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... »
Most bills that lack bipartisan support in the U.S. Senate die by filibuster, but senators voted overwhelmingly yesterday to move forward with debate on a bill that would end tax breaks for oil companies. Last May, Senator Chuck Grassley helped Repub... »
The U.S. House approved the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act today by an overwhelming majority. All five Iowans were among the 390 votes for passage (roll call). Details on the legislation are below. UPDATE: The Democratic Congressional Campa... »
The U.S. House voted yesterday to repeal two regulations enacted by the Obama administration's Department of Education. Bruce Braley (IA-01), Dave Loebsack (IA-02), and Leonard Boswell (IA-03) were among 69 House Democrats who joined a united House GOP... »
Christie Vilsack's Congressional campaign announced its three co-chairs today: State Senator Amanda Ragan of Mason City, former Story County Supervisor Jane Halliburton of Ames, and Sioux City businessman Irving Jensen, Jr. Normally this kind of press ... »
King vs. First Lady: The Sioux City Journal's Bret Hayworth has a piece today about the expected showdown between 5-term western Iowa Congressman Steve King and former Iowa First Lady Christie Vilsack. His article said this congressional race "will und... »
This thread is for sharing stories from your precinct caucus meetings as well as for discussing the results once they have been reported. Iowa Republicans and Democrats, I'm particularly interested to know how many candidates for Congress or the state ... »
A conservative policy and advocacy group founded by Karl Rove and based in Washington, D.C. continues to buy ads in the Des Moines TV market. An examination of public files shows the group has spent more than $24,000 in early November to target U.S. Re... »
