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While Iowa legislators were passing a resolution to honor the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote, Congressman Steve King joined a majority of his Republican colleagues in the House of Representatives to vote against a resolution aimed at moving the Equal Rights Amendment toward ratification. Passed through the U.S. House and Senate…

As soon as the impeachment trial was finished, Senate Republicans returned immediately to the task of voting on and confirming federal judges. On Tuesday, by a narrow vote of 52-47, the Senate confirmed Andrew Brasher to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Iowa Sens. Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley were both among the senators who…

As soon as the impeachment trial was finished, Senate Republicans returned immediately to the task of voting on and confirming federal judges. On Tuesday, by a narrow vote of 52-47, the Senate confirmed Andrew Brasher to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Iowa Sens. Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley were both among the senators who…

As soon as the impeachment trial was finished, Senate Republicans returned immediately to the task of voting on and confirming federal judges. On Tuesday, by a narrow vote of 52-47, the Senate confirmed Andrew Brasher to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Iowa Sens. Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley were both among the senators who…

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst seemed open to restructuring popular programs like Medicare and Social Security, according to an audio recording of the Iowa senator obtained by Starting Line. The 55-second clip includes a conversation Ernst had on March 7, 2019, at a fundraiser in Washington, D.C. She was asked her thoughts on Georgia Sen. David Perdue’s…

Even though it is now more than a month into the new year, the deadline for candidates to file their fourth quarter fundraising reports with the Federal Election Commission was only 10 days ago, allowing the findings to go relatively unnoticed as reporters around the country scrambled to prepare for the Iowa caucuses. Now that…

The end of the Iowa caucuses did not bring with it a pivot to other federal races as expected, due to the uncertainty that still racks the results three days after caucusing concluded. But U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst’s first election year fundraising cycle is now underway, bringing with it questions of her strength as an…

The end of the Iowa caucuses did not bring with it a pivot to other federal races as expected, due to the uncertainty that still racks the results three days after caucusing concluded. But U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst’s first election year fundraising cycle is now underway, bringing with it questions of her strength as an…

The end of the Iowa caucuses did not bring with it a pivot to other federal races as expected, due to the uncertainty that still racks the results three days after caucusing concluded. But U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst’s first election year fundraising cycle is now underway, bringing with it questions of her strength as an…

Iowa Reps. Cindy Axne and Abby Finkenauer have announced who they’ll bring with to Tuesday evening’s Presidential State of the Union Address in Washington D.C. Shannon Baity, a special education teacher at Southeast Polk Community School District, will join Axne. Abby King, a 16-year-old diabetic who Finkenauer met at a prescription drug roundtable in Dubuque…