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Author Archives: Dave Bradley
Former Grassley Staffer: SCOTUS Killing ACA ‘Would Impact Everyone’
My eye caught the name “Grassley” in the title of this diary on dailykos.com by Joan McCarter. So I peeked in and was astonished to see a former Grassley staffer actually telling the truth about the effects of the SCOTUS … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, Affordable Care Act, Charles Grassley, Health Care & Medicare, SCOTUS
Tagged King v. Burwell
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Sunday Funday – Only A Week Left In February
I can almost hear the happy dancing starting. March is but a week away. March is associated with Spring and warm weather. February is associated with all the bad things we associate with winter. What a difference a day can … Continue reading
Posted in Humor
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No Funding For Schools; No Taxes On Some Corporations
It surely is a strange situation when we have our Republican legislators tell us out of one side of their mouths that there is no money for Iowa schools to maintain the status quo, yet from the other side of … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Greed, financial reform, Iowa Policy Project
Tagged Iowa Fiscal Partners, tax refunds to corporations, taxes
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Finding A New World? Harder Than Some Think!
Tip of the hat to http://www.dailykos/comics As some of you may have read here Thursday Iowa is in the process of “studying” allowing the Bakken Oil to build a pipeline across Iowa. Minnesota is also looking at a pipeline from … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Action, Climate Change, Environment, fracking, Humor, Sustainability, water, wind power
Tagged gulf oil spill, leaving earth, rivers, Solar Power
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School Funding, Kids Future, Aging Population: The Courtney Report
Once again we will excerpt from State Senator Courtney’s weekly newsletter: SENATE VOTES TO REVERSE IOWA’S SLIDE IN SCHOOL INVESTMENT Iowa’s future depends on high-quality local schools. Our best hope for expanding Iowa’s middle class is investing the necessary resources … Continue reading
Posted in Courtney, Courtney Report, Economy, Education, Jobs
Tagged aging, boards, commissions, dementia, Iowa businesses, Iowa kids
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Grassley On Social Security – Not Good
Right after the House changed the rule on money flowing back and forth between the Social Security main fund and the SS Disability Insurance Fund, I wrote my senators and representatives immediately. As I have said here before, I have … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, Charles Grassley, Social Security, Social Security Disability Insurance
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Sunday Funday – Presidenting Is Hard Edition
Black History Month and President’s Day reminds me of the short article in The Onion after Barack Obama’s first election: Black Man Given Nation’s Worst Job WASHINGTON—African-American man Barack Obama, 47, was given the least-desirable job in the entire country … Continue reading
Posted in Humor
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CBD Oil In Iowa – When?
Last year Iowa seemed to take a major step into the 20th century when parents and friends of child epileptic patients made an almost irrefutable case for medical cannabis in Iowa. Governor Branstad backed it as did most of the … Continue reading
Posted in Iowa legislature 2015, medical marijuana, Republicn Policy
Tagged CBD oil, tom sands
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Prepping For An Alec Agenda In Iowa
Pretty much every Saturday during the Iowa legislative session elected members of both houses convene at venues throughout the state and take comments and questions from the public. If you happen to have both Republican (Tea Party) and Democrats representing … Continue reading
Posted in Affordable Care Act, ALEC, Budget, Education, Iowa legislature 2015, Republicn Policy, tea party, union busting
Tagged Rep. Tom Sands
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Local Schools, Middle Class, Health Care: The Courtney Report
Ed. note: this is an excerpt from the newsletter from state Senator Tom Courtney. To read the full newsletter, please go to http://www.senate.iowa.gov/senator/courtney/newsletter/ WE CAN TAKE A STEP FORWARD FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS This week, Iowa Senate Democrats announced a plan … Continue reading
Posted in Courtney, Courtney Report, Health Care & Medicare, Iowa Legislature, Iowa legislature 2015, middle-class
Tagged Iowa schools. art education
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