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Iowa governor objects to “biased” federal COVID-19 funding formula
Governor Kim Reynolds and 21 of her Republican counterparts complained on February 27 that the latest Democratic COVID-19 relief package “punishes” their states. It’s a strange take on a bill that...
View ArticleAxne, Miller-Meeks support Violence Against Women Act
The U.S. House voted 244 to 172 on March 17 to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) with some new provisions. All Democrats present, including Representative Cindy Axne (IA-03), were...
View ArticleGrassley votes to advance bipartisan infrastructure bill (updated)
Iowa’s Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst rarely land on opposite sides of any issue, but it happened on an important U.S. Senate floor vote on August 7. Iowa’s senior senator was among eighteen...
View ArticleGrassley touts infrastructure vote; Ernst quiet on opposition
Can you guess which Iowa senator is up for re-election in 2022, and which one won’t face Iowa voters for another five years? In a rare gesture of bipartisanship on August 10, the U.S. Senate approved...
View ArticleCatholic nuns to Cindy Axne: Tax the rich
Sister Jeanie and Sister Elaine Hagedorn, who co-authored this post, are Catholic sisters with the Congregation of the Humility of Mary. They live in Des Moines and are longtime advocates for Catholic...
View ArticleSeniors can’t afford another six years of Chuck Grassley
Kay Pence highlights Senator Grassley’s double standards on the federal deficit, depending on which party controls the presidency. I was 4 years old when Senator Grassley first entered elected office....
View ArticleWhat the bipartisan infrastructure bill will spend in Iowa
The state of Iowa will receive approximately $5 billion from the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill headed to President Joe Biden’s desk, according to calculations published by U.S. Representative...
View ArticleIowa Republicans say little about voting to shut down government
The federal government will stay open until at least February 18, after the U.S. House and Senate passed a continuing funding resolution on December 2. Only one House Republican crossed party lines to...
View ArticleViolence Against Women Act reauthorized in big spending bill
President Joe Biden has signed into law a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill, which funds the federal government through September 30. The president’s action on March 15 ends a cycle of short-term...
View ArticleIt’s about time to fund the IRS
This column by Rick Morain first appeared in the Jefferson Herald. U.S. Senate Democrats passed their omnibus Inflation Reduction Act on August 7 by 51 votes to 50, with Vice President Kamala Harris...
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