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 […]
Iowa Democrats’ Statement on Donald Trump’s Joint Address
Iowa Democrats’ Statement on Donald Trump’s Joint Address DES MOINES – Following Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress this evening, Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart released the following statement: “Republicans have been in control for 43 days, and they have already lost focus on their promise to bring down prices and grow our economy. Last […]
Iowa Republicans Vote to cut Medicaid, Lower Taxes for Millionaires & Billionaires
Iowa Republicans Vote to cut Medicaid, Lower Taxes for Millionaires & Billionaires DES MOINES – Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart issued the following statement after Iowa Republicans voted for a budget resolution that will raise costs for Iowans and lower taxes for millionaires and billionaires. “Iowa Republicans unanimously voted to support a bill that will […]
IDP Statement on white supremacists marching in Des Moines
IDP Statement on white supremacists marching in Des Moines DES MOINES – IDP Chair Rita Hart issued the following statement regarding a white nationalist group that marched in Des Moines today: “Today, a white supremacist group that primarily exists to spread hate and fear by marching with their flags and hiding their faces with white masks, […]