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 […]
REYNOLDS RECORD: Governor Reynolds Failed Iowa Workers and Taxpayers in Senate Sexual Harassment Settlement
As the state of Iowa settled with former GOP aide Kirsten Anderson for 1.75 million dollars in her sexual harassment suit, it’s clear that Governor Kim Reynolds completely failed Iowa’s state employees and taxpayers. Since this case first came to light, Reynolds fully supported Senator Bill Dix. Today, Dix tried to brush off the severity of the situation, saying that “this kind […]
Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price Calls on Senator Bill Dix to Resign
In the wake of his comments to the Des Moines Register about sexual harassment in the state government, Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price is calling on Senator Bill Dix to resign: “Senator Dix needs to resign. ‘It happens all the time’ is neither an appropriate response nor an accurate one to sexual harassment in the workplace. His lack […]
#TBT: Kim Reynolds, Champion of… Budget Transparency?
It appears that being in the executive branch for seven years has changed Governor Reynolds’ tune on budget transparency. In honor of Kim Reynolds’ latest budgetary disaster, the Iowa Democratic Party is throwing it back to her 2008 Senate campaign when Reynolds specifically called out the need for “accountability and transparency in the budgeting process.” Ironically, […]
REYNOLDS REPORT CARD: Reynolds Tells Cash-Strapped Universities to Raise Tuition on Iowa Families
Yesterday, at an event on college affordability of all places, Governor Reynolds actually told Iowa’s Regents Universities that they should hike up tuition in light of the Reynolds Budget Crisis, a move that would put higher education further out of reach for hardworking Iowa families. Answering a question on her budget crisis’ impact on higher […]