Monthly Archives: February 2007

Paper Ballots are Best

Paper Ballots are Best By Sean Flaherty, IVI Iowa legislators are taking steps to make paper ballots the statewide standard for our elections.  We need your help to keep the momentum going. A sample letter is at the end of … Continue reading

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Sunlight Foundation Update

Sunlight Foundation Update By The Sunlight Foundation In this month's Sunlight Foundation/ Congresspedia update we wanted to alert you to a few new tools, prizes and grants, as well as a plea to help us rate members of Congress on … Continue reading

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Great New Tool for Tracking Your Federal Legislator

Great New Tool for Tracking Your Federal Legislator By Sam GarchikI apologize for the scarcity of posts over the last few days. Let's just say that I've been battling some serious power issues, as I am sure many of you … Continue reading

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Voter-Owned Iowa Clean Elections (VOICE)

Voter-Owned Iowa Clean Elections (VOICE) By Ed Falllon Dear Friends, In this update, I want to limit our conversation to two things:  (1) my support for John Edwards, and (2) campaign finance reform legislation before the Iowa House.JOHN EDWARDS Many … Continue reading

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Vilsack Out, Anyone Else Up?

Vilsack Out, Anyone Else Up? By Sam GarchikAs of 10:30 EST, Vilsack looks to quit the race. This opens up a lot of possibilitites for people in state, and I wonder who is going to take his spot as the … Continue reading

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Adding Up the Minuses for Iowa in Proposed Budget

Adding Up the Minuses for Iowa in Proposed Budget By Mike Owen The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) today released a report showing estimates of state-by-state cuts proposed in the President’s budget, for the coming year and the … Continue reading

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Adding Up the Minuses for Iowa in Proposed Budget

Adding Up the Minuses for Iowa in Proposed Budget By Mike Owen The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) today released a report showing estimates of state-by-state cuts proposed in the President’s budget, for the coming year and the … Continue reading

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Action Needed on Iowa Senate Ag. Bill

Action Needed on Iowa Senate Ag. Bill By the IFU Urgent action is needed to influence members of the Senate Ag Committee to get three bills out of committee and onto the Senate floor where they can be debated and … Continue reading

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Where is Dr. Bill Rosberg when you need him?

Where is Dr. Bill Rosberg when you need him? By Keith B. I have never forgotten a political science class I had taken at Kirkwood Community College and the lesson taught on new democracies.  Dr. Bill Rossberg implored upon us … Continue reading

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Grassley’s Town Hall Meetings

Grassley's Town Hall Meetings By Bill Broich, Des Moines Council CoordinatorSenator Grassley will begin his townhall meetings this week.  I encourage all Iowa Progressives to let him know that we are disappointed that he did not vote for a debate … Continue reading

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