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Biden on Elections: If you can’t win them, buy them
How’s it fair for an HVAC tech, who makes a good living with no debt thanks to wise financial decisions, to pay for someone’s online travel management degree? How’s it fair to force a plumber to pay for someone else’s kid’s study abroad semester in Europe? It’s not.
Governor Kim Reynolds vs. President Joe Biden
This year the Republican Party selected Governor Kim Reynolds to deliver the official response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address. Governor Reynolds and President Biden offer two completely different views of both political philosophy and...
Grassley Reaches Across Party Lines To Fight For Sex Crime Survivors
Last week, Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley and Democrat Jon Ossof (D-Da) unveiled legislation to help enhance justice for young survivors of sex crimes. The Preventing Child Sex Abuse Act comes after an effort to help strengthen a federal sex...
EXCLUSIVE: Liz Mathis’ Family Business Bills Millions to Wartburg College As She Sits On Board
Every year since Mathis joined the board, the college has paid her business hundreds of thousands of dollars for “Marketing Consulting” AND “Marketing and Advertising.” As of 2019, the most recent filing available, Wartburg paid AMPERAGE/ME&V over $4 million.
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Polk County GOP Elects Mazza Chair
In addition to Mazza, Polk County Republicans elected Bonnie Hall as Co-Chair, Joe Hueretz as secretary, and Bryan Kraber as Treasurer. The team is well known in Republican circles. Bonnie Hall has more than 30 years of political experience and is the past Chair in Boone County, Joe Hueretz started in politics as President of Drake College Republicans and helped Polk County organize caucuses and conversions many times. Bryan Kraber is a political operative with both Governor Kim Reynolds and Senator Joni Ernst’s campaigns.
Axne’s record is catching up with her
Did you catch today's news on Twitter? Big news out of the @IowaSOS office: Iowa Republicans have extended their voter registration advantage to 27,007. On February first it was 26,068. #ialegis #iapolitics #iagov #iasen https://t.co/AGh7GvGceB — Iowa Field Report.com...
Democrats Strip Derecho Relief From Massive “COVID” Spending Bill
“Despite Democrats’ ridiculous excuses for cutting this disaster assistance, my amendment was stripped for one simple, obvious reason: It was led by a Republican. Democrats chose to put politics over people, leaving struggling Iowa farmers in the dust. Iowans deserve better from Democrats. All of rural America deserves better from Democrats.”
Joni Ernst: With the right mix of policies, we can address the child care crisis.
Access to quality, affordable child care is hard to come by—particularly in Iowa’s rural areas—and our kiddos and working parents are paying the price. As a mom who has been in those situations, I’m going to keep pushing at the federal level to help tackle this crisis.
IFR Fake Or Fact: The Gazette Flunks
The Gazette gave the op-ed a B. Nothing wrong with a B, but why not an A? A’s are better. Did they exaggerate, were some of their numbers inaccurate? Are the assertions untrue? No, no, and no.
Upmeyer: Improving Election Systems is the Legislature’s Job
Tightening election rules to ensure safe, secure, and fair elections is the job of state legislators – it’s what Iowans elected them to do. Our system is strong right now, but we can always make it stronger. We’ve seen the world change a lot over the past year and our elections system should change with it.
Iowa Dems Are Selling Bad Dog Food: Caucuses Not At Fault
Two things are keeping you from rebuilding your party, not one. And you might be disappointed to find out that neither of them is the Iowa caucuses. Iowa Democrats’ most significant issues are 1. a profoundly flawed policy vision. 2. candidates deeply out of touch with the people they seek to represent.
Joni Ernst: Radical Policies from Coastal Elites Hurt Rural America
Iowa leads the way in ethanol and biodiesel production—which means we literally fuel our nation and the world. There’s really no way around the fact that the radical environmental policies of the far Left will decimate Iowa agriculture. That’s why I will continue to be relentless when it comes to fighting for our state, and right now that means pushing back against the coastal elites who want to eliminate the need for biofuel and fundamentally change our way of life in the Heartland.
Randy Feenstra: Delivering relief for natural disaster victims
I am extremely pleased that my amendment, which would include assistance for those affected by high wind storms like last summer’s derecho, was adopted by the House Agriculture Committee. By reallocating some of the funds appropriated in the original bill to be used for the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Wildlife and Hurricane Indemnity Program (WHIP), this legislation will help thousands of producers across the country who have suffered losses from natural disasters or severe weather — including floods, snowstorms, and droughts.
