Category Archives: David Loebsack

Dave Loebsack 10 Years In

When I first volunteered to support Dave Loebsack for congress it was a dicey endeavor. In 2004 I’d supported Dave Franker and he was not the best of candidates. He seemed a throw-away placed on the ballot next to Jim … Continue reading

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Aetna’s Revenge Makes The Case For Single Payer

Yet Another Reason To Vote Straight Democratic Ticket While we don’t hear nearly as much from Republicans about destroying the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) as we used to, make no mistake that destroying the ACA is still at the … Continue reading

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Want A Great Reason To Vote For Democrats?

How about continuing Net Neutrality? Just below the Supreme Court justice issue in the senate, the internet is the best reason to vote for all Iowa democratic national candidates: Patty Judge for senate, Monica Vernon in the first district, Jim … Continue reading

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Where Is The Outrage, Steve King?

Interesting to note last week that Steve King made a big splash with an amendment to stop any funding for the Treasury that would be used to redesign the $20 bill. King claimed his amendment was concerned only with the … Continue reading

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Guns: Nothing Changes

fickle finger of fate #1 Sept. 18, 1968 hat tip to nolabear on democraticunderground The names were different but the effect was the same. Forty-eight years later and at a rate of 30,000+ gun deaths a year equaling nearly one … Continue reading

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Dave Loebsack Introduces National Flood Research and Education Act

Iowa is well served by our only Democrat in Congress, Rep. Dave Loebsack.  Follow Dave on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Friends, Eight years ago this month, a devastating flood spread throughout our state. In its wake, homes, buildings, and communities were … Continue reading

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Branstad Doesn’t Veto Medicaid Oversight

A couple of interesting items that took place Friday. Governor Branstad signed the Medicaid oversight bill Friday. Since Branstad pushed the privatization and prioritization of Iowa’s medicaid program through as if he answered to no one there was much trepidation … Continue reading

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Loebsack’s Legislation Helps Iowa’s Small Internet Service Providers

Rep. Dave Loebsack explains how this legislation helps small ISPs in Iowa. “Broadband development is a critical issue to my home state of Iowa… Broadband development is especially important in our country’s rural areas. Less than half of Americans living … Continue reading

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Chelgrin Drops Challenge To Loebsack

Ottumwa State Senator drops out of U.S. House race from radioiowa.com State Senator Mark Chelgren of Ottumwa enter the race for Iowa’s second congressional district in October. Dave Loebsack of Mount Vernon has held the seat since 2007. Chelgren says, … Continue reading

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Dave Loebsack Works Across The Aisle For Rural Broadband Development

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Dave Loebsack released the following statement today after his bipartisan amendment to H.R. 4596, the Small Business Broadband Deployment Act, was unanimously passed by the House Energy and Commerce Committee. This amendment, which Loebsack introduced with … Continue reading

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