A new seven-figure ad campaign will promote the work of Cindy Axne and Abby Finkenauer for their efforts to protect Iowans with pre-existing conditions and reduce the cost of care and prescription drugs. The national group Protect Our Care is running the ad...
Two weeks ago, Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer presided over the U.S. House chamber, sitting in the Speaker's chair as the chamber discussed and passed a major flood relief package. The bill was of particular importance to Iowa, which has seen crippling flooding in...
In a show of organizational strength, Rita Hart announced today the endorsements of 73 local leaders in Iowa's 2nd Congressional District for her campaign. It included people in all 24 counties across the district and nearly every local Democratic state legislator....
Des Moines coach and businessman Eddie Mauro is launching his run for the U.S. Senate today, aiming to be Democrats' nominee to take on Senator Joni Ernst next November. Mauro's been traveling the state for several months in advance of a possible candidacy,...
Two Iowans launched their campaigns for Congress in video announcements this morning. They're running for separate seats, but the contrast couldn't be starker. Democrat Rita Hart made her run for Iowa's 2nd District official, while Republican Ashley Hinson launched...
State Representative Ashley Hinson of Marion has filed official papers to make a run for Congress in Iowa's 1st District. The filing appeared online this morning, two days after Hinson posted about a four-day trip she recently made to Washington, D.C. A run by...
In a May 5th guest article in the Des Moines Register, Senator Joni Ernst blamed the Army Corps of Engineers for lack of timely warning prior to the epic Missouri River flooding. She claimed we need better communication and warning about potential flood risk....
Congresswoman Cindy Axne successfully pushed through Congress an additional $3 billion in disaster relief for Iowa and the Midwest. Both the House ($14.2 billion) and the Senate ($13.5 billion) passed hurricane disaster relief bills in January. However, the bills...
Senator Joni Ernst seemed to suggest today that a major driver of high student loan debt is students borrowing more than they need in order to spend it on personal costs. She related a story about a college friend spending his loan money on his girlfriend's rent as...
Congressman Steve King is going through a trying time in the U.S. House right now, but he said today it's given him special insight into someone who he feels faced a similar trial. That person is Jesus Christ. As the Sioux City Journal reported, while at one of his...
