IDP Announces 2020 Hall of Fame Celebration Award Recipients
The virtual celebration featuring Vice President Joe Biden will honor outstanding leaders, activists, and rising party stars Black Caucus to be honored with new We The People Award for community leadership and advancing systemic change DES MOINES — Today, the Iowa Democratic Party announced which outstanding Iowans will be honored for their work as volunteers […]
Ernst Silent on Renewing Worker Benefits as Iowa Jobless Claims Spike
Even As Experts Warn of “Slowing Recovery,” Senator Ernst Continues to Downplay Pain of Working Families While Pushing Bailouts for Corporate Donors Today’s new jobs report shows that Iowa unemployment claims are unfortunately “on the rise again” – spiking last week by 38% with 135,000 Iowans now out of work. But even as the economic […]
Roundup: Iowa Dems Prioritize Safe Vote by Mail in November
DES MOINES — As COVID-19 continues to affect communities across Iowa, Democratic leaders are working to ensure that all Iowans can safely exercise their right to vote in November. Iowans overwhelmingly voted by mail in the record-setting June primary and set an example for safe election procedures during a global pandemic. In response, Republicans in […]
Ernst’s Opening TV Ad Ignores GOP’s Reliance on China After Failing to Protect Iowans in Pandemic
With No Positive Vision to Run On, Senator Ernst Copies McConnell Playbook to Cover Up Her Record Putting Corporate Donors Above Working Families After spending the first month of the general election in desperation mode, endangered incumbent Senator Joni Ernst has launched her TV ad campaign with yet another transparent attempt to distract from her […]
E&E News: Ernst’s Vote for Fossil Fuel Lobbyist to Run EPA “Dogging” Her Re-Election
WHO Radio’s Jeff Angelo Called Ernst’s Defense of EPA Head Andrew Wheeler “The First Controversy” of Increasingly Competitive Senate Race More than a week after businesswoman and Democratic nominee Theresa Greenfield called for the immediate resignation of EPA head Andrew Wheeler, Senator Joni Ernst’s refusal to follow suit keeps “dogging” her vulnerable re-election. E&E News […]
Hinson Silently with Koch Brothers Over Iowa Ethanol and Manufacturers
Hinson Endorser Americans For Prosperity lobbying Congress against legislation to help Iowa ethanol production and American manufacturing DES MOINES – Ashley Hinson’s big dollar backers are having a busy week pushing their anti-worker agenda. On Monday, the Koch-Brothers group Americans for Prosperity implored lawmakers to vote against the Moving Forward Act, a key transportation and […]
17 Iowa Biofuels Leaders Demand Senator Ernst Call for Andrew Wheeler to Resign Immediately
In Letter, Farmers “Strongly Implore” Ernst to Hold EPA Accountable for Abusing RFS Waivers for Big Oil at Expense of Iowa’s Farm Economy In a blistering letter to Senator Joni Ernst obtained by the Carroll Times Herald, 17 Iowa farmers and biofuels leaders demanded that Ernst follow the lead of Democratic nominee Theresa Greenfield and […]
REPORT: Ernst Took Thousands from Big Oil Exec, Corporate PAC Abusing RFS Waivers Worth $100 Million
Damning Report Clearly Displays Ernst Raking In Big Oil Contributions While Iowa Farmers and Producers Pay for her Broken Promises A stunning new report from Iowa Starting Line revealed that while Senator Joni Ernst was spouting empty promises to protect the Renewable Fuel Standard, she was simultaneously raking in “thousands of dollars from a large […]
Ernst Long Opposed the RFS – Before “Politically Expedient” and “Disingenuous” Election-Year Flip-Flop
Backed by $420K in Campaign Cash from Big Oil, Ernst is Standing By Her Votes to Empower Fossil Fuel Lobbyists to Undermine Iowa Farmers and Producers For Senator Joni Ernst and her campaign’s reliance on Big Oil, it’s 2014 all over again. Long before her signature broken promise to “make Washington squeal,” Ernst made local […]
Ernst Defends Fossil Fuel Lobbyist While Pinned Between Farmers, Her Record, and Re-Election
In Radio Interview, Senator Ernst Called Wheeler “Qualified” to Oversee the Biofuel Industry – Despite Record of Lobbying for the Fossil Fuel Industry Facing new heat for her vote to confirm fossil fuel lobbyist Andrew Wheeler as head of the EPA, on Thursday Senator Joni Ernst doubled down her support for Wheeler – who has […]