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Republican Election workers sought for June 3 primary
Apr 21, 2014 Comments Off adminWATERLOO | The hiring of precinct election officials for the June 3 primary election has begun at the Black Hawk County Election Office. Opportunities include serving at one of 62 precinct locations, a satellite voting center, delivering ballots to health care facilities and counting absentee ballots. Each polling location requires a combination of registered voters who have ...
Continue ReadingMonthly 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 ...
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FOX Politics- Krauthammer: 'Leave the decision of affirmative action up to the people' April 23, 2014Charles Krauthammer told viewers Tuesday on "Special Report with Bret Baier" that Tuesday's Supreme Court opinion that effectively ends affirmative action at public universities in Michigan was a sound decision.
- Curt Clawson wins Fla. House GOP primary for Radel's seat April 23, 2014Curt Clawson has won a Republican primary in a special election that was called after the district's congressman resigned in January after being arrested for buying cocaine.
- Republicans warn BLM eyeing land grab along Texas-Oklahoma border April 22, 2014Texas officials are raising alarm that the Bureau of Land Management, on the heels of its dust-up with Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, might be eyeing a massive land grab in northern Texas.
- Cuba sides with Iran at private meeting over UN ambassador dispute, sources say April 22, 2014Cuba piped up as one of the few countries to side with Iran at a meeting Tuesday of a United Nations committee where Iran formally protested – and the United States defended – the decision by the Obama administration to bar Iran’s U.N. ambassador pick from U.S. soil.
- IRS employees with tax and conduct issues still got awards, watchdog report finds April 22, 2014The report said the IRS has agreed to conduct a study to explore implementing a policy that would take disciplinary action into account before awarding employee awards.
- Krauthammer: 'Leave the decision of affirmative action up to the people' April 23, 2014