“I would say from the climate standpoint, if we’re not growing ethanol here in the U.S., and that increases the share from Brazil, they will cut down rainforests, and that is not environmentally friendly to do,” the congresswoman said. “So it makes sense in Iowa.”
Also, Zach Nunn launches new TV ad touting his bipartisan work in Congress
Democrats aim to use support for abortion rights to electoral advantage
Democrats running in Iowa’s two most competitive U.S. House races have outraised Republican incumbents.
Iowa politicians were quick to react to a shooting at a Donald Trump rally in Pennsylvania, offering prayers and support for the former president.
Congressional Republicans and Democrats are trading barbs over GOP-written legislation that would ban noncitizens from voting in U.S. elections, which already is prohibited.
Iowa Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley says he won't weigh in on calls for Biden to drop presidential bid.
Republicans have seized on Biden’s verbal gaffes and out-of-context video clips to assert “cognitive decline.”
But Iowa senator, House members continue defense of Trump
Republican Reps. Ashley Hinson, Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Zach Nunn each submitted the maximum number of requests. Rep. Randy Feenstra didn’t submit any for the fourth straight year.
12 points separated Mariannette Miller-Meeks from right-flank challenger
Miller-Meeks, the Republican incumbent, will once again face Democrat Christina Bohannan in this fall’s general election
See who’s on the ballot, where and how you can vote
Also, the Iowa Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation will be this year’s beneficiary of U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst’s annual Roast and Ride fundraiser
Christina Bohannan, who is running to unseat Iowa U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, a Republican from Ottumwa, in Southeast Iowa’s 1st Congressional District, reports raising $820,000 in the first quarter of this year.
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