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Monthly Meeting
Apr 11, 2014 Comments Off adminTitle: Monthly MeetingLocation: Waterloo Center for the ArtsDescription: UPDATE: the regularly scheduled meeting of the Republicans of Black Hawk County has been postponed from April 17th to one week later on the 24th due to Easter Holy Week. The public, candidates and elected officials are encouraged to attend.Start Time: 19:00Date: 2014-04-24End Time: 20:50
Continue ReadingUPDATE: Braley blasts Grassley in online video
Mar 26, 2014 Comments Off adminWATERLOO (KWWL) - UPDATE: Rep. Bruce Braley is catching some flak after a cellphone video surfaced this week, in which he criticizes Sen. Charles Grassley. In the video, released by the interest group Priorities for Iowa, Braley asks a room of Texas trial lawyers to support his bid for U.S. Senate. "Or, you might have a farmer ...
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Rick Giarusso Announces Run For Statehouse
Mar 6, 2014 Comments Off admin(CEDAR FALLS) – Army Reserve Officer, Rick Giarusso, announced today he will be seeking election to the Iowa House in District 59 in Cedar Falls. Giarusso grew up in Wisconsin, graduated high school in Madison, earned a bachelors degree from the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay and a Masters degree from Silver Lake College. Rick ...
Continue ReadingMosiman Prepared for First Statewide Campaign
Mar 5, 2014 Comments Off adminWinning elections is nothing new to Mary Mosiman. She emerged victorious in three of them running as a Republican in a Democrat-leaning county. Mosiman served as Story County’s auditor for 10 years. Now, the state auditor is preparing for her first time on the statewide ticket. “I am very excited about this race,” Mosiman told TheIowaRepublican.com. ...
Continue ReadingA Quick Guide to Obamas 2015 Budget
Mar 5, 2014 Comments Off adminYesterday, Heritage experts dove into President Obama's new budget proposal. Check out our infographic to see just a few of the disturbing things they found. A Quick Guide to Obamas 2015 Budget | The Foundry: Conservative Policy News from The Heritage Foundation.
Continue ReadingAlmost Everything You Have Been Told About The Minimum Wage Is False – Forbes
Feb 6, 2014 Comments Off adminThe Democrats, their union supporters, and liberals in general are making a hard and concerted push for an increase in the minimum wage. President Obama mentioned the subject prominently in his State of the Union address on Tuesday night and even promised to take executive action to increase the minimum wage federal contractors must pay ...
Continue ReadingBam! Were Already Hitting the Debt Ceiling Again
Feb 6, 2014 Comments Off adminIt’s timely that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) put out new numbers on America’s financial situation this week. By the end of the week, we’ll be hitting the debt ceiling again. The CBO’s report, which dropped the bombshell that Obamacare is projected to push 2.3 million people out of the workforce, is chock full of other ...
Continue ReadingSeven Big Lies Obama Told In His State Of The Union Speech
Jan 29, 2014 Comments Off adminI know what you’re thinking – just seven? Actually most of Obama’s speech was filled with the same old platitudes and empty rhetoric that bellows out of all politicians, right or left. Here are seven lies he told. Seven Big Lies Obama Told In His State Of The Union Speech | Independent Journal Review.
Continue ReadingLegislative Forums
Jan 24, 2014 Comments Off adminThere are 5 legislative forums scheduled for the next few months and I hope to post topics as soon as we know them. Please try to attend, support our GOP lawmakers and make your voice heard by the opposition party there. We need to show up and we need to SPEAK OUT! These are sponsored by the League of ...
Continue ReadingJim Nussle Endorses Walt Rogers; Rogers Campaign Raises $127,000 in Quarter
Jan 20, 2014 Comments Off adminCEDAR FALLS – Former Congressman Jim Nussle, who represented Iowa’s 1st Congressional District for 16 years, is endorsing State Representative Walt Rogers, who is running for that same seat. Nussle, the last Republican to hold the seat, said, “As both a former Director of the Office of Management and Budget and a Congressman serving northeast Iowa ...
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FOX Politics- As Obama prepares for overseas trip, Asia seeks his assurance in territorial spats April 19, 2014As President Barack Obama travels through Asia this coming week, he will confront a region that's warily watching the crisis in Ukraine through the prism of its own territorial tensions with China.
- Western states hold summit on controlling federal land, say 'It's simply time' April 19, 2014Lawmakers from Western states said Friday that the time has come for them to take control of federal lands within their borders and suggested the standoff this month between a Nevada rancher and the federal government was a problem waiting to happen.
- Boehner says he's 'hell-bent' on passing immigration legislation this year April 19, 2014House Speaker John Boehner and his Republican leadership team are telling donors and industry groups that they want to pass immigration legislation this year, despite the reluctance of other party members to tackle the divisive issue before the November elections.
- Colorado drivers say police profiling them in other states on heels of pot legalization April 19, 2014Colorado drivers claim they're being unjustly targeted by police officers in other states who are singling them out because of their state's recent legalization of marijuana.
- Kansas families complain about Michelle Obama giving high school graduation speech April 19, 2014If expanding the guest list to include Michelle Obama at graduation for high school students in the Kansas capital city means fewer seats for friends and family, some students and their parents would prefer the first lady not attend.
- As Obama prepares for overseas trip, Asia seeks his assurance in territorial spats April 19, 2014