Braley has a record of progress in Congress

Iowa is at another political crossroads. We will vote to fill Iowa's U.S. Senate seat vacated by retiring Tom Harkin. He leaves a remarkable legacy of accomplishments. A legacy of progress. He will be missed. Our choices are Bruce Braley and Joni Ernst - day and night.

One has a record of progress - Affordable Care Act (no cancellations for using your insurance or for pre-existing conditions), equality (equal pay, minimum wage, discrimination), national security (roads, jobs).

One has a record of regress and a platform of no. Shoot down Affordable Care Act (whose grandma will be thrown under the bus), castrate an already emasculated budget (no equality, roads, jobs, education, Social Security/Medicare). No alternative plans. Cheap. Cheap.

I take offense to injecting/implying the right to shoot down laws you do not agree with. This reeks of a Cliven Bundy militia mentality 'I have a gun. What I want is right.”

My forefathers paid for my well-being. Our electorate has backslid saying no to progress. 'I won't pay for the future!” This has to end.

We need to move forward again. You cannot castrate and shoot your way to a better USA.

Braley, yes; Ernst, no.

Dave Ameling

Ossian