“We have tremendous problems with opioids generally, but an increasing problem because of fentanyl,” the Iowa Republican said. “I think the problem is worse in Eastern Iowa than in other parts of the state.”
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“We have tremendous problems with opioids generally, but an increasing problem because of fentanyl,” the Iowa Republican said. “I think the problem is worse in Eastern Iowa than in other parts of the state.”
Franken, a retired three-star admiral in the U.S. Navy, becomes the fourth candidate in the Democratic primary. The Democratic nominee will likely face longtime incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley in next fall’s general election.
Millions of retirees on Social Security will get a 5.9% boost in benefits for 2022. The biggest cost-of-living adjustment in 39 years follows a burst in inflation as the economy struggles to shake off the drag of the coronavirus pandemic.
An antiviral pill that people could take at home to reduce their symptoms and speed recovery could prove groundbreaking, easing the crushing caseload on U.S. hospitals and helping to curb outbreaks in poorer countries with weak health care systems.
She was one of 7 members of Congress who failed to disclose transactions, a watchdog agency charged
Sioux City Republican Jim Carlin is hinting he may step down from the state Senate before the new legislative session begins in January to concentrate full time on his U.S. Senate campaign.
“Today we are in the midst of a gathering storm against democracy,” Krause said, charging Republicans are setting the stage for a slow-motion legal coup in 2022 and 2024.
Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst, a survivor of domestic violence and sexual assault, has proposed federal legislation calling for the deportation of individuals seeking to enter the United States who have been convicted of violent sexual crimes.
“This is just simply immoral and unethical that they will set up an environment that hurts kids,” the Iowa Republican said.
There could be some political danger in opposing the package, Grassley said, “but I'm not going to judge whether they should vote for it or not. That's up to them.”
Grassley, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, has been pushing a package of criminal justice reform measures that could reduce the sentencing difference, now 18 to 1, “but I don’t think one to one can pass.”
Four years after Jeff Dettbarn raised concerns about veterans’ diagnostic exams being canceled without doctors’ orders at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Iowa City and two years after he testified about it before Congress, the VA ordered him back to the same unit with the same bosses and no protections as a whistleblower.
The Iowa 3rd District congresswoman’s failure to disclose some financial transactions was an unintentional error that will be remedied soon, her office said, while Iowa partisans traded jabs over the matter Thursday.
Ahead of public hearings, those commenting say congressional, legislative maps meet standards for population equality, keeping political subdivisions intact, contiguity and compactness.
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