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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
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, David Loebsack
Tagged #IA02, #iapolitics, dave loebsack, Iowa 2nd Congressional District, Iowa politics, Rep. Dave Loebsack
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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
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
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, David Loebsack, Internet Issues, Jim Mowrer, Kim Weaver, Monica Vernon, Patty Judge
Tagged net neutrality
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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
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, David Loebsack, Hillary Clinton, Steve King
Tagged Benghazi investigation, Clinton investigations, Kim Weaver, Republican waste
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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
Posted in David Loebsack, gun control
Tagged freedom of assembly
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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
Posted in 2008 Flooding, David Loebsack
Tagged 2008 Iowa floods, Congressman Dave Loebsack, Iowa flooding
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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
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, Branstad, David Loebsack, Progress Iowa
Tagged Bob Dvorsky, Branstad privatizing Medicaid, Chris Brase, Joe Bolkcom, Muscatine County Democrats
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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
Posted in David Loebsack, Internet Issues
Tagged Congressman Dave Loebsack, Iowa broadband, ISPs in Iowa, rural broadband
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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
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, David Loebsack
Tagged Mark Chelgrin
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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
Posted in David Loebsack, Internet Issues
Tagged FCC transparency rules, Iowa rural broadband, Rep. Dave Loebsack
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