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Tag Archives: Senator Joe Bolkcom
Joni Ernst Vacations While Iowans Suffer
Joe Bolkcom and Timi Brown-Powers Iowa City Press-Citizen Guest Opinion Our nation faces multiple crises due to the failed leadership of Donald Trump. Our public health system is struggling to overcome the worst pandemic in over a century. Our economy … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged HEROES Act, joni ernst, Rep. Timi Brown-Powers, Senate Republicans, Senator Joe Bolkcom
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Senators Joe Bolkcom And Zach Walz Test Iowa Update
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged Senator Joe Bolkcom, Senator Zach Wahls, Test Iowa
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Iowa’s Medical Cannabis Program “Worst in Nation”
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Tagged iowa legislative session 2020, Iowa medical cannabis program, Senator Joe Bolkcom
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Iowa In The Bull’s Eye Of Climate Change
Senator Joe Bolkcom speaks on the floor of the senate about the effects of climate change in Iowa. Watch the 11-minute video for even more sobering climate change information specific to our state. “Iowa’s weather and climate have changed right … Continue reading
Republicans Doing Their Best To Ruin Everything Good About Iowa
More craziness from the Iowa GOP… “This bill will make flooding worse in Iowa.”
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged Iowa flooding, Iowa natural resources, Iowa Republicans, Senator Joe Bolkcom
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Iowa’s Medicaid MCOs Get Another Big Raise
The Medicaid mess that Terry Branstad created and then walked away from just got much, much worse for the end user in Iowa Friday. That end user is of course the 680,000 Iowans who rely on Medicaid for their … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, Iowa Democrats, Kim Reynolds
Tagged Fred Hubbell, medicaid privatization, Senator Joe Bolkcom
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Joe Bolkcom: Adjournment Looms “Not Pretty”
From Senator Joe Bolkcom’s newsletter: Yesterday the Senate Appropriations Committee met twice to consider seven budget bills. The GOP-led committee had less than 24 hours to review the bills, and the public had zero opportunity to offer input. Rotten process. … Continue reading
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Tagged Iowa Democrats, Iowa legislature 2018, Iowa statehouse news, Senator Joe Bolkcom
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Iowa GOP Climate Change Deniers Taken To Task By Democrat
Important information from Democratic Senator Joe Bolkcom for Iowans in Senate District 28. NE Iowa Senator Mike Breitbach denies climate change is real I attended a legislative forum on Tuesday in Decorah hosted by the Winneshiek Energy District. Republican incumbent … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign
Tagged Iowa flood 2016, Iowa Senate District 28, Jan Heikes, Republican Mike Breitbach, Senator Joe Bolkcom
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“Lost Schools,” Iowa Medicaid Changes, JCDems Fall BBQ
Sign up for Senator Bolkcom’s newsletter. In addition to [Governor Branstad’s] deadly decision to unilaterally close two critically needed Iowa mental health facilities, his veto of $55 million in much-needed funding for our local schools because he said we could … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged Iowa legislature 2015, Iowa Medicaid changes, Iowa's schools, Johnson County Democrats Fall BBQ, Lost Schools documentary, Senator Joe Bolkcom
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Why Is Governor Branstad Dismantling Medicaid?
From the newsletter of Senator Bolkcom (D) – Iowa City BRANSTAD HEADLONG RUSH TO PRIVATIZE MEDICAID Medicaid provides health coverage to just over a half million of the most vulnerable people in our state, including seniors, families and children, pregnant … Continue reading
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Tagged Governor Branstad, Iowa legislative session 2015, Iowa Medicaid, Senator Joe Bolkcom
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