nov 24, 2020 | Campaigns, Congress, State Politics
This morning, the Rita Hart campaign sent out a press release saying that Jasper County should certify recount results from a machine that is known to everyone not to be working correctly. Meanwhile, during his working hours, Rob Sand’s general counsel and chief of...
