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Postal Workers Union In Iowa Takes Up Fight To Save USPS
The American Postal Workers Union has rallied for support before, but never inside their vehicles due to a pandemic. The coronavirus pandemic, however, is what prompted workers to sound the alarm in Des Moines as the United States Postal Service faces a dire financial threat. Without an influx of support from the federal government, labor…
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Postal Workers Union In Iowa Takes Up Fight To Save USPS
The American Postal Workers Union has rallied for support before, but never inside their vehicles due to a pandemic. The coronavirus pandemic, however, is what prompted workers to sound the alarm in Des Moines as the United States Postal Service faces a dire financial threat. Without an influx of support from the federal government, labor…
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Iowa Democrats Make History With Vote For D.C. Statehood
Iowa’s three Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives voted today to make Washington, D.C., the 51st state. The Washington, D.C. Admission Act passed the Democrat-controlled House along party lines, 232-180. Rep. Collin Peterson of Minnesota was the only Democrat to vote against the bill. No Republicans supported the measure. In a speech Friday on the…
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IA-01: Democrats File FEC Complaint Against Iowa-Based Super PAC
The Iowa Democratic Party this week filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, asking it to investigate a Marion-based super PAC that has not publicly reported the money it has spent on a radio ad critical of Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer. According to the IDP’s Monday complaint, Americas PAC began running paid radio advertising May…
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IA-01: Democrats File FEC Complaint Against Iowa-Based Super PAC
The Iowa Democratic Party this week filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, asking it to investigate a Marion-based super PAC that has not publicly reported the money it has spent on a radio ad critical of Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer. According to the IDP’s Monday complaint, Americas PAC began running paid radio advertising May…
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IA-01: Democrats File FEC Complaint Against Iowa-Based Super PAC
The Iowa Democratic Party this week filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, asking it to investigate a Marion-based super PAC that has not publicly reported the money it has spent on a radio ad critical of Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer. According to the IDP’s Monday complaint, Americas PAC began running paid radio advertising May…
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Everytown Ad: Iowa GOP ‘Weakens’ Gun Laws With Preemption Bill
In the wake of the Iowa Legislature’s abbreviated 2020 session, a nationwide gun safety advocacy organization launched a digital ad aimed at lawmakers who voted to restrict local governments from enacting gun control measures in their own communities. House File 2502, awaiting Gov. Kim Reynolds’ signature, prohibits cities and counties from enforcing restrictions that go…
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Everytown Ad: Iowa GOP ‘Weakens’ Gun Laws With Preemption Bill
In the wake of the Iowa Legislature’s abbreviated 2020 session, a nationwide gun safety advocacy organization launched a digital ad aimed at lawmakers who voted to restrict local governments from enacting gun control measures in their own communities. House File 2502, awaiting Gov. Kim Reynolds’ signature, prohibits cities and counties from enforcing restrictions that go…
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GOP Attacks On Greenfield’s Business Record Mislead Voters
State and national Republicans have run with the claim in conservative media that Theresa Greenfield “evicted” tenants from an Iowa strip mall when she was president of a real estate firm, but the facts are less explosive than the GOP alleges. As the general election contest for Iowa’s U.S. Senate seat officially began this month, Sen.…
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As Anti-ACA Lawsuit Moves Forward, Dems Hit Ernst On Health Care
Health care was a winning issue for Democrats in 2018 when they won control of the House of Representatives by flipping red seats to blue. Two years later, protecting the Affordable Care Act and hammering against Republicans who are working to dismantle it is central to Democrats’ efforts to put Joe Biden in the White…
