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Iowa Democrats Vote With House Colleagues To Impeach Trump
Iowa’s three Democratic members of the House of Representatives voted tonight on two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, voting with their colleagues to set up a Senate trial for only the third time in U.S. history. On Tuesday, U.S. Reps. Abby Finkenauer, Dave Loebsack and Cindy Axne each announced their support for impeachment.…
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Inside Elizabeth Warren’s Push To Win Lee County
Patrick Rowley, the Lee County field organizer for Elizabeth Warren’s campaign in Iowa, has an unlikely roommate. Like many young campaign staffers, Rowley lives with a local family in the county where he works. His Fort Madison hosts, however, did not discriminate when offering to house these far-flung campaign workers. At Rowley’s home, there are…
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GOP Senator Disagrees With Ernst’s Social Security Comments
Unlike Sen. Joni Ernst, her Republican colleague, Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado, doesn’t think Social Security reform should be hashed out “behind closed doors,” according to an audio recording provided to Starting Line. Gardner was heard rebuking Ernst’s claim Dec. 6 at a holiday party in Denver, hosted by his political action committee, Project West…
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Second Watchdog Group Files FEC Complaint Against Ernst
A second watchdog group announced today it filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission in response to reporting about Sen. Joni Ernst’s ties to an Iowa-based “dark money” organization. The nonprofit Campaign for Accountability (CfA) asked the FEC in a letter to investigate the campaign’s ties to Iowa Values, a 501 (c)(4) allegedly working…
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The Democratic Admiral And IA-Sen Candidate With A Ukraine Message
Michael Franken, a retired Navy admiral and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, knows more about foreign policy than most candidates for public office. Since leaving a speck on the map in Northwest Iowa to attend college and join the military, Franken has moved more than two dozen times. Growing up in Lebanon, Iowa, Franken said, 56…
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FEC Fine Against Ernst’s 2014 Campaign Largest For Iowa Politician
Sen. Joni Ernst’s 2014 campaign paid the largest civil penalty ever levied by the Federal Election Commission against an Iowa politician, according to previously unreported commission records. In 2017, the FEC found Ernst’s first campaign for Senate broke the law by “knowingly accepting excessive and prohibited contributions, and by failing to timely refund excessive and…
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Watchdog Group Calls For FEC Investigation Of Joni Ernst’s ‘Dark Money’ Ties
The American Democracy Legal Fund sent a letter today to the Federal Election Commission urging the government agency to investigate allegations that members of Sen. Joni Ernst’s campaign violated election laws by coordinating with “dark money” group Iowa Values. The request for an investigation comes in light of a Friday Associated Press article detailing Ernst’s…
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With Caucus Night Nearing, Cory Booker Pleads His Case
On the campaign trail, Sen. Cory Booker is frank with Iowans: “Commit to caucus for us.” With just under two months until the first-in-the-nation caucuses, low-polling candidates like Booker are desperate for a breakthrough. During his four-day, 13-stop “Lead with Love” tour across the state, the New Jersey senator has implored Iowans to donate to his…
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‘It’s A Pattern Of Flouting The Law’: Not Ernst’s 1st Brush With ‘Dark Money’
Sen. Joni Ernst’s reelection efforts took a hit today in the midst of revelations her campaign may have illegally coordinated with the “dark money” group Iowa Values. But this isn’t the first time Ernst has skirted the bounds of campaign finance laws. In the fall of 2014, during Ernst’s initial run for the U.S. Senate,…
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Swift Condemnation After Report On Joni Ernst’s ‘Dark Money’ Ties
Condemnation came swiftly Friday morning as news broke of Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst’s connection to the “dark money” group Iowa Values, and how it has helped raise money to bolster her 2020 reelection effort. The Associated Press reported today on material it obtained revealing the group has done more than simply raise money and push…
