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Tag Archives: lobbyists
Meanwhile In Des Moines Citizens Get Screwed
Republicans tell university students: Come live in Iowa’s university cities, but you don’t get to vote there. Who can be surprised that Republicans in the Iowa legislature passed a bill out of committee that would restrict university students from voting … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, Education, Iowa legislature 2019, Kim Reynolds
Tagged lobbyists, lobbyists behind closed doors, suppressing student votes, voter suppression
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Lobbyists: Time To Shine A Light On Them
Many years ago I made a proposal that any and all meetings between lobbyists and members of government at any level be held in the open and if possible recorded. If governmental people must wear a recorder 24X7 so be … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, Iowa legislature 2018, Republican Policy
Tagged lobbyists
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Loebsack Introduces Legislation To Prohibit Ex-Congress Members From Becoming Lobbyists
In an editorial published in Quad City Times June 22, Congressman Dave Loebsack announced that he has joined with fellow Congress member David Cicilline from Rhode Island to introduce legislature that would bar former members of congress from becoming lobbyists … Continue reading
Posted in David Loebsack, money out of politics
Tagged congress members becoming lobbyists, K-Street, lobbyists
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A Few Words On Dennis Hastert
Bribery by ALEC in Georgia uncovered by the press last week. (starts at 0:18) The story is just beginning to emerge from the Justice Department of the corruption that J. Dennis Hastert undertook as Speaker of the House from 1999 … Continue reading
Posted in Charles Grassley, Joni Ernst
Tagged cheney, corruption, Dennis Hastert, Hastert, lobbyists, Loretta Lynch, Manning, Sibel Edmonds, Snowden
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Dave Loebsack Seeks Disclosure Of Lobbyist Funded Travel
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Congressman Dave Loebsack announced yesterday that he will be introducing legislation when Congress returns from its July 4th district work period that would once again require Members of Congress to disclose details of their privately funded travel. Until … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 Election Campaign, David Loebsack
Tagged Congressman Dave Loebsack, Ethics in Government, lobbyists, Loebsack campaign
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A Reminder In Dallas
In case you had forgotten what the real source of our current mess is a huge reminder was opened in Dallas Thursday morning. Dedicated to the worst presidency overall in America’s history, a presidency that failed not just on one or … Continue reading
Posted in ALEC, Branstad, Labor, medicaid expansion
Tagged labor unions, lobbyists, Workers Memorial Day
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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
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Congress, Economy, Jobs, Labor
Tagged call Congress, Columbia, Korea, labor, lobbyists, trade deals
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The Upside-Down Republican View of Power
Most Americans think that the power structure of the government and the country is pretty much what is described in the Constitution. The people are the sovereign, the final deciders. Through their votes they choose the President as the head … Continue reading
Posted in Big Government, Blog for Iowa, Corporate Greed
Tagged ALEC, corporations, lobbyists, media, poor, power structure, religion, republican party, rich
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