Tag Archives: shutdown

Letter to Senators Grassley And Durbin

Posted on October 29, 2025 by Trish Nelson

Our friend Ed Flaherty wrote this letter to the editor and shared it with Blog for Iowa. Posting with permission. Dear Senators Grassley and Durbin: You both agree  that the shutdown is harmful and unnecessary.  You have worked with each … Continue reading →

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Shutdown!

Posted on September 30, 2023 by Dave Bradley

2 minutes (this is Jaime Raskin of Maryland speaking at the Biden impeachment diversion) Raskin: "So let's get it straight. We're 62 hours away from shutting down the government of the USA, and Republicans are launching an impeachment drive based … Continue reading →

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War As A Campaign Strategy And Other Thoughts

Posted on January 20, 2019 by Dave Bradley

One of the recent unwritten rules of an incumbent Republican president running for re-election is that they must have a war for Americans to rally around. It must be a war they are almost certain to win. They must control … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday: America Held Hostage, Week 5

Posted on January 20, 2019 by Dave Bradley

What Republican policies have done to families in this country is horrible from the tearing apart of refugee families on the border to the cutting of government aid to the poor to the total disregard Republicans have shown for government … Continue reading →

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How The Shutdown Is Affecting Iowa

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Trish Nelson

submitted by Naly Bounyalath The current news of the 2013 government shut down has left people antsy and restless. It affects all of us. Some are stuck in the middle and others are retreating to the far end of each … Continue reading →

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Grassley, Latham, And King Following The Tea Party Over The Brink

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Trish Nelson

All three of Iowa’s Republican representatives in congress supported a debt ceiling increase when a Republican president was in the White House.  Now, in a blatant display of hypocrisy, our representatives’ support of the tea party, along with their misleading … Continue reading →

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John Boehner, Meet Benedict Arnold

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Dave Bradley

The British could not do it, nor the rebel Confederate states. The Spanish, Germans, Germans again nor Al Quieda could do it. But John Boehner and his band of merry cowards are just a couple weeks away from totally shutting … Continue reading →

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Rep. Dave Loebsack Still Working For Iowans

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Trish Nelson

visit: http://loebsack.house.gov/shutdown if you need assistance

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