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Bloomberg Government (blog)
October 13, 2017
“The lack of an activist political center moves Congress further to the ... Albert Wynn (D-Md.) said that when he faced opposition in the 2006 ... 2010 general election after surviving a runoff against a more liberal primary challenger. ... congressional lines, and Iowa uses a nonpartisan state legislative agency.
POLITICO Magazine
October 11, 2017
“He would be a really good general election candidate. ... reporter that then-U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor was gay), Bullock ... out to states beyond the 15 or so that matter most in presidential elections. ... His re-emergence on the state's political scene came when he ran a 2006 campaign to raise ...
Quad City Times
October 11, 2017
Campaigning in a special election a month later, people were asking her ... governor nomination in 2006 and as party chair in 2015 and 2016. ... As a physician, McGuire is concerned about reforms Congress ... Democrats have taken a lot of criticism for their failure in rural Iowa, but McGuire sees potential.
POLITICO Magazine
October 6, 2017
October 06, 2017 ... “Republicans enjoy [a net of] 16 to 17 extra seats in Congress under the maps ... That fall began in 2010, when a wave election brought a loss of 63 ... look more closely at what has happened in the past four elections. ... lost seats in competitive places like Colorado, Iowa and Wisconsin.
Radio Iowa
October 6, 2017
Republican Congressman David Young is calling on the Trump Administration to provide Iowa with a quick answer on a proposed fix for the ...
Cresco Times Plain Dealer
October 5, 2017
The last time I was here, I was knocking on doors for (former Iowa ... Iowa ranks 50th in mental health beds and we're 47th in providers, .... when President Obama won re-election and Mitch McConnell stood up ... Heckroth said his son helped run his 2006 campaign for Iowa ... “In 2012, he ran for Congress.
Tribune-Review
September 22, 2017
22, 2017, 9:06 p.m. ... The federal government on Friday told election officials in 21 states that ... to share information about any hacks, as have members of Congress. ... “The practice of withholding critical information from elections ... to hack our systems,” Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate, a Republican, ...
Washington Examiner
September 21, 2017
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, reached out ... campaign in response to Russian attempts to interfere in the 2016 election in a ... Senator McCain had two interactions with Mr. Deripaska in 2006, and both ... "No member of Congress has done more to push back on Russian ...
WTOP
September 14, 2017
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says it will not permit two FBI officials close to fired director James Comey to appear privatelyÃÂ ...
Iowa Public Radio
September 8, 2017
Iowa Public Radio logo .... One ad for a 2018 congressional candidate shows him wearing a ... an increasingly liberal Democratic party in the 2018 midterm elections. ... party used in 2006 when roughly 50 veterans ran with mixed results. ... been sought as candidates since the election George Washington.
Denton Record Chronicle
September 6, 2017
Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has promised will happen. "This meeting is far less important than his public testimony, under oath, before theÃÂ ...
Credit Union Times
September 6, 2017
Coopera CEO: CUs Should Press Congress to Protect Members. By Jim DuPlessis September 06, 2017 • Reprints ... Miriam De Dios Woodward, CEO of Coopera of Des Moines, Iowa, called ... “Congress needs to be working on that,” he said “It's important from the elections point of view for both parties,” he said, noting thatÃÂ ...
The Storm Lake Times
September 6, 2017
Submitted by clare@stormlake.com on Wed, 09/06/2017 - 9:11am ... Steve King, R-Kiron, in the 2018 midterm elections. ... The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee won't put a penny in. ... This could be a wave election that turns on outrage against Trump and a Congress that can't even tie its shoes, much lessÃÂ ...
Iowa City Press Citizen
September 6, 2017
"I would say that any election can be won or lost," Dick Myers said, acknowledging that a win by his daughter is a long shot. Still, in a turbulentÃÂ ...
NBCNews.com
August 19, 2017
DUBUQUE, Iowa — If Democrats are planning to ride an anti-Trump wave to a ... Abby Finkenauer, is running for Congress against a GOP incumbent, Rep. ... by double-digit margins in each of his elections while easily carrying the state. ... 2006 wave, which netted 30 seats in the House and a new majority.
The Santa Clara
August 19, 2017
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NBCNews.com
August 19, 2017
DUBUQUE, Iowa — If Democrats are planning to ride an anti-Trump wave to a ... Abby Finkenauer, is running for Congress against a GOP incumbent, Rep. ... of their 2006 wave, which netted 30 seats in the House and a new majority. ... Democratic congressional candidate Abby Finkenauer prepares toÃÂ ...
CNN
August 17, 2017
Indivisible, a new group founded in December after a congressional staffer ... Republicans control both chambers of Congress and the White House. ... In the big special elections since Trump took office, Democrats have been able ... Democrats did win a special election in an Iowa state legislature specialÃÂ ...
FiveThirtyEight
August 7, 2017
... such a strong pro-GOP bias since the ratification of direct Senate elections in 1913. ... We can quantify the partisan bias of Congress over time by measuring ... and Senate back — they won control of both chambers in 2006 despite a ... Hypothetically, over three successive election cycles, all either partyÃÂ ...
Muscatine Journal
July 28, 2017
HNI spokesman Gary Carlson, left, and Christopher Peters, candidate for Iowa's 2nd District Republican nomination, meet with MuscatineÃÂ ...
Rasmussen Reports
July 27, 2017
Had one known before the election that all four of these Republican incumbents ... who defeated a candidate backed by the Democratic Congressional ... this week, we've been thinking about 2006 and the importance, to Democrats, ... run for Congress, and he recently took the plunge against first-term Rep.
Caffeinated Thoughts
July 24, 2017
Now he's looking at running against Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate, ... from 1989 to 1995 and was the mayor of Cedar Rapids from 2002 to 2006. ... Mowrer, 31, a two-time Democratic candidate for the U.S. House, now works for an ... In addition to voting registration and election systems, the Secretary ofÃÂ ...
NPR
July 24, 2017
In both 2006 and 2008, Democrats went into Election Day with a ... encouraging signs for Democrats: for example, in midterm elections, ... In 2016, for example, the median district was Iowa's First District. ... In every election since 2010, Democrats have won a smaller share of congressional seats than votes.
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
July 23, 2017
Mowrer, 31, a two-time Democratic candidate for the U.S. House, now works for an Iowa human services nonprofit agency and is ... he said, who oversee elections — Mowrer has heard Pate's office does not work well with them. ... In addition to voting registration and election systems, the Secretary of State'sÃÂ ...
The Hill (blog)
March 20, 2017
They're wary of voting for legislation that, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), would result in 24 million more uninsured people over the next decade.
ABA Journal
March 20, 2017
Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, noted 5-4 rulings that interpreted election law and that, he said, helped Republicans win elections. Republican appointees were in the ... 12:06 p.m. ET. U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said Gorsuch's jurisprudence ...
KLKN
March 18, 2017
Outside his sprawling Iowa congressional district, Republican U.S. Rep. Steve King's stream of inflammatory comments generate outrage and condemnation.
The Hill
March 18, 2017
Days after the 2006 elections that gave Democrats control of the House for the first time in a dozen years, freshman lawmakers gathered for a candlelight dinner at the Library of Congress. Midway through the dinner, an announcement was made: The newÃÂ ...
The Seattle Times
March 17, 2017
Originally published March 17, 2017 at 10:06 pm Updated March 18, 2017 at 7:41 am. In this Thursday, March ... CARROLL, Iowa (AP) - Outside his rural congressional district stretching over 39 Iowa counties, conservative U.S. Rep. ... It's been that ...
The Colorado Statesman
March 16, 2017
For the third election cycle running - and the third presidential cycle in a row - Colorado ranked among the states with the highest turnout, coming in fourth place with 72.1 percent turnout.
Newser
March 15, 2017
Trump's allegations have put him in a potentially perilous position as congressional investigations into Russia's involvement in the 2016 election - and possible Russian contacts with Trump associates - ramp up. The FBI is also investigating. If no ...
The Hill
March 15, 2017
When rumors started swirling after the election that Chelsea Clinton was considering her own foray into politics, it was met with eye rolls even from staunch supporters of the family.
Newsweek
March 14, 2017
Long before Donald Trump enlivened the white nationalist movement, the Iowa congressman was preaching the need for purity and criticizing President Obama for poisoning America's culture.
kwwl.com
March 14, 2017
FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2006, file photo, the State Department sign used as a backdrop at the State Department in Washington.
The Hill
March 13, 2017
GOP lawmakers have faced pressure from constituents at town halls in recent weeks, with many calling on Congress to keep ObamaCare.
Vox
March 13, 2017
Chuck Grassley (R-IA) mused back in 2006. "Because policy lives and dies by CBO's word." Indeed, in the four decades since its creation, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has carved out an institutional role for itself as the well-respected ...
Huffington Post
March 11, 2017
Meredith Kelly, a spokeswoman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said that the question of how winnable a race is is often among the top concerns.
amNY
March 10, 2017
He received criticism from Democrats when he announced that the FBI was reopening an inquiry into Hillary Clinton's emails 11 days before the presidential election. ... Above, Wilson with former President George W. Bush in 2006. ..... Trump selected ...
WTOP
March 8, 2017
WASHINGTON (AP) - The leaders of a congressional inquiry into Russia's efforts to sway the U.S. election called on the Justice Department Wednesday to produce any evidence that supports President Donald Trump's explosive wiretapping allegation.
wtvr.com
March 6, 2017
The attorney general had been under fire since late last week, when it was reported that he met with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak twice during the course of the election, during which he was a surrogate for President Donald Trump. ... about his ...
The New Yorker
February 26, 2017
Since the election, constituents have contacted Congress in unprecedented numbers.CreditIllustration by ... There are a great many ways to petition the government, including with actual petitions, but, short of showing up in person, the one reputed to ...
Iowa Public Radio
February 25, 2017
On Tuesday night, President Trump will address a joint session of the Congress for the first time, laying out his case for making the agenda of his campaign the law of the land.
Toronto Star
February 24, 2017
The repeated claim: "Ford and Fiat Chrysler, General Motors, Sprint, Intel, and so many others are now, because of the election result, making major investments in the United States, expanding production and hiring more workers." ..... While the new ...
WJLA
February 22, 2017
"The only thing that's sad about the local activism we're seeing is that so many members of Congress refuse to meet with their constituents face to face," said Sarah Dohl, a former congressional staffer and board member of the activist group ...
WJLA
February 22, 2017
Chuck Grassley faced down local critics in a packed room in Iowa Falls, where he was booed by Obamacare supporters, and directly confronted by an Afghan man who served as a translator for U.S.
New York Times
February 22, 2017
... that decided the 2016 presidential election. But if you want to meet the voters who will decide the biggest political story of the 2018 congressional elections, you might have to fly right over the blue-collar workers of Youngstown, Ohio, and go ...
Iowa Public Radio
February 21, 2017
"As you notice, we did pretty well in 2006; we did pretty well in 2008. I think that's ... The 2004 election was probably just as sobering of election for Democrats. We lost everything. But what happened is Howard Dean came, enacted this 50-state ...
WJLA
February 19, 2017
The Kremlin has been implicated in a number of high-profile cases including Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian spy who fled to the United Kingdom and was lethally poisoned by radioactive polonium-210 in 2006. In a report published last year, a ...
amNY
February 16, 2017
He received criticism from Democrats when he announced that the FBI was reopening an inquiry into Hillary Clinton's emails 11 days before the presidential election. ... Above, Wilson with former President George W. Bush in 2006. ..... Trump will ...
The Hill
February 15, 2017
"We had more women run this year than we'd ever had, in my recollection," said Linda Upmeyer, a Republican and the first woman to serve as speaker of Iowa's state House. "We do ... Experts agree that the reason more women aren't winning elections is ...
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