STATE SENATOR ROBY SMITH’S TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO-GOOD, VERY-BAD WEEK
It’s clear that the people of Davenport can’t count on Senator Roby Smith to put their needs ahead of GOP special interests at the Capitol, and they’re calling him to the carpet for it. Last Friday, The Quad City Times hit Smith hard with a blistering editorial for what the newspaper called “two truly shameful party-line votes.” One that […]
Kim Reynolds: Running Iowa Into the Ground, Now Running for Reelection
The Governor is off and running on her re-election campaign, but too many Iowans have already been left in the dust by her self-serving “leadership” of our state. Governor Reynolds consistently puts the good of her party and campaign donors ahead of the working and middle-class families of Iowa. “Iowans have already had eight years […]
PARTY OVER PEOPLE: How the GOP Tax Scam Leaves Iowa Working Families Behind
Ahead of Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to Council Bluffs, the Iowa Democratic Party is dispelling the misleading premise that the GOP Tax Scam was put in place for anyone but the wealthy donors who line Vice President Pence and Governor Reynolds’ campaign coffers. “We’re always happy to see middle class and working families get […]
HEAR THE HEARTLAND: The People Respond to VP Mike Pence
In response to Vice President Pence’s visit to Council Bluffs to hock his misleading message about the GOP Tax Scam, a large coalition of concerned citizens from Nebraska and Iowa will be outside the event to make sure the people of the Heartland who have been hurt by these policies are heard. Nebraskans and Iowans, […]
Iowa Democratic Party to Hold Back to Blue Event with Jason Kander in Burlington
Tomorrow, President of Let America Vote Jason Kander will join Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price for a Back to Blue event in Burlington. Back to Blue is a new initiative of the Iowa Democratic Party to increase local engagement and build resources for the 2018 election. Jason Kander will talk about the fight for […]
ICYMI: Quad City Times Editorial Board Slams Iowa Senate Republican Priorities
“Iowa’s Republican Senate majority laid bare its true priorities. And neither the U.S. Constitution nor good fiscal sense could to get in the way. “ After a week of Iowa Senate Republicans attacking Iowa values and the very fabric of our state with extreme, conservative legislation, the Quad City Times Editorial Board published a blistering editorial calling out […]
Iowa Democratic Party Statement on Iowa Senate Republican Tax Bill
In light of the Iowa Senate Republicans passing a $1.2 billion dollar per year spending plan that disproportionately benefits the wealthy and corporations, while declining to tell the people of Iowa how they would pay for it, Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price released the following statement: “The Senate Republican’s tax free-for-all is an insult […]
Iowa Democratic Party Statement on Iowa Senate Republican Abortion Ban
In light of the six-week abortion ban, even in cases of rape and incest with no consideration for age, passed by the Republicans in the State Senate, Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price released the following statement: “Today, Senate Republicans made it crystal clear that they do not care about women. They do not care […]
VIDEO: Governor Reynolds’s Tax Giveaways Failed to Prevent Layoffs
In light of more proposed GOP tax giveaways, Iowa Democrats are reminding voters that this playbook has already failed Iowa workers. Iowans already know that Republican tax giveaways don’t work. As the Iowa State Senate debates their dangerous tax plan that would blast a $1.2 billion hole in our state’s budget for critical services and give $790 […]
Iowa Republican Special-Interest Giveaway Imperils Iowa Economy
Similar free-for-alls in Oklahoma and Kansas devastated working families. Following the Governor’s lead, last week the Iowa Senate Republicans proposed a budget-busting tax free-for-all that would cripple Iowa’s economy and make the Reynolds Budget Crisis go from bad to permanent. The Republican plan would provide massive giveaways to the wealthiest Iowans, paid for by working […]