Flashback: Iowa Republicans voted to give Trump unlimited power on tariffs
Flashback: Iowa Republicans voted to give Trump unlimited power on tariffs DES MOINES – The bad economic news just keeps on coming. As Iowans wait to see how much President Trump’s new tariff policy will drive up prices for consumers, our farmers, manufacturers, and business owners, our congressional delegation in Washington has thrown in the towel […]
Iowa’s Ag Economy Declining as Reynolds Brags About Her Failed Leadership to USDA Secretary
Iowa’s Ag Economy Declining as Reynolds Brags About Her Failed Leadership to USDA Secretary DES MOINES – Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds spent the day bragging to USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins about Iowa’s agricultural industry, even as farmers and biofuel producers face an uncertain future with looming tariffs and a downturn in the ag economy that’s already […]
New data shows Iowa was just one of two states with negative real growth in 2024
New data shows Iowa was just one of two states with negative real growth in 2024 Iowa also ranked 48th in personal income growth in 2024 DES MOINES – Even before more potential across-the-board tariffs this week, preliminary data released Friday by the Federal government’s Bureau of Economic Analysis painted a bleak picture of Iowa’s economy: In […]
Former Commissioner of the Social Security Administration Martin O’Malley Sounds Alarm Bell on Republican Cuts
Former Commissioner of the Social Security Administration Martin O’Malley Sounds Alarm Bell on Republican Cuts DES MOINES – Former Social Security Administration Commissioner Martin O’Malley warned during a press conference with the IDP on Thursday that the SSA budget and workforce reductions that Republicans are pushing for could lead to an inability to make payments to […]
Reynolds Travels to D.C. to Applaud the End of Public Education As We Know It
Reynolds Travels to D.C. to Applaud the End of Public Education As We Know It DES MOINES – Twenty-year rural teacher and Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart released the following statement after Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds traveled to Washington D.C. to attend the signing of an executive order that guts the Department of Education: “If […]
Mariannette Miller-Meeks Co-Sponsors a Bill that Would Legalize the Cancerous Chemical TCE
Mariannette Miller-Meeks Co-Sponsors a Bill that Would Legalize the Cancerous Chemical TCE Iowa Has the Fastest-Growing Cancer Rates in the Nation DES MOINES – What in the name of Iowa cancer rates is Mariannette Miller-Meeks doing? She has co-sponsored a bill that would legalize the commercial and industrial use of the cancer-causing chemical Trichloroethylene (TCE). The chemical causes […]
On Medicaid Day of Action, Iowa Democrats Slam Republicans’ Attacks on Health Care
On Medicaid Day of Action, Iowa Democrats Slam Republicans’ Attacks on Health Care Iowa Representatives and Senators Look to Gut Medicaid Des Moines – Today, Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart released the following statement in response to Republicans’ plan to trade Iowans’ health care in for billionaire tax breaks: “Iowa’s seniors and Iowa’s children – especially […]
Farmers Lose $11 Million to Support Local Food Systems in Latest Round of Republican Cuts
Farmers Lose $11 Million to Support Local Food Systems in Latest Round of Republican Cuts Iowa’s Congressional Delegation is Silent as Iowa is Left in the Dust DES MOINES, IA – More than $11 million in funding that the USDA contracted to Iowa farmers has expired, leaving farmers with unpaid bills and even more unpredictability as […]
IDP Chair Rita Hart Releases Statement on Special Election In House District 100
IDP Chair Rita Hart Releases Statement on Special Election In House District 100 DES MOINES – Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart released the following statement regarding tonight’s State House District 100 special election results: “Tonight, Nannette Griffin proved Democrats are on their way back – performing competitively in a district that Donald Trump won by […]
Iowa Republicans Vote to Cut Rural Broadband Expansion, Police Funding and Fail to Protect Veterans Exposed to Toxic Burn Pits
Iowa Republicans Vote to Cut Rural Broadband Expansion, Police Funding and Fail to Protect Veterans Exposed to Toxic Burn Pits Miller-Meeks, Nunn, Feenstra and Hinson vote to give Trump ultimate power over tariffs DES MOINES – Today, Iowa’s Republican Congressional Delegation voted to approve a temporary funding bill that denies veterans who were exposed to toxic […]