LATHAM STATEMENT ON OBAMA BUDGET Two Months Late, Budget Contains More Spending, Higher Taxes, Never Balances — Which Is No Way to Run a Government Washington, D.C. — Iowa Congressman Tom Latham released the following statement today upon the release of the President’s budget, which never achieves balance and arrived more than two months beyond [...]
Senator Pat Toomey discusses an alternative to the sequester’s across the board cuts. “When you have to cut spending it makes sense to cut in the least painful way rather than an arbitrary across the board way.” -Toomey Link
Today, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) Said “No,” The Nation Does Not Have A Spending Problem. SEN. TOM HARKIN (D-IA): “Thank you, Madam Chair. I think, first of all, I want to disagree with those who say we have a spending problem. Everyone keeps saying we have a spending problem. And when they talk about that, [...]
Senators Question Whether “Too Big to Fail” Status of Some Wall Street Megabanks Undermines Government’s Ability to Prosecute Large Financial Institutions, Impose Appropriate Penalties WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) sent a letter today to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder questioning whether the “too big to fail” status of [...]
By Craig Robinson President Obama’s second inaugural address was full of beautiful words, and it was impeccably delivered. President Obama will no doubt go down in the annals of history as one of the great modern-day orators. Yet, when you look beyond the flawless delivery and the soaring rhetoric and examine the statements and claims [...]
Republican law makers from Iowa have began to comment on President Obama’s gun control measures. TheIowaRepublican.com will update this article as more statements become available. King Statement on White House Gun Control Announcement Washington, DC- Congressman Steve King released the following statement after President Obama and Vice President Biden presented their executive actions on gun [...]
By Craig Robinson The afterglow of President Obama’s re-election victory over Mitt Romney in Iowa apparently has Democrats feeling bullish about the 2014 mid-term elections. On Thursday, Brad Anderson, Obama’s Iowa campaign manager, announced his plans to challenge Secretary of State Matt Schultz. On Sunday, the Des Moines Register reported that Congressman Bruce Braley is [...]