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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- Obama lying, Christie vying for 2016, new polls say April 18, 2014A new Fox News poll, and a new number's making news. It's 61. As in, 61 percent of respondents say the president lies about significant issues “most” or “some” of the time. And guess what Republicans have to say about that? It begins with "broken" and ends with "promises."
- Dobson wins temporary ObamaCare exemption April 18, 2014Ministry spared ObamaCare requirement to include the morning-after pill, other emergency contraception in its health insurance
- ‘This thing is working’? Widows of Alabama county workers dropped from health plans April 18, 2014As President Obama touts rising enrollment in ObamaCare and declares "this thing is working," one Alabama county has reported another negative side effect from the law -- widows of county workers getting dropped from their insurance.
- Alleged scammers burn Miami-Dade fire department from within April 18, 2014South Florida is no stranger to insurance fraud. But a recently exposed scam involving public workers is sure to leave taxpayers seething and give Miami-Dade's bravest a black eye.
- Russia blocks US from treaty-approved spy flights April 18, 2014The Russian government this week canceled a planned U.S. surveillance flight over Russian territory in a bid to limit spying on massed troops facing off against Ukraine and Eastern Europe, according to U.S. officials.
- Obama lying, Christie vying for 2016, new polls say April 18, 2014