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Following the Principles of Andrew Mellon Can Help Restore Economic Sanity

John Hendrickson: Learning from Secretary Mellon and the 1920s can help us restore fiscal sanity and continue to create economic growth and opportunity for all Americans.

An Anniversary Democrats Aren’t Celebrating

Kelvey Vander Hart: On June 10th, 1964, members of the Democratic Party ended their filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. They would like us to forget.

Gov. Reynolds Helping Charities Should Be Praised Not Scorned

Shane Vander Hart: Gov. Reynolds should be applauded for finding creative ways to use her time to benefit others outside the scope of her duties as governor.

Virtue Signaling Isn’t Getting People Vaccinated

Kelvey Vander Hart: Biden’s virtue signaling isn’t helping get people vaccinated. You can’t pretend to return to normal while refusing to do so.

Biden’s American Families Plan Hurts American Families

Shane Vander Hart: The most crucial years for parents to connect with their children are the first five years and Biden wants the state to have them at three.
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In the Left’s War on Meat, I’ll Stand Up for Iowa Farmers

Joni Ernst: Federal agencies shouldn’t be encouraging people to ban agricultural products at the expense of America’s hardworking farmers and producers.

Uncle Sam Is Broke

John Hendrickson: The national debt when unfunded liabilities like Social Security and Medicaid are considered is $123.11 trillion, $796,000 per taxpayer.

Keep an Eye on Alaska’s U.S. Senate Race

U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski has a new challenger. Kelly Tshibaka announced her candidacy in Alaska’s first jungle primary in Alaska’s 2022 U.S. Senate race.
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As Women’s History Month Ends, I’ll Keep Working to Enable Fellow Female Leaders to Succeed.

Joni Ernst: At the federal level, I’m going to keep working with Democrats and Republicans to ensure my fellow female leaders continue to have opportunities to succeed.

Want Better Gun Legislation? Get Legislators To The Shooting Range

Kelvey Vander Hart: Inexperienced legislators with a personal and uninformed vendetta against guns are automatically going to craft bad legislation.

Shane Vander Hart Discusses The Equality Act on Faith Works Live

Shane Vander Hart joined Michael Demastus and Ian Barrs on Faith Works Live on 99.3 FM The Truth Network to discuss a specific threat to religious liberty.

The Equality Act’s Threat to Religious Liberty

Shane Vander Hart: The Equality Act sets up a clash between LGBT rights and faithful Americans’ religious conscience rights, and faithful Americans will lose.

We Can’t Afford A $1.9 Trillion Stimulus

John Hendrickson: Both political parties are responsible for the out-of-control spending. It is time that policymakers take our debt crisis seriously. 
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) at the 2015 Iowa Ag Summit in Des Moines. Photo credit: Dave Davidson (Prezography.com)

Cruz’s Unforced Error

Shane Vander Hart: Ted Cruz is free to leave the country even while his home state is in a state of emergency, but it is a colossally bad decision to do so.
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Get Kids Safely Back In School

Joni Ernst: “The science, the data, and the health experts alike have all made it clear that we can and should safely get our kids back in schools.”

Gender Neutrality Goes to Washington

Colin Smothers: At some point in the past decade, the battle of the sexes seems to have given way to a war on the sexes and Washington has joined the fray.