Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst and California Sen. Dianne Feinstein have worked together this year on legislation to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. That is, until negotiations stalled over language dictating whether a dating partner or stalker could be barred from...
Three Problems Joni Ernst Caused Herself In A 7-Minute Fox Interview
Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst gave several problematic answers in a recent Fox News interview, in which she watered down Turkey's invasion in Syria, defended the president's relationships with authoritarian leaders and parroted Republican talking points on impeachment. Here...
“A People’s Senator”: Eddie Mauro Ties Activism To IA-Sen Campaign
On the campaign trail, U.S. Senate candidate Eddie Mauro hits many of the issues important to Democratic voters like health care, gun safety and climate change. But beyond his stump speech, it is apparent Mauro has a deeper connection to these issues than political...
Ernst, Grassley Vote To Confirm Child Separation Proponent As DHS Undersecretary
Iowa Senators Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley voted to confirm Chad Wolf as the Department of Homeland Secretary undersecretary. It's a move that propelled Wolf, a man who suggested immigrant children be separated from their families at the country's southern border, to...
IA-Sen: Theresa Greenfield Picks Up NARAL Pro-Choice America Support
NARAL Pro-Choice America announced its endorsement today of Theresa Greenfield, one of four Democrats vying for the chance to unseat GOP Sen. Joni Ernst. In a press release, the abortion rights group called the Iowa race "crucial to flipping the Senate and protecting...
Veteran Calls Out Joni Ernst On Health Care In New Iowa Ad
Iowa Voices is running a new ad featuring an Iraq combat veteran named Dan, in which he speaks out against Sen. Joni Ernst's continued votes to allow insurance companies to discriminate against people based on age and preexisting health conditions. In addition to a...
This Evangelical Iowan Wants Ernst To Act On Climate
Guest op-ed from Megan Gustafson, a student at Iowa’s Wartburg Seminary, who participated in an event for the Evangelical Environmental Network's Pro-Life Clean Energy Campaign in Waterloo this past week. The effects of climate change are here and the impacts for...
IA-Sen: Franken Draws On Military Connections For Fundraising
U.S. Senate candidate Michael Franken, whose military career took him around the world and to Washington, D.C., has found his background handy in helping fund his race for the Democratic nomination. Franken, a retired Navy admiral, was the last of the four candidates...
Iowans Protest Ernst, Grassley’s Votes For Junk Insurance Plans
Several Iowans with preexisting conditions, along with State Sen. Claire Celsi and State Rep. Jennifer Konfrst, rallied at the Neal Smith Federal Building this morning to protest Sen. Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley's votes from Wednesday to allow junk insurance plans,...
Joni Ernst Votes to Uphold Short-Term, Junk Insurance Plans
The Senate today killed a measure from Senate Democrats to overturn the ruling on the Trump administration's expansion of short-term health insurance plans. The short-term plans, frequently referred to as 'junk plans,' are non-ACA compliant, and are not required to...