REMINDER: United States Coast Guard Working Without Pay as Iowa Republicans Enjoy A Week-Long Vacation
REMINDER: United States Coast Guard Working Without Pay as Iowa Republicans Enjoy A Week-Long Vacation Republicans Have Majority Control in the U.S. House, Senate and White House Des Moines – After putting United States military members through the longest federal shutdown ever, Iowa Republicans are taking a week-long vacation as military members go unpaid again. Members […]
NEW: Randy Feenstra Caught Using Taxpayer Dollars to Fund Gubernatorial Campaign
NEW: Randy Feenstra Caught Using Taxpayer Dollars to Fund Gubernatorial Campaign DES MOINES – A new report from Bleeding Heartland reveals that Randy Feenstra spent $33,000 in taxpayer-funded federal government resources on statewide radio ads before the Iowa Caucuses in a failed attempt to “make a good impression on activists” and shore up support for […]
Iowa Republicans failing to deliver on E-15
Iowa Republicans failing to deliver on E-15 Feenstra, Nunn, and Iowa Republicans continue getting rolled by their own party on Iowa priorities DES MOINES – Iowa agriculture faces a “financial squeeze” from increased input costs and costly tariffs and Iowa Republicans seem increasingly incapable of offering any relief. In January, after Republicans stripped year-round E-15 from a must-pass spending bill, […]
Des Moines Register: Iowa Delegation Votes to Keep Trump Tariffs on Canada in Losing Effort
Des Moines Register: Iowa Delegation Votes to Keep Trump Tariffs on Canada in Losing Effort All Four of Iowa’s Representatives Voted to Keep in Place 25 Percent Tariffs on Imports from Canada DES MOINES – Iowans woke up this morning to front page news that Ashley Hinson and the entire Iowa GOP congressional delegation voted to keep in place tariffs that are […]
Ashley Hinson, Iowa GOP Congressional Delegation Vote to Keep in Place Chaotic Tariffs That Are Hurting Iowa Farmers
Ashley Hinson, Iowa GOP Congressional Delegation Vote to Keep in Place Chaotic Tariffs That Are Hurting Iowa Farmers All Four of Iowa’s Representatives Voted to Keep in Place 25 Percent Tariffs on All Imports from Canada DES MOINES – Ashley Hinson and the Iowa GOP Congressional delegation refused to provide much needed relief for Iowa farmers, who are struggling under […]
Ashley Hinson and Iowa’s GOP Congressional Delegation Are Silent as Trump Signs Trade Deal with Argentina That Will Hurt Iowa Cattle Ranchers
Ashley Hinson and Iowa’s GOP Congressional Delegation Are Silent as Trump Signs Trade Deal with Argentina That Will Hurt Iowa Cattle Ranchers Associated Press: “The Deal Also Shows the U.S. Quadrupling the Current Amount of Argentine Beef it Imports at a Lower Tariff Rate” DES MOINES – A new U.S.-Argentina trade deal negotiated by the Trump Administration could […]
The Status Quo Squad: IDP Gov Race Newsletter 2/13/26
Welcome back to The Status Quo Squad — your weekly newsletter from the Iowa Democratic Party, bringing you the latest updates on the chaotic, messy, and wide-open Republican gubernatorial primary where all the candidates promise one thing: a continuation of the status quo that has failed Iowa for the last decade. This week, Randy Feenstra and […]
Adam Steen Wants to Make Iowa’s Public School Funding Crisis Worse
Adam Steen Wants to Make Iowa’s Public School Funding Crisis Worse DES MOINES – Today, new reporting from the Des Moines Register revealed gubernatorial candidate Adam Steen wants to further slash funding for Iowa’s already-underfunded public schools. Thanks to Kim Reynolds, Iowa has fallen from 5th in the country in education to 20th, and schools […]
Tariff-Lover Randy Feenstra, GOP Gov Field All Support Raising Prices on Hardworking Iowans
Tariff-Lover Randy Feenstra, GOP Gov Field All Support Raising Prices on Hardworking Iowans DES MOINES – Iowa farmers, small businesses, and working families are seeing prices skyrocket and struggling to break even thanks to reckless tariffs, but Randy Feenstra once again voted to sell out farmers and uphold tariffs. The entire Republican gubernatorial field supports […]
While Some Republicans Have Had Enough, Iowa Republicans Turn Their Backs on Farmers, Vote to Protect Trump’s Harmful Tariffs
While Some Republicans Have Had Enough, Iowa Republicans Turn Their Backs on Farmers, Vote to Protect Trump’s Harmful Tariffs Iowa’s Republican Representatives voted to ban legislation that would end Trump’s tariffs through July 31, 2026 DES MOINES – While some Republicans have had enough, Iowa Republicans Randy Feenstra, Ashley Hinson, Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Zach Nunn all […]