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Senator Harkin Explains How America Works
Posted in Harkin, Health Care & Medicare
Tagged ACA, obamacare, Senator Tom Harkin
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This Week On The Fallon Forum: Elections, Climate Change, Water Quality, Gun Safety
Tuesday is a big day in Iowa. It’s Election Day, and in 950 cities across the state, voters will elect city council members and, in some cases, mayors. If recent trends are any indication, turnout will be embarrassingly low. Voting … Continue reading
Posted in Fallon Forum
Tagged climate change, Election Day, Iowa water quality, Iowans for gun safety
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GOP Resorts To Swift Boat Strategy Once Again
Van Jones: Let’s Stop Trying To Please Republicans The GOP were smart when they made the decision to swiftboat Van Jones out of the Obama administration in 2009, because Van Jones is a tremendously powerful force for good. Individuals like … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Greed, GOP, Health Care & Medicare, Obamacare
Tagged affordable care act, GOP obstructionism, obamacare, swiftboating health care, swiftboating Obamacare
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Watch This Scary Movie Trailer
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Five Democracy Saving Bills In Congress To Watch And Support
https://1.rp-api.com/rjs/repost-article.js?3Five Bills That Could Help Fix Our Broken Democracy (via Moyers & Company) Given recent events in Washington, we wouldn’t blame you for feeling dismayed about the prospect that Congress will be able to fix our broken democracy anytime soon, … Continue reading
Posted in Congress
Tagged Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act, Readable Legislation Act, Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act, Voter Empowerment Act
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Food Stamps Cuts Will Affect 13% Of Iowans
http://thinkprogress.org/ Benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), otherwise known as food stamps, will automatically drop come Friday thanks to the loss of additional funds from the 2009 stimulus bill. That cut will hit about 900,000 of the country’s … Continue reading
Posted in food, Food Insecurity
Tagged Food Stamps In Iowa, Hunger in Iowa, SNAP cuts
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Iowa Electric Cooperatives File Appeal For FEMA Disaster Aid
DES MOINES – Lyon Rural Electric Cooperative, Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative, Osceola Rural Electric Cooperative and Sanborn Municipal Utilities have filed a formal appeal with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) asking that the agency reverse their decision to deny … Continue reading
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Iowans Should Get The Facts About The Affordable Health Care Act AKA Obamacare
If you are just now starting to pay attention, here is the simple explanation about the new health care law, disparagingly referred to as Obamacare, a term which President Obama himself and Democrats have adopted as a tag for the … Continue reading
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Tagged ACA, Affordable Health Care Act, Obamacare facts
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This Week On The Fallon Forum: Why Do Republicans Begrudge Poor People Food?
Monday, Dr. Charles Goldman and I definitively answer once and for all the perplexing age-old question: “Why do Republicans hate food stamps?” Tuesday, we discuss the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy one year later, and in other climate news, we look … Continue reading
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Tagged climate action events in Iowa, food stamps, Immigration
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Labor Update: Buy Union-Made Halloween Candy
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Tagged Halloween candy, Iowa AFL-CIO, union-made candy
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