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King uses pistol to kill raccoon

by O. Kay Henderson on February 16, 2010

in Politics & Government

Republican Congressman Steve King’s getting national attention for shooting a raccoon to death last week.  King was at his rural western Iowa home on Tuesday, February 9 and posted a message on Twitter, saying he had killed a “Crazy Raccoon” trying to claw its way into his house.  He used a gun called a “Desert Eagle.”

“A Desert Eagle is an Israeli-made, semi-automatic pistol,” King says. 

In early February King’s wife told him a raccoon had tried to dig through a vent underneath the family room in their rural home.  King was standing in that family room last week when a raccoon started to scratch on the sliding-glass windows.

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King using time stuck in Iowa pushing Declaration of Healthcare Independence

by O. Kay Henderson 02/9/10 1:18 PM
Steve King signs the Declaration of Health Care Independence.

It’s a sort of “snow day” for the U.S. House of Representatives and Republican Congressman Steve King is stuck in western Iowa as his flights to D.C. have been cancelled because of snow in the nation’s capitol. King is at home in Kiron, calling and emailing other Republicans in the U.S. House, asking them to [...]

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Tax attorney announces run for 5th district congressional seat

by Radio Iowa Contributor 01/30/10 9:45 AM

A lawyer from Manning who specializes in tax issues is running for the Democratic nomination for Iowa’s fifth district congressional seat. Matt Campbell  is holding a series of events to announce his candidacy. Campbell graduated from Morningside in Sioux City with a degree in political science and economics and then got his law degree from [...]

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Iowa’s congressional delegate mulls future of health care reform

by O. Kay Henderson 01/28/10 10:21 AM
Congressman King signs Health Care Declaration of Independence.

President Obama is urging Democrats in congress not to “walk away” from health care reform and Iowa Democrats who’re serving in the House and Senate appear to be on the same page.  
“Fixing our economy requires that we fixing the health system that unacceptably hinders our competitiveness and productivity,” says Senator Tom Harkin, chairman of the [...]

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King speaks at “March for Life” in DC

by O. Kay Henderson 01/23/10 1:00 AM

Congressman Steve King was among the speakers at Friday’s “March for Life” in Washington, D.C.  Since January of 1974, pro-life activists have held annual rallies that are timed to coincide with the date on which the U.S. Supreme Court issued the Roe v Wade decision that legalized abortion. 
Congressman King began his brief speech at Friday’s [...]

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King in Massachusetts for Tuesday’s special election

by O. Kay Henderson 01/18/10 12:42 PM

Congressman Steve King has flown to Massachusetts where he intends to be an “election watcher” in the U.S. senate race there.
Tuesday’s special election in Massachusetts will fill the senate seat held by the late Ted Kennedy. Recent polls have shown Scott Brown, the Republican candidate, in a dead-heat with the Democrat’s candidate.
“I want to make [...]

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King unsure whether he’ll endorse GOP candidate for governor before June

by O. Kay Henderson 12/31/09 10:00 AM

Congressman Steve King says he doesn’t know whether he will endorse one of the Republicans who’s running for governor before the June primary.
King, a Republican from Kiron in western Iowa, won his seat in congress in 2002.  Before that King served in the Iowa Senate for six years, so he was a state legislator during [...]

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