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Franken Hits Grassley’s Lack Of Respect For Service Members
From a Franken fund raising email: Grassley must apologize to every veteran The attacks from Chuck Grassley keep coming. “The most liberal nominee in Iowa Senate history” “Radical” “Socialist” Gotta love it! Chuck Grassley doesn’t know what to say about … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Election campaign, Affordable Care Act, Charles Grassley, Medicare, Republican Policy
Tagged Admiral Michael Franken, medicaid, Roe v. Wade
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Some Thoughts On The Coming End Of Roe v. Wade
Like many of you, I am livid over the leaked decision that overturns the Roe v. Wade decision. And like many of you I have been turning all sorts of thoughts concerning access to abortion over in my mind. The … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Election campaign, Charles Grassley, Medicare, Obamacare, Republican mythology, Republican Policy, SCOTUS, Social Security, womens rights
Tagged abortion, Justice Alito, marriage equality, medicaid, privacy, Roe v. Wade
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Radical
Just a little thought on this Presidents day weekend. Radical is a word that we are likely to hear on right wing media. It is a word that the right has spent years turning into one of those words that … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Election campaign, Covid-19, Medicare, Social Security
Tagged extremism, medicaid, radical, radical Republicans
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Chuck Grassley: Major Obstructionist
A friend sent me a copy of a guest opinion from the Cedar Rapids Gazette from January 12th. The opinion is written by David Mannheim, a neighbor of Grassley’s near New Hartford. Mr. Mansheim breaks down many aspects of Grassley’s years … Continue reading
Posted in Affordable Care Act, Charles Grassley, Medicare, Social Security
Tagged Abby Finkenauer, Admiral Mike Franken, blocking Merrick Garland, Dr. Glenn Hurst, medicaid, party hack
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Right’s Framing Of Socialism Just Too Much BS
Never forget this: If you hadn’t noticed the next election is already in full swing. As usual the lockstep Republican candidates are all singing from the same hymnal. That hymnal has various versions of the ever popular song among Republicans … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Election campaign, Affordable Care Act, Charles Grassley, Medicare, Republican Policy, Social Security, Social Security Disability Insurance
Tagged Ashley Hinson, democratic socialism, farm payments, Marianette Miller-Meeks, medicaid
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Killing The “Public” Entity
“Never let a good crisis go to waste” the old political saying goes. Lord knows we have a huge crisis in front of us. Had we had any kind of even substandard leadership, the US may have been able to … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Blog for Iowa, Farming, Joni Ernst, Medicare, Obamacare, Social Security
Tagged medicaid, public education, public housing, USPS
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Social Security And Medicare On The Block If Trump Wins In 2020
With the behemoth news story of the impeachment sucking up almost all the TV and radio air, there is very little other news getting out or getting a proper amount of air time. Hopefully, the story out of Davos, Switzerland … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Blog for Iowa, medicaid expansion, Medicare, Republican Policy, Social Security, Trump
Tagged medicaid, medicaid block grant, social security and wall street
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Reps. King, Finkenauer and Axne Sign Bipartisan Letter Urging Congress To Delay Cuts to Hospitals Serving Vulnerable Populations
For Immediate Release: May 23, 2019 Contact: Matt Sinovic, (515) 423-0133 In Case You Missed It: DSH Program Essential for Iowa’s Hospitals Des Moines, Iowa – Last week, 302 members of the House of Representatives sent a bipartisan letter to Congressional leaders … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged Abby Finkenauer, CHIP, Cindy Axne, Iowa hospitals, medicaid
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