Tag Archives: Iowa Legislature

Iowa House Republicans' Anti-Union Bill DOA

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Paul Deaton

The gang of Republicans in the state house kicked off  last week asking for a constitutional amendment to include their political position on Iowa’s status as a right to work state in the Iowa Constitution. Didn’t they hear about the … Continue reading →

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Join A Day Of Action At The Iowa State Capitol

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Trish Nelson

Reminder from Citizens For Community Improvement cci.org The buzz is already building for our big “Money Out, People In” Kickoff at the Capitol next Tuesday, Jan. 15 from 9–4 pm. Did you catch the great write up in the Des … Continue reading →

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Iowa House Candidates Forum Held At Coralville Public Library

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Trish Nelson

Blog for Iowa and about seventy-five people attended a candidate forum Monday with Dick Schwab and Bobby Kaufmann (HD73) and Sally Stutsman and Steve Sherman (HD77) at the Coralville Public Library. Civility was on hand but at the end of … Continue reading →

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Why Mike Gronstal Is The Latest Target of GOP Freakout

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Trish Nelson

Why has Senator Mike Gronstal become the latest target of Republican Freakout?  It’s like this.  Gronstal stands for the views of the majority and Republicans know that the Iowa Senate is 2 Democratic votes away from Iowa becoming Scott Walker’s … Continue reading →

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When Will Iowa Stop Spending Tax Dollars On ALEC?

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Trish Nelson

progressiowa.org Hewlett-Packard, Deere, BestBuy, CVS, and MillerCoors dump ALEC When will Iowa stop sending tax dollars to this extreme organization? DES MOINES, IOWA — Five additional companies have left the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC): Hewlett-Packard, John Deere, BestBuy, CVS, … Continue reading →

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Is Scott Walker An Appropriate Role Model For Governor Branstad?

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Trish Nelson

This morning, I read some disturbing news. Governor Branstad has been “inspired” by Wisconsin Governor Walker’s re-call victory to push for his brand of horrendous, anti-worker legislation…in Iowa. And although Walker survived the recall efforts this week, the silver lining … Continue reading →

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State Rep. Brian Quirk Announces Decision To Leave ALEC

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Trish Nelson

Des Moines, IA — State Representative Brian Quirk announced today that he has cancelled his membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and will no longer participate in the organization. Rep. Quirk released the following statement about ALEC’s dangerous … Continue reading →

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Progress Iowa Launches Iowa Anti-ALEC Campaign

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Trish Nelson

[Note from BFIA:  This just in from Dave Bradley – ALEC continues to slowly come apart:  http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/04/17/465775/alec-retreat-non-economic-issues/   There was a brief discussion of ALEC on River-to-River yesterday. Slowly they are being exposed to light and it is killing them.] Progress … Continue reading →

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Senator Hogg: Nuclear Power Bill A “Radical Departure” For Iowa

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Trish Nelson

Two letters in the Des Moines Register are right on target about the bill now being considered in the Iowa legislature (House File 561) that will force taxpayers to fund a MidAmerican Energy study to assess the feasibility of a … Continue reading →

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In Response to the MidAmerican Energy Video

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Paul Deaton

Today, MidAmerican Energy released a new YouTube video making their case for passage of HF 561. While they criticize what they call “special interest groups” in the public discussion of this bill, what they fail to say is that they … Continue reading →

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