-
Call Congress!
-
Governor Kim Keynolds:
(515) 281-5211
U.S. Capitol Switchboard:
(202) 224-3121
Iowa Members of Congress
- Rep. Randy Feenstra (R)
- Rep. Ashley Hinson (R)
- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R)
- Rep. Zach Nunn (R)
Iowa US Senators
- Senator Joni Ernst (R)
- Senator Charles Grassley (R)
Find More Resources at
IowaDemocrats.org - Follow Blog For Iowa on WordPress.com
-
-
Recent Posts
Tags
- #iapolitics
- #nobakken
- #trumpresistance
- ACA
- ALEC
- Ashley Hinson
- Bakken Oil Pipeline
- Bernie Sanders
- CAFOs in Iowa
- Chuck Grassley
- climate change
- Congressman Dave Loebsack
- corporate media
- Covid-19
- Ed Fallon
- environment
- fallon forum
- FCC
- global warming
- Howard Dean
- Iowa
- Iowa Democrats
- Iowa GOP
- Iowa legislative session 2023
- Iowa Legislature
- Iowa politics
- Iowa Press
- Iowa Senate Democrats
- Iowa water quality
- joni ernst
- Kim Reynolds
- labor
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks
- media reform
- medicaid
- Miller-Meeks
- net neutrality
- nuclear abolition
- nuclear disarmament
- obamacare
- Peace
- politics
- president obama
- Rep. Dave Loebsack
- right wing propaganda
- Robert Reich
- Scotus
- sustainability
- thom hartmann
- Veterans for Peace
Browse by Date
Search
Category Archives: Progressive Community
An Iowa Temp Worker Bill of Rights?
In a strip mall in Cedar Rapids, a temp agency opens at 6 a.m., ready to place workers in temporary jobs. A registered applicant can enter the waiting room, sign in on a clipboard at the counter, and wait for … Continue reading
Posted in Labor, Progressive Community
Tagged labor, labor unions, off-shoring, outsourcing, subcontracting, temp workers
5 Comments
Thinking About the IRS Scandal
During the past month, a slew of news stories have covered the scandal at the Internal Revenue Service. Let’s begin with a primer on the IRS. The Internal Revenue Service operates as an independent agency under the Treasury Department. The … Continue reading
Posted in Progressive Community
Tagged fake IRS scandal, IRS scandal, progressive Democrats
Comments Off on Thinking About the IRS Scandal
Gov't Propaganda Okay in U.S.
From Foreign Policy Magazine: U.S. Repeals Propaganda Ban, Spreads Government-Made News To Americans “For decades, a so-called anti-propaganda law (the Smith-Mundt Act) prevented the U.S. government’s mammoth broadcasting arm from delivering programming to American audiences. But on July 2, that … Continue reading
Posted in Media Reform, Progressive Community, Radio
Tagged media, Media Bias, media diversity, media reform, propaganda, public interest media, Smith-Mundt Act
1 Comment
BFIA takes a RAGBRAI Day
CLUTIER, Iowa— Trish Nelson, editor of Blog for Iowa, took today to be dropped off in a small Tama County town to bicycle 52.2 miles to Cedar Rapids as part of RAGBRAI. From the web site: “RAGBRAI, The Register’s Annual … Continue reading
Posted in Progressive Community
Tagged bicycling, Iowa, RAGBRAI
Comments Off on BFIA takes a RAGBRAI Day
Support Public Education — Vote Democratic
It is no surprise that the Republican Party of Iowa supports political indoctrination of school children. What is surprising is how far they go to assert their point of view. They want a free market education where public schools teach … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Election Campaign, Education, Progressive Community
Tagged education
Comments Off on Support Public Education — Vote Democratic
Preserve Social Security–Vote Democratic
When it comes to Social Security, the Democratic Party supports the promise made when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed The Social Security Act on Aug. 14, 1935. That promise is that people in society would contribute to Social Security to … Continue reading
Posted in Campaign 2012, David Loebsack, Progressive Community
Tagged Democratic Values, John Archer, Paul Ryan, Ryan Budget, social security
Comments Off on Preserve Social Security–Vote Democratic
HF 561 & Iowa's Senator Liz Mathis
As readers should know, we oppose HF 561, a bill in the legislature relating to new nuclear power in Iowa. In advocating against this bill, what has become clear is that whatever the resolution, the outcome is not about which … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Iowa Legislature, Progressive Community
Tagged energy, iowa legislature 2012, Liz Mathis, nuclear power
Comments Off on HF 561 & Iowa's Senator Liz Mathis
Local Food Summit in Iowa City
IOWA CITY— More than 80 local food producers and buyers convened during the second annual “Come to the Table Local Food Summit” at the Johnson County Extension Office on Feb. 10 in Iowa City. The purpose of the event was … Continue reading
Posted in Farming, food, Local Events, Progressive Community
Tagged farming, Local food
Comments Off on Local Food Summit in Iowa City
Iowa Democrats, Clean Air and Socializing
At the Kirsten Running-Marquardt fundraiser last night, I sat in a row of chairs with a group of long-time Democratic party activists. Most local Democrats know them by name, Jean and Jix Lloyd-Jones, Dick and Doris Myers and Bill and … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Election Campaign, ALEC, Energy, Environment, Progressive Community, Public Health, Sustainability
Comments Off on Iowa Democrats, Clean Air and Socializing
What will Iowa's Energy Future Be?
Word in Des Moines is that MidAmerican Energy lobbyists have convinced the Iowa Senate’s Democratic Leadership to move the nuclear power bill, House File 561 /Senate File 390, during the first week or two of the 2012 legislative session. This … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Environment, Main Page, Progressive Community
Comments Off on What will Iowa's Energy Future Be?
Blog For Iowa 