By Bob Eschliman Editor If you want to ignore federal law and harbor those who have entered the U.S. illegally, it’s going to cost you if new legislation proposed in the U.S. Senate becomes law. The Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans Act, introduced Wednesday by a coalition of […]
From Press Release Iowa Gov. Terry E. Branstad and First Lady Chris Branstad today announced that they will hold a media preview event at 3 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 9, at Terrace Hill located at 2300 Grand Avenue in Des Moines. The purpose of the event will be to […]
From Press Release Small businessman and Mitchell County Farm Bureau Board Vice President Waylon Brown announces he is running for the Iowa Senate. Brown, a Republican, is seeking the Senate District 26 seat, which represents all of Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell and Worth counties and portions of Cerro Gordo […]
From Press Release The Iowa Partnership for Economic Progress meeting was held at Pella Corporation to kick off the Iowa Energy Plan. The initiative, chaired by Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds and Pat Meyer, CEO of Pella Corp., is a means to set state priorities and provide strategic guidance for […]
From Press Release Republican presidential candidate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s wife, former First Lady of Arkansas Janet Huckabee, will campaign in Iowa on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. The following are the details of her stops: Wednesday, October 7 9:30 a.m. — Crawford County GOP Women Breakfast Meet & Greet […]
From Press Release Iowa State Senator Mark Chelgren, R-Ottumwa, announced today he will seek the Republican nomination to challenge United States Congressman Dave Loebsack next November. “Our political leadership is on a dangerous and destructive path,” Senator Chelgren said. “However, the strength and beauty of our political system is […]
From Press Release Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte today are calling on the Department of Homeland Security to back words with actions when dealing with state and local jurisdictions that refuse to comply with federal immigration requests. States, cities and counties […]
From Press Release Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is hosting a field hearing next Tuesday in Des Moines to discuss the ongoing fight against methamphetamine in Iowa. “During my 99 county meetings I often hear from constituents and law enforcement officials about how severe the meth problem is […]
By The Iowa Statesman The Center for Medical Progress, which has released several videos depicting Planned Parenthood’s sale of body parts and tissues taken from aborted babies, has joined the effort to pressure Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad to take action on a 2010 promise to defund Planned Parenthood. The […]
By The Iowa Statesman Republican presidential candidate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee published an op-ed in the Des Moines Register today titled, “Why do GOP candidates support the IRS & the tax code? Let’s pass the FairTax.” He wrote: “Our 75,000 page tax code is a complete disaster and the […]
By The Iowa Statesman U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley to to the Senate floor Monday to discuss judicial nominations and the Senate’s record of confirmation for Obama Administration nominees compared to the Bush Administration. He said Democrats and the Administration have nothing to complain about. The following is the entirety […]
From Press Release Republican presidential candidate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee released the following statement in response to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal the Obama administration reached on Monday with 11 pacific nations. The agreement would affect 40 percent of the world economy and still requires ratification from Congress. […]
From Press Release A new report released today by the Branstad-Reynolds Administration in collaboration with the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (Georgetown Center) projects that from 2010 to 2025, Iowa will add 612,000 jobs to its economy, including replacement jobs due to retirement. The report, Iowa: […]
From Press Release Republican presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Rand Paul released a list of its Iowa Leadership team this morning. The group is composed of co-chairs from 99 counties along with district co-chairs, and several influential statewide leaders. This leadership team will work to spread Paul’s message throughout the […]
Several new polls — most of which have very questionable data — have been released in the past week. We have reason to believe the numbers in several polls were manipulated to achieve a desired result. In cases where there is solid evidence to support that notion, we have ignored […]
From Press Release Republican presidential candidate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee will campaign across Iowa tomorrow and Wednesday. The 2008 Iowa Republican Caucus winner’s itinerary, which includes five stops in central Iowa, follows: Tuesday, October 6 11:30 a.m. — Pizza Ranch, 634 Main Street, Ackley 2 p.m. — Kling […]
From Press Release Republican presidential candidate former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum returned to Iowa today for a three-day campaign swing through the first-in-the-nation caucus state. His itinerary follows: Monday, October 5 12:30 p.m. — Western Dubuque Biodiesel, 904 Jamesmeier Road, Farley 3:30 p.m. — Wartburg College, Whitehouse Business Center, […]
By The Iowa Statesman Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will host a campaign rally in Iowa later this week. Wednesday, he will appear at the Electric Park Ballroom in Waterloo beginning at noon. Free tickets for the event can be reserved at trumpwaterloo.eventbrite.com.
From Press Release U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) will hold four town meetings in Adair, Buena Vista, Ida and Monona counties on Friday and next Monday as part of his annual 99-county tour. He has held a meeting in each of Iowa’s 99 counties at least once every year […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds and Pella Corporation CEO Pat Meyer will host a press conference tomorrow to reveal their work so far on developing the Iowa Energy Plan. The event will begin at 1:30 p.m. at Pella Corporation’s Design Center, located at 102 Main Street […]
From Press Release Today, 55 conservative leaders from across America signed the open letter “Vision For New Conservative Leadership.” The letter states, in part: Republican leaders have a responsibility to better align their party’s policy stances with founding American principles, the U.S. Constitution, and the will and consent of […]
By The Iowa Statesman Rand Paul for President announced Thursday it has $2 million cash on hand at the conclusion of the third quarter in an effort to quiet rumors that their candidate will soon exit the Republican presidential primary race. In a press release, the campaign said, “With regular […]
From Press Release The Cruz for President Campaign today announced CruzCrowd, the world’s first presidential social crowd-funding platform. Based on the theme of the American Revolution, CruzCrowd empowers individual supporters to raise small-dollar donations for the campaign and recruit others to join the Cruz Campaign’s grassroots army. CLICK HERE […]
From Press Release For months, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has urged the Environmental Protection Agency to revise and increase its proposed volume obligations for renewable biofuels under the Renewable Fuel Standard for 2014, 2015 and 2016. After hearing from Grassley and other senators, the EPA revised its initial […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor One of the Iowa Senate Republican Caucus’ most vocal champions, long rud to be interested in a congressional run, will announce his intentions next week at an event in the First Congressional District. State Sen. Mark Chelgren (R-Ottumwa) said today he would announce his intentions […]
From Press Release Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) received the American Conservative Union’s 2014 Award for Conservative Excellence for his dedication to conservative principles that promote a free society. “I’m honored to receive this award from such a well-respected group. We must continue to stand for our nation’s […]
From Press Release U.S. Rep. Rod Blum (R-IA 1) issued the following statement on his vote against the continuing resolution: “Today I voted no on the continuing resolution because I believe that short term, last minute funding measures that kick the can down the road are not the proper […]
From Press Release U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, is adding another nominee to the State Department nominees on whom he is placing a hold, citing a continued failure to respond in a timely and reasonable manner to his inquiries regarding what should be the […]
From Press Release Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad today appointed Kevin McKeever as judge to the Sixth Judicial District. McKeever was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of the Honorable Douglas S. Russell. McKeever, 46, of Iowa City, currently serves as an Assistant Muscatine County Attorney. Previously […]
From Press Release Republican presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz today announced the endorsement of former Scott Walker supporter state Sen. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull). The endorsement follows Cruz’ earlier announcement that all three of Walker’s former grassroots co-chairs in Georgia are also now organizing for the Cruz campaign. “It […]
By The Iowa Statesman The latest investigative journalism video from Project Veritas shows campaign staffers jing about using an image of Donald Trump to drum up registered voters in violation of election laws. “There’s like hundreds and hundreds of people, and I just flash a picture of Donald Trump […]
From Press Release U.S. Rep. Steve King (R-IA 4) released the following statement after submitting four amendments to the Continuing Resolution in Rules Committee today: “For months Members of the House have been saying we need to stand on principle,” said King. “This is why I have introduced four […]
From Press Release Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst released the following statement after voting in favor of a short-term continuing resolution through Dec. 11: “Like many Iowans, I’m tired of Washington’s dangerous and shortsighted habit of governing from one emergency to the next. The American people deserve better which […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor With the third fundraising dead of the Republican presidential primary season looming at midnight tonight, campaigns are beating the bushes — in several cases very hard — in a last-ditch effort to post solid numbers in their reports to the Federal Election Commission tonight. Fundraising […]
From Press Release This week, Republican presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio will be back in Iowa to share his vision for a New American Century. On Thursday, he will meet with voters at a town hall in Cedar Falls. On Friday, he will hold a meet and greet […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor At least three Republican county central committees have joined the growing chorus of conservatives demanding action to end taxpayer subsidies for Planned Parenthood. Last week, the GOP leaders in Polk, Story, and Woodbury counties approved their own resolutions. The Polk County resolution: Whereas, the […]
By The Iowa Statesman A new forensic analysis of the Center of Medical Progress’ videos showing Planned Parenthood executives discussing the sale of body parts from aborted babies reinforces the organization’s claims that there is nothing “doctored” about them. An excerpt from the forensic report follows: In September, 2015, […]
From Press Release hairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee wrote Monday to the Department of Health and Human Services […]
From Press Release Republican presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz today named former U.S. Rep. Bob Barr the National Chair of the “Liberty Leaders for Cruz” coalition. The campaign also released a video of eight leaders in the Liberty movement who are actively working for the Cruz campaign, featuring […]
By The Iowa Statesman Republicans in Iowa House District 5 selected Dr. Charles Holz as their nominee in the upcoming special election to replace state Rep. Chuck Soderberg (R-Le Mars) in the heavily Republican district. Plymouth County GOP chair Don Kass was elected to preside over the nominating convention. […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor With conservatives within the base of his own party clamoring for him to take executive action to defund Iowa’s abortion industry, Gov. Terry Branstad instead issued an executive order to placate another interest group during a “Buddy Bench” dedication ceremony today at Arthur Elementary School […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor In the most detailed policy released yet by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, he says he wants to cut taxes for almost every American, remove loopholes for the very rich and special interests, and to end corporate inversion by making U.S. corporate tax rates among […]
With Rick Perry and Scott Walker out of the picture, and following the second GOP presidential primary debate, there has been some movement in the field, and we once again have a little clarity — both about the electorate and the media-driven polls that are being reported. We are […]
By The Iowa Statesman Investigative journalist James O’Keefe of Project Veritas went to Nevada to follow up on his most recent video exposing Clinton campaign staffers violating election laws in Nevada. In the video, O’Keefe attempted to uncover what happened to Christina Gupana, the Las Vegas attorney who was […]
By The Iowa Statesman The Republican Party establishment and media have pressed presidential candidate Donald Trump for specifics on policy. And this morning, they’re going to get some when the GOP frontrunner will host a press conference at 10 a.m. at Trump Tower to announce his tax plan and […]
From Press Release U.S. Rep. Steve King (R-IA 4) released the following statement to express his call for open dialogue and a iberate process to elect a new Speaker of the House Representatives: “The House of Representatives is now tasked with electing a new Speaker. This is both a […]
From Press Release U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that Aaron McKay has been named state director of the six Grassley offices located in Iowa. The state director is based in Des Moines. Grassley said his state offices – located in Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Des Moines, Sioux […]
From Press Release Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds announced that they will travel to Cedar Rapids today for the dedication of a “Buddy Bench” at Arthur Elementary, 2630 B Ave. NE, and make an announcement regarding the administration’s efforts to end bullying in Iowa’s schools. Former […]
From Press Release Republican Third Congressional District candidate Joe Grandanette reacted positively to the decision of U.S. Rep. John Boehner to step down as Speaker of the House of Representatives. Grandanette’s run for Congress is fueled in part by U.S. Rep. David Young’s vote in support of Boehner for […]
By The Iowa Statesman According to the New York Times: Speaker of the House of Representatives U.S. Rep. John Boehner (R-OH 8), under intense pressure from conservatives in his party, will resign and give up his House seat at the end of October, throwing Congress into chaos as it […]
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