Grassley Launches Effort to Prohibit Common Core Funding

Senator Chuck Grassley is asking his colleagues to sign onto a letter that requests future federal funds for the Common Core and its assessments be cut off.

16 GOP Senators Who Sabotaged Rand Paul’s Gun Control Filibuster

16 Republican Senators voted to proceed with debate on a gun control bill which most Senators have not read which could lead to a federal gun registry.

No U.S. Senate Run for Tom Latham

Congressman Tom Latham announced today that he will not run for Iowa’s open U.S. Senate seat in 2014 making Congressman Steve King the GOP favorite.

Tom Vilsack Will Not Run for Harkin’s Senate Seat

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that he will not run for the U.S. Senate seat left open by Senator Tom Harkin’s retirement in 2014.

Tom Harkin: We Don’t Have a Spending Problem

Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) said today during a Senate Appropriations Committee meeting that the Federal government doesn’t have a spending problem.

Karl Rove Your Services Are No Longer Required

Karl Rove has had a failed track record since 2006 so why would conservatives and the Tea Party allow him to dictate to us who our candidates should be?

Steve King Leads Potential GOP Contenders for Harkin’s Senate Seat

According to a recent poll Steve King would lead a GOP primary race among prospective candidates for the open U.S. Senate seat in Iowa in 2014.

Tom Harkin’s Retirement Shifts Iowa’s 2014 Election Landscape

Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) announcing that he won’t run re-election has changed the stakes of the 2014 elections with the first open Senate seat in 30 years.

Is Obama Playing Politics With Iowa’s NCLB Waiver Request Denial?

I wanted to bring to your attention an interesting article yesterday about…

National Taxpayers Union Rates Congress

By Jennifer Crull Every month many Americans have to review their income…

Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz Targeted for Identity Theft by Former Obama Staffer

Former Obama Staffer, Zachary Edwards, arrested for stealing Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz’s Identity.

Tom Harkin Spearheading Effort for Another Failed Stimulus

Des Moines, IA – Iowa GOP Chairman Matt Strawn railed against Senator…

Iowa GOP Chairman Matt Strawn Calls on Senator Tom Harkin to Shed Light on Lobbyist Meeting

DES MOINES- Iowa GOP Chairman Matt Strawn, in a letter sent yesterday…

Looking Toward the Lame Duck Session

There ideally shouldn’t be one.  In 2006 when Republican lost control of…

Only 33% Believe Taxpayer Money Should Be Spent on Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Monday’s surprise decision by U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth to grant an…

*Shocker of the Week* Senate Confirms Elena Kagan

Elena Kagan’s nomination to the Supreme Court was confirmed by the Senate…