by admin | Jan 7, 2009 | Politics & Government
Iowa’s entire congressional delegation has signed on to a letter asking for a change in the way some federal disaster funds were distributed. Iowa’s two Senators and five congressmen are upset that Iowa received only $11-million in block grant funding for...
by admin | Dec 16, 2008 | Politics & Government
Sources tell Radio Iowa former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack will be nominated to be the next U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. Vilsack, a two-term governor who ran for president before endorsing Hillary Clinton’s quest for the White House, will be formally...
by admin | Jun 24, 2008 | Politics & Government
Former Iowa Congressman Jim Nussle has spent nearly 11 months working out of a D.C. office once used by the son of a famous former president. Nussle began work as President Bush’s budget director last August. Nussle was assigned the office Robert Lincoln,...
by admin | Jan 31, 2008 | Politics & Government
Later this afternoon, Senator Tom Harkin will meet with former Congressman Jim Nussle who now is the president’s budget chief. Harkin, who is chairman of the Senate Ag Committee, has talked with Nussle by phone but will review the legislation with Nussle...
by admin | Sep 10, 2007 | Politics & Government
Former Iowa Congressman Jim Nussle says he is “eager” to begin his new job as President Bush’s budget director. Nussle’s new title is director of the Office of Management and Budget. A White House ceremony was held today to swear in Nussle...
