Category Archives: Congress

Rep. Loebsack Promotes Citizens Super Committee On Telephone Town Hall

muscatinejournal.com U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa, won’t predict which programs will be affected when the 12-member congressional super committee recommends lopping up to $1.5 trillion off the federal budget by its Nov. 23 deadline. But the Iowa City Democrat, during … Continue reading

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Call On Congress To Stop Trade Deals

Dear Dave, You don’t hear from me often. I spend most of my time on Capitol Hill, meeting with members of Congress, making the voices of working people heard in front of lawmakers and educating them about what’s important. But … Continue reading

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Loebsack Recognized For Sponsoring Transparency Bill

Dave Loebsack Earns Rose From Des Moines Register desmoinesregister.com “A rose to U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack, D-Mount Vernon, for pushing Congress to do its work in the open as it attacks the deficit. Loebsack is a sponsor of a bipartisan … Continue reading

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Loebsack Co-sponsors "Super Committee" Transparency Bill

Washington, DC Sept. 7, 2011 Congressmen Dave Loebsack (IA-02), Mike Quigley (IL-05) and Jim Renacci (OH-16) today introduced bipartisan legislation that will ensure the proceedings and outcome of the Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction, also known as the Super Committee, … Continue reading

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Harkin Labor Day Report: America’s Middle Class Needs Our Help

In Advance of President’s Address on Jobs, Labor Committee Chairman Releases Report Showing Why Government Investments in Middle Class are Critical WASHINGTON – As the nation prepares to honor America’s workers this weekend, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee … Continue reading

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How President Obama Will Deliver Jobs Without Congress

The Atlantic –

The president has asked federal agencies to find solutions on their own. His message to lawmakers: We can do this without you.

President Obama is either fed up with Congress or he’s testing his own administration’s mettle. Or both.

On Wednesday, Obama took a now-familiar path in adopting a program–this time a jobs and infrastructure effort–that can happen entirely within his domain. Continue reading

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Loebsack at Iowa's Button Factory

On Tuesday, August 23rd, Iowa’s Second District Congressman Dave Loebsack spoke to constituents at the Button Factory Restaurant in Muscatine, Iowa. The Muscatine Journal covered the event, and here is an excerpt from their article titled “Representative Loebsack Sympathizes with … Continue reading

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Iowa's Dave Loebsack on Libya

On Monday, August 22, 2011, Iowa’s 2nd District Congressman Dave Loebsack appeared on Iowa Public Radio’s program The Exchange with Ben Kieffer. During the half hour program, Dave reacted to the recent developments in Libya. Following is a delayed live … Continue reading

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SEC Destroys Evidence, Grassley Cries Foul

In the last couple of days revelations have come to light that the SEC has actually been destroying documents in cases that have come to a stoppage of investigation for various reasons. The story behind the destruction of these documents … Continue reading

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Then Barack Obama Came to Iowa

Progressives are criticized for supporting President Obama. From conservatives, we hear the fear that Democrats are trying to engineer society through the government so that people would be deprived of their liberties and compelled to do horrible things: like drink … Continue reading

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