President Donald Trump agrees to a 3-week spending bill that excludes border-wall funding in exchange for a congressional committee that will discuss it.
Episode 72: A Conversation with Iowa Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver
For the Caffeinated Thoughts Podcast, Shane Vander Hart talks to Iowa Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver (R-Ankeny) about Senate Republicans’ legislative priorities in 2019.
Chuck Grassley Criticizes “Gang of Six” Amnesty Proposal
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on the floor of the U.S. Senate criticized the “gang of six” amnesty proposal that six U.S. Senators are threatening to shut down the government over if the U.S. Senate does not vote on their proposal.
Ernst, Grassley and Young Vote for CR That Doesn’t Defund Planned Parenthood
Joni Ernst, Chuck Grassley, Dave Loebsack and David Young voted for a continuing resolution that didn’t defund Planned Parenthood in the Senate and House.
Matt Whitaker, Republican candidate for Iowa’s open U.S. Senate seat, met with 15 Iowa homeschooling leaders in Des Moines to discuss issues of concern.
Brit Hume last week on Fox News described what motivated the House Tea Party Caucus and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) in moving forward with a government shutdown.
Iowa Republican U.S. Senate candidate David Young on Congressman Bruce Braley’s hypocrisy: calls for end to shutdown, repeatedly votes against solution.
The Quad-City Times editorial board is engaging “editorial terrorism” by protecting a do-nothing Senate and supporting policies that will bankrupt our nation.
Congressman Tim Huelskamp Stands Firm on Government Shutdown
Congressman Tim Huelskamp (R-Kansas) defended House Republicans’ stand on the partial government shutdown with Bob Schieffer of CBS News on Face the Nation.