By Art Smith. Posted Tuesday, Nov 4, 2008 at 11:54 pm Filed Under: 2008 Local Elections, Iowa Politics
Following are updates on races that are particularly important to Iowa:
Tom Harkin (D) is reelected to the US Senate.
Bruce Braley (D) reelected as Iowa District 1 US Congressman.
Dave Loebsack (D) reelected as Iowa District 2 US Congressman.
Leonard Boswell (D) reelected as Iowa District 3 US Congressman.
Tom Latham (R) is reelected as Iowa District 4 US Congressman.
Steve King (R) reelected as Iowa District 5 US Congressman.
Iowa Constitution Amendment passed.
Bill McCarthy (D) reelected as Polk Country Sheriff.
The Iowa State House and Senate races are still not all settled at this writing. However, it appears that Democrats like have a majority in both houses again.
By Art Smith. Posted Friday, Oct 3, 2008 at 3:35 pm Filed Under: 2008 Congressional Election, 2008 Presidential Election, Bipartisanship, Economy, Energy, Featured, Iowa, Markets, Recession, US Congress, US Treasury
Talking Heads:
No visible means of support and you have not seen nuthin yet
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The House of Representatives today passed the Senate version of the $700 Billion Bail-out. For now, it’s over. Bush signed the bill shortly after the vote, and we have not seen nuthin yet.
In case you haven’t noticed yet, the [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Monday, Sep 29, 2008 at 10:32 pm Filed Under: 2008 Congressional Election, 2008 Presidential Election, Bipartisanship, Economy, Energy, Iowa, Leonard Boswell, Markets, Recession, US Congress, US Treasury
My cohort DJ is going to disagree with me. Just you wait and see.
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Today did not scare me. It did surprise me, because I didn’t think that Congress had the ability to face down the President, Treasury Secretary and their own part leaders all at the same time. (For the votes [...]
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