While many Americans dread tax day, April 15 holds a silver lining for political junkies: the chance to read the latest federal campaign finance reports. Follow me after the jump for details on the money raised and spent by Iowa's five U.S. House incum... »
Governor Terry Branstad doubled down today in support of lean finely textured beef. Not only is he urging schools to keep using the product, he wants Congress to investigate the "smear campaign" by critics of so-called "pink slime." Follow me after the... »
Iowa politicians from both parties are speaking out today in defense of finely textured beef product, now commonly known as "pink slime." The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced earlier this month that it will give schools the option of buying gro... »
Yesterday the U.S. Senate approved a conference committee report to provide about $63 billion for the Federal Aviation Administration through 2015. The House approved the same bill last Friday. Iowa's delegation was divided, primarily because of provis... »
Crime and punishment are on my mind this weekend. Yesterday two men were sentenced for breaking into Representative Leonard Boswell's farm house last July, and an Iowa Democratic operative was charged with perpetrating identity theft against Secretary ... »
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner agreed today to support a two-month extension of the payroll tax cut while House and Senate members negotiate legislation to keep the tax cut throughout 2012. Follow me after the jump for details on Boehner's deal and ea... »
