U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne held her first town hall of the new year Monday afternoon in Des Moines to a largely friendly crowd dotted with supporters of President Donald Trump. The 3rd District congresswoman stood on a step-stool near the front counter at Smokey Row Coffee...
The U.S. House of Representatives passed about 350 bills in 2019 under the leadership of Nancy Pelosi, with help from longtime members and freshmen lawmakers who were critical to turning the tide for Democrats. Two of the new Democrats elected in 2018 were from Iowa....
Iowa Rep. Cindy Axne faced constituents in one of the reddest parts of her district Saturday afternoon, just two days after the U.S. House passed the new trade agreement between the United States, Mexico and Canada and three days after the impeachment vote. "I would...
Iowa's three Democratic members of the House of Representatives voted tonight on two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, voting with their colleagues to set up a Senate trial for only the third time in U.S. history. On Tuesday, U.S. Reps. Abby...
Iowa representatives Cindy Axne and Abby Finkenauer have had a busy week in D.C., and it's only Tuesday. Most of Washington is focused on whether the House of Representatives will vote to approve two articles of impeachment expected to be brought Wednesday against...
After the U.S. House passed The Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019 yesterday, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is running targeted ads to highlight Representative Cindy Axne and Abby Finkenauer's votes to lower prescription drug prices....
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats' signature bill H.R. 3 passed the U.S. House today, with a vote of 230-192. It has been a long road for the bill, which had been stuck up on capital hill for a while now. During discussions today, Iowa Reps. Abby Finkenauer and...
Iowa Republican David Young is running for Congress in a swing district with the kind of large suburban population that is quickly moving away from Donald Trump. But based on the way he answered questions in a recent radio interview, one might assume he was trying to...
Ashley Hinson, a state representative and Republican candidate for Iowa's 1st Congressional District, has let a month pass by without weighing in on the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. The Linn County lawmaker has not condemned, or endorsed, Trump's...
At the time Congresswoman Cindy Axne was sworn in as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, the federal government was in the midst of a partial shutdown. Then, in mid-March, her district was hit with historic flooding. Now, for the first time since the late...
