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Hard Right In Iowa: The New Branstad-Reynolds Agenda

GOP Overreach in 2017 Could Prove Costly in 2018 The new Republican agenda is going to be a hard sell come 2018. As Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds prepares to be governor, she will be forced to defend one of the most far-right legislative sessions in Iowa history – well out of step with Iowa’s moderate…

VIDEO: Iowa Gov. Slams Rauner for Budget Failure

Neighboring GOP governor on Illinois: ‘We don’t want to go there’ On Wednesday, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner told voters that “a lot of governors” around the country were “impressed” by the work he’s done in Illinois. A new video released today by the DGA shows Iowa GOP Governor Terry Branstad is clearly not one of them.…

Iowa Republicans on Kim Reynolds: ‘Not Viable’

Iowa Republicans on Kim Reynolds: ‘Not Viable’ State GOP rejected Lt. Gov. Reynolds as 2014 Senate candidate Today, Iowa Republicans are realizing they will be stuck with an incoming governor deemed “not viable” for statewide office. After President-elect Donald Trump nominated Gov. Terry Branstad as the next U.S. ambassador to China, Lt. Gov. Reynolds is next in…

Iowa Bill would give Governor the right to deny Medicaid reimbursements to poor women

BY NORA CAPLAN-BRICKER The 2014 budget for Iowa’s Department of Human Services is sitting on Republican Governor Terry Branstad’s desk right now, awaiting his signature, and buried within the bill is an amendment that would give his pen an extraordinary power: the right to deny Medicaid reimbursements to poor women who’ve had medically necessary abortions. By U.S.…

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Hard Right In Iowa: The New Branstad-Reynolds Agenda

VIDEO: Iowa Gov. Slams Rauner for Budget Failure

Iowa Republicans on Kim Reynolds: ‘Not Viable’

Iowa Bill would give Governor the right to deny Medicaid reimbursements to poor women