Iowans Hold Reynolds Accountable for Budget Crisis
Iowa Democratic Party petition garners more than 1,200 signatures in support of audit. In the wake of the Reynolds Budget Crisis, the Iowa Democratic Party launched a petition calling for a nonpartisan audit of the state budget. To date, over 1,200 people have added their names to hold Governor Kim Reynolds accountable for her […]
WATCH: Governor Kim Reynolds “Didn’t Take a Stand” for Iowa Wind Jobs
After EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced a plan that would threaten critical tax credits for wind farmers, Governor Reynolds refused to take a stand and protect Iowa’s wind energy jobs. Watch HERE. Wind energy employs about 9,000 Iowans and makes up about 36.6 percent of our energy supply. This is not the first time Governor Reynolds declined to take Trump […]
Where Does Governor Reynolds Stand on Trump Plan to Increase Insurance Premiums?
Reynolds Silent on Plan to Increase Premiums by 20% and Increase National Deficit Last night, Donald Trump announced he would be sabotaging the nation’s health insurance marketplaces and jacking up insurance premiums by ending the federal Cost Sharing Reduction (CSR) payments that kept premiums affordable for millions of Americans. Governor Reynolds has supported Trump’s efforts in […]
Iowa Democratic Party Files FOIA to Hold Reynolds Accountable for Health Care Failure
Today, the Iowa Democratic Party filed a FOIA to hold Governor Kim Reynolds accountable for her broken promise on health care and shed light on the health care negotiations between Reynolds and President Donald Trump. Despite Governor Reynolds’ public promise to advocate for Iowa’s stopgap insurance plan directly to the President, Reynolds admitted on Tuesday that she had not discussed […]
Iowa Democratic Party Launches Petition to Hold Governor Accountable for Reynolds Budget Crisis
Today, the Iowa Democratic Party launched a petition to hold Governor Reynolds accountable for the Reynolds Budget Crisis and calling for an audit to examine her fiscal mismanagement and possibly illegal financial gimmicks. Under Reynolds’ leadership, massive tax giveaways to special interests have led to budget deficits and devastating cuts to services Iowa business and families depend on. On top of that, […]
Kim Reynolds Breaks Promise on Health Care, Fails to Advocate for Iowa
Today, Governor Kim Reynolds admitted that she dropped the ball and failed to lobby President Trump personally on Iowa’s proposed stopgap measure to shore up the state’s insurance marketplace despite her promise earlier this summer that she would do so. Reports last week indicated that President Trump personally rejected Iowa’s proposal, a move that would lead to […]
Alec Baldwin To Headline Iowa Democratic Party Fall Gala
Emmy-award winning actor will rally Democrats on November 27 ahead of 2018 elections. The Iowa Democratic Party announced today that progressive advocate and Emmy-Award winning actor Alec Baldwin will be taking the stage as the 2017 Iowa Democratic Party Fall Gala Keynote Speaker. While Alec Baldwin captured national attention for his portrayal of Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live, he is just as […]
Iowa Democratic Party Statement on Report of Insurance Stopgap Rejection
In the wake of reports that President Donald Trump personally put a stop to Governor Kim Reynolds’s stopgap proposal to stabilize the insurance market in the state, Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price released the following statement: “The failed leadership of Governor Reynolds in Iowa and Donald Trump in Washington D.C. is putting Iowa families […]
ICYMI: Iowa GOP creating a friendly workplace, for lawyers
“The governor picked politics over doing the right thing. But don’t worry, it happens all the time.” Iowa taxpayers are officially on the hook for 1.75 million dollars in the middle of a budget crisis because Iowa Senate Republicans lost a case in which they were accused of firing a woman for reporting sexual harassment. […]
ICYMI: Reynolds Dodges Serious Questions Over Potentially Illegal Borrowing of $13 Million from Iowa Taxpayers
It was another response straight out of the Reynolds playbook. After Treasurer Mike Fitzgerald informed Governor Reynolds that her plan to borrow $13 million from the economic emergency funds was not compliant with Iowa law, she dodged accountability and dismissed serious questions about her potentially illegal move. “It’s not shocking that Governor Reynolds brushed off […]