Iowa Democrats and Bruce Braley's campaign are drawing attention to comments Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst made during an ABC interview late last week. "What we see going on in Iraq right now, if this current administration had followed guidance from military leaders many years ago, … [Read more...]
Governor Culver’s father named to post at Harvard
The former Iowa senator and congressman who is the father of Iowa's current governor has been named interim director of a prestigious Harvard University program. Democrat John Culver was elected to congress in 1964 and he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1974. He's been named interim director of … [Read more...]
Leach says back scratching politicians fuel Tea Party movement
Former Republican Congressman Jim Leach says back-scratching politicians have fueled the ire of people involved with the "tea party" movement. President Obama appointed Leach to serve as president of the National Endowment for the Humanities and Leach was in Iowa City last night for an event at the … [Read more...]
Leach clears first hurdle for NEH post
Former Iowa Congressman Jim Leach is one step closer to being confirmed as the next chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Leach represented portions of eastern Iowa in congress for 30 years. Leach, a Republican, endorsed Barack Obama in August of 2008. Leach won't say much about … [Read more...]
Former Iowa congressman to take "alluring" N.E.H. post
President Obama has nominated former Iowa Congressman Jim Leach to head the National Endowment for the Humanities. Leach, a Republican, served eastern Iowa in congress for 30 years and, after losing a reelection bid in 2006, he became a college professor. If Leach is confirmed by the … [Read more...]
Obama wants Leach to lead N.E.H.
The president has nominated former Iowa Congressman Jim Leach to lead the National Endowment for the Humanities. Leach, a Republican who represented eastern Iowa in congress for three decades, endorsed Democrat Barack Obama's bid for the presidency in August of 2008. Obama has nominated Leach to … [Read more...]
Former Congressman Leach to represent Obama at economic summit
President-elect Barack Obama is sending former Iowa Congressman Jim Leach to Washington for this weekend's international summit. President Bush indicated before the presidential election that he'd invite the winner to attend the G-20 summit, a gathering of heads of state from 20 countries -- … [Read more...]
Former Iowa Congressman Leach due in Iowa today
Former Iowa Congressman Jim Leach says Wall Street grew more sophisticated than federal bureaucrats and that's one reason the nation's in the midst of a financial system meltdown. Leach is a professor at Princeton these days, but he's carefully watching the debate in Washington over the bailout … [Read more...]
Grassley comments on Leach’s speech
Former Iowa Congressman Jim Leach, a Republican, took the podium last night at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, touting the attributes of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, a Republican, says he's disappointed Leach chose to endorse Obama so … [Read more...]
Oldest, youngest Iowa DNC delegates are women; Iowa Republican speaks at convention
Just about half the Iowa delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Denver are women and they're invited to join a march today to celebrate an anniversary -- the 88th anniversary of ratificaation of the 19th Amendment, the one that gave women the right to vote. Ione Shadduck of … [Read more...]