Fundraising Numbers show Challengers with Less Available Cash

All of Iowa's incumbents for federal office held distinct financial advantages, reports from the second quarter show. While not all current lawmakers raised more funds than their challengers, all has significantly more money available for their campaigns.�...

Branstad: GOP House will Vote for Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment Plebiscite

Republican gubernatorial candidate and former four-term governor Terry Branstad said Thursday that he will urge the Iowa House to pass a resolution supporting a public vote on gay marriage. Candidate Branstad supports a constitutional...

King continues string of gaffes with Jones Act claim

Republican United States Representative Steve King of Iowa's 5th Congressional District continued his streak of controversial remarks regarding the Obama administration with comments about the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. King...

Conlin Wins Primary, Will Face Grassley

Roxanne Conlin declared that incumbent Republican Senator Chuck Grassley "will get the race of his life" this fall as she seeks to break the "glass ceiling" that women seeking high-profile statewide or federal offices have faced in Iowa. �...

Tuesday Primary to Determine Senate Nominee

After over a month of early voting, Democratic primary voters will travel en masse to the polling booths on Tuesday, 8 June and decide which candidate would be the best to defeat incumbent senator Chuck Grassley in the fall election. The...

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Iowa man sues federal government over health care reform

An Iowa City man has filed a lawsuit against U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, alleging a clause in this year’s federal health care reform law requiring individuals to purchase health insurance is unconstitutional. Matt...

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Originally from Iowa Independent

Tribal Law and Order Act signed into law

“When one in three Native American women will be raped in their lifetimes, that is an assault on our national conscience, it is an affront to our shared humanity, and it’s something we can’t allow to continue,” President Barack Obama...

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Originally from Iowa Independent