Also, an Eastern Iowa statehouse candidate scores endorsements
Articles Tagged: Mariannette Miller-Meeks
Government & Politics May. 13, 2022 10:11 am1221d ago
But being bipartisan has lost some of its luster in polarized nation, political scientists say.
Government & Politics May. 11, 2022 6:40 pm1222d ago
A severe shortage in baby formula in the U.S. has drawn the attention of Iowa’s congressional delegation and has become a campaign issue as well.
Campaigns & Elections May. 1, 2022 2:06 pm1233d ago
The Democratic candidates for Congress in Eastern Iowa’s 1st and 2nd Districts were upbeat and confident when talking about their campaigns at a state party fundraiser.
Tom Loewy - Quad-City Times
Government & Politics Apr. 29, 2022 2:43 pm1234d ago
Scott County Democrats attempted to pick a political fight with U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks this week after a tweet from her campaign manager showed volunteers holding signs while framing the flag of an anti-government paramilitary group.
Campaigns & Elections Apr. 7, 2022 4:19 pm1256d ago
A poll conducted for Cedar Rapids Democrat Abby Finkenauer shows her with a nearly 50-point lead over her nearest competitor in the three-way June 7 primary for the party’s U.S. Senate nomination to face Sen. Chuck Grassley.
Government & Politics Mar. 28, 2022 6:00 am1267d ago
Iowa U.S. Rep. Marianette Miller-Meeks criticized the recent extension of mask mandates in airports and other transportation hubs, saying there’s “no science” to support such a move given air filtration systems and CDC guidance. But is that true?
State Government Feb. 16, 2022 4:56 pm1306d ago
Iowa elections’ recount procedures would be streamlined, funding from private groups to help elections operations would be prohibited, and an additional signature requirement for votes cast by mail would be added under a new proposal being considered by state lawmakers.
Campaigns & Elections Jan. 31, 2022 6:01 pm1322d ago
Abby Finkenauer raised just shy of $2 million in 2021 in her bid to challenge Iowa’s longtime U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, her campaign reported Monday.
Government & Politics Jan. 11, 2022 7:51 pm1342d ago
Republican members of Iowa's congressional delegation claimed Tuesday that Democrats are manufacturing a voting crisis in order to exert more control from Washington, D.C.
By Tm Barton - Quad City Times
Federal Government Dec. 27, 2021 7:46 pm1357d ago
The bill — which provides a 2.7 percent increase in military basic pay — also includes changes to how the military prosecutes certain crimes like sexual assault, although members of Iowa’s GOP delegation says it does not go far enough.
Federal Government Dec. 27, 2021 12:39 pm1358d ago
it struck some Iowans as strange when U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks voted against a bill that would pour more than $100 million in federal money to repair and replace bridges into southwest Iowa, the district she represents in Washington. But not Washington insiders.
Federal Government Dec. 17, 2021 7:15 pm1367d ago
Freshman Republican will keep her Ottumwa home but will move into new 1st District to run for re-election
Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau
Government & Politics Nov. 30, 2021 4:35 pm1384d ago
Jack Whitver, the Republican Senate majority leader, announced he is running for re-election, but he will do so in a new legislative district.
Federal Government Nov. 18, 2021 3:18 pm1396d ago
It’s “absolutely wrong to depict violence against another member of Congress ... There's no excuse or justification for that behavior and I won't defend that behavior.”