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Second highest spending in state history

Sunday, 11 April 2010 08:55 Webmaster
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The second most spending in state history. That’s the unfortunate legacy of the 2010 session.

Iowans will remember this legislative session as one of missed opportunities. Senate Republicans believed this session should have been focused on the important priority areas of private sector job creation, property tax relief and budget and spending reform.

Last Updated on Sunday, 11 April 2010 08:59 Read more...
 

Broeker announces run for Supervisor seat

Wednesday, 31 March 2010 20:20 Webmaster
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March 31st, 2010 is the deadline to file papers for challengers looking to run for local office. Local businessman Tom Broeker announced that he intends to seek a seat on the Des Moines County Supervisors board. Broeker announced his intentions on a local radio station. He released the following statement:

"I hadn't seriously considered running until last weekend and it wasn't until Sunday afternoon that I decided it was the right thing to do.  So I downloaded petitions from the Secretary of State website and started with my wife's signature.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 March 2010 20:32 Read more...
 

Obama Makes 15 Recess Appointments

Saturday, 27 March 2010 14:43 Webmaster
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: March 27, 2010

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fed up with waiting, President Barack Obamaannounced Saturday he would bypass a vacationing Senate and name 15 people to key administration jobs, wielding for the first time the blunt political tool known as the recess appointment.

The move is sure to deepen the divide between the Democratic president and Republicans in the Senate following a long, bruising fight over health care. Obama revealed his move by blistering Republicans, accusing them of holding up nominees for months for the sole purpose of trying to score a political advantage on him.

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Last Updated on Saturday, 27 March 2010 14:54
 

Stop the Madness!

Saturday, 27 March 2010 07:59 Webmaster
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Despite strong objections from Republicans and Democrats today Iowa’s spending increases $150 million for the I-JOBS program.  This added debt boosts the total I-JOBS program to $875 million.

Last Updated on Saturday, 27 March 2010 08:29 Read more...
 

Hundreds of Iowans Stand Up for Freedom

Saturday, 27 March 2010 08:02 Webmaster
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Sunday night, we witnessed majority Democrats in Congress approving a trillion-dollar health care package with an unprecedented reach into the personal health care decisions of American citizens. The next morning, President Obama announced a trip to Iowa City to take a victory lap celebrating this continued encroachment into our personal and economic freedoms. What happened in the days that followed amazed and inspired me.

 

Last Updated on Saturday, 27 March 2010 08:29 Read more...
 

20 ways ObamaCare will take away our Freedoms

Saturday, 27 March 2010 07:52 Webmaster
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By David Hogberg
Sun., March 21, '10    3:24 PM ET
With House Democrats poised to pass the Senate health care bill with some reconciliation changes later today, it is worthwhile to take a comprehensive look at the freedoms we will lose.
Of course, the overhaul is supposed to provide us with security. But it will result in skyrocketing insurance costs and physicians leaving the field in droves, making it harder to afford and find medical care. We may be about to live Benjamin Franklin’s adage, “People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both.”
Last Updated on Saturday, 27 March 2010 08:30 Read more...
 
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