ICYMI: Opinion: Joni Ernst Seems More Committed to Working with Big Pharma Than to Lowering Drug Prices
After five years of opposing meaningful reforms to lower prescription drug costs, Senator Joni Ernst has launched an eleventh-hour cover-up to pretend she’s been fighting for Iowa seniors and families all along. But, as polls are showing, voters aren’t fooled by Ernst’s election-year reversals. Read below as a 35-year Iowa public employee holds Senator Ernst […]
IDP Chair Mark Smith Statement on Iowa Republican Senate President Charles Schneider Retirement
Today, following the announcement of Iowa Republican Senate President Charles Schneider’s retirement, Iowa Democratic Party Chair Mark Smith released the following statement. The retirement comes as SD22’s party registration advantage flipped in February, now with more registered Democrats than registered Republicans. “It is a tell-tale sign of the GOP’s 2020 election nightmare that the Republican […]
SHOT/CHASER: Ernst v. Iowans on Protecting the Affordable Care Act
The third-most unpopular senator in the country Senator Joni Ernst has worked for five years to repeal the Affordable Care Act, but the vital program is “more popular than ever” – leading to some tough confrontations in even some of the most conservative parts of Iowa: SHOT: Senator Joni Ernst: “Obamacare was a health insurance […]
IN THE NEWS: Senator Ernst “Losing Support” as Iowa Poll Shows Approval Rating in Freefall
Ernst’s Approval Rating “Plunges,” “Slips,” “Drops,” “Declines” In Election-Year Fallout With All Voters, Dropping 10 Points to Below 50% Eight months before the re-election fight of her life, a new Iowa Poll shows that endangered Senator Joni Ernst – the third-most unpopular senator in the country – is rapidly falling out of favor with Iowa […]
Modest School Funding Increase, No Thanks to Miller-Meeks
Ahead of funding deal, IA-02 candidate Mariannette Miller-Meeks argued that public schools already have the resources they need DES MOINES — Yesterday, Republican leaders in the Iowa House and Senate agreed to a modest increase to public school funding far from what meets the needs of teachers and students across the state. Yet one Iowa […]
WATCH: Ernst Fumbles When Pressed On Her Campaign’s Illegal Coordination With Her Dark Money Group
After Months of Dodging Questions, Ernst Struggled to Explain Why She and Her Top Aides Broke Federal Law to Save Her Re-Election This weekend, the third-most unpopular senator in the country Senator Joni Ernst sat in the hot seat facing the public for one of the first times in months – and it was clear […]
IDP Statement on Supreme Court Decision to Hear ACA Case
Iowa Democratic Party Chair Mark Smith released the following statement following the Supreme Court’s decision to hear the GOP lawsuit to strike down the Affordable Care Act without a replacement in place and end protections for pre-existing conditions coverage for Iowans: “If this lawsuit is successful, more than 187,000 Iowans will lose their health coverage, […]
ON THIS DAY: Senator Ernst Votes Against $600 Million in Bipartisan Emergency Funding For Opioid Crisis
Despite Her Promises to Address the Opioid Crisis, Ernst Voted Five Times Against Efforts to Fund Treatment and Prevention, Siding with Big Pharma Over Iowans Today marks the anniversary of Senator Joni Ernst’s 2016 vote to block $600 million in emergency funding to combat the opioid crisis, coming as Iowa faced a 46% increase in […]
IDP State Central Committee Certifies 2020 Iowa Caucus Results
DES MOINES — Today, the Iowa Democratic Party State Central Committee voted to certify the results of the 2020 Iowa Caucuses. The results now go to the Democratic National Committee. The state party will continue to follow the rules and procedures outlined in the DSP accordingly on any ongoing process. The precinct delegates elected on […]
ICYMI: Senator Ernst Recklessly Ignored CDC Officials And Voted to Cut $1 Billion From Disease Prevention Program
A new report by Iowa Starting Line details how Senator Joni Ernst rejected warnings from disease prevention experts and voted to eliminate $1 billion in funding for the CDC’s Prevention and Public Health Fund – which would have left the CDC in far worse shape to prevent emerging crises including coronavirus. The report comes as […]