by Matt Kelley | Jan 2, 2013 | News, Politics & Government, Top Story
Members of Iowa’s congressional delegation split on party lines in last night’s vote to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff of tax hikes and budget cuts. All three Iowa House Democrats voted for the measure while both Republicans opposed it. Earlier in the...
by O. Kay Henderson | Dec 19, 2012 | Military, News, Politics & Government, Top Story
At least three Iowa congressman will vote against a bill that would close the F16 fighter jet unit in Des Moines. The Pentagon estimates 32 people will lose their jobs at the Iowa Air Guard base in Des Moines. Congressman Tom Latham, a Republican from Clive, says the...
by O. Kay Henderson | Dec 13, 2012 | News, Politics & Government, Top Story
Colleagues of Congressman Leonard Boswell held a tribute to him today on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. “Hadn’t planned on this all coming to this kind of a closure, but it’s caused me to reflect back over life and I feel very...
by O. Kay Henderson | Nov 7, 2012 | News, Politics & Government, Top Story
Iowa voters sent Congressman Leonard Boswell into retirement Tuesday and reelected Iowa’s other four congressmen. Republican Congressman Tom Latham faced incumbent Democrat Leonard Boswell after Iowa lost one of its five seat in redistricting. Latham told Radio...
by O. Kay Henderson | Nov 5, 2012 | News, Politics & Government, Top Story
Iowa voters will decide tomorrow which four candidates will represent Iowa in the U.S. House of Representatives for the next two years. Iowa currently has five congressmen. Two are facing off in one race, as Iowa lost a seat in congress because of the redistricting...