ICYMI: Iowa farmers say failure to extend health care credits puts them in a bad spot

ICYMI: Iowa farmers say failure to extend health care credits puts them in a bad spot DES MOINES – Iowa farmers say that if Congress fails to extend health care credits, they will face going without health care or with much-reduced benefits, which will make it harder for them to stay in business. An estimated 27 percent of farmers […]

IDP Chair Rita Hart Statement on Iowa National Guard Soldiers Killed in Syria

IDP Chair Rita Hart Statement on Iowa National Guard Soldiers Killed in Syria DES MOINES – Today, Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart released the following statement after members of the Iowa National Guard were killed in Syria: “The Associated Press is reporting that members of the Iowa National Guard were killed in Syria today. That […]

ICYMI: Senate rejects ACA funding and a Republican alternative with premiums set to spike

ICYMI: Senate rejects ACA funding and a Republican alternative with premiums set to spike DES MOINES, IA – Yesterday, Iowa Senators Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley joined their Republican colleagues in voting against a bill that would have extended Affordable Care Act premiums for millions of Americans.  On January 1, more than 117,000 Iowans are at risk of losing […]

On the 10th Day of Decline, the Iowa GOP Gave Us… A State That’s Quickly Slipping in National Business Rankings

On the 10th Day of Decline, the Iowa GOP Gave Us…A State That’s Quickly Slipping in National Business Rankings DES MOINES, IA – On the tenth day of Christmas, Iowans didn’t receive ten lords a-leaping. Instead, Republicans gave Iowans a state that’s quickly slipping in national business rankings. Iowa dropped 10 spots in CNBC’s Business Rankings in one year. CNBC’s […]

IDP Chair Rita Hart Releases Statement on Special Election In House District 7

IDP Chair Rita Hart Releases Statement on Special Election In House District 7 DES MOINES – Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart released the following statement regarding tonight’s State House District 7 special election results:  “Rachel Burns ran a gutsy and inspiring campaign, and the results of her hard work were clear tonight – overperforming by […]

Where’s Randy? No-Show Randy Feenstra Misses Another GOP Forum

Where’s Randy? No-Show Randy Feenstra Misses Another GOP Forum DES MOINES, IA – Another GOP candidate forum, another empty chair for No-Show Randy Feenstra. Just days after promising he would start showing up at forums with his fellow GOP candidates, Feenstra skipped out on another forum with the entire slate of Republican candidates for governor. At this point, it’s becoming […]