Last night I saw a truck with a light-up display of Mariannette Miller-Meeks as a green-faced Grinch. Who did that? –RB, Iowa City The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) did that. The DCCC — pronounced “D triple-C” by political types — announced in an email on Wednesday that it was “launching a new billboard campaign […]
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‘Spineless, shameful bullshit’: Iowa Democratic candidates for Senate oppose funding deal with Republicans
As eight Senate Democrats broke with their party on Sunday night to vote for a Republican spending bill that would end the shutdown of the federal government but not restore the healthcare subsidies Democrats had made their central demand, the Iowa Democratic Party (IDP) was hosting its Liberty and Justice Dinner in Des Moines. The […]
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Hike for Healthcare: Protesting Republican attempts to kill the Affordable Care Act
Political activists and other Iowans upset about Republican health care policies will be gathering in Cedar Rapids at noon for the Hike for Healthcare. At the same time protesters in Cedar Rapids are marching the half-mile from the corner to 8th Ave and 2nd Street, SE, to Rep. Rod Blum’s office, there will also be protests at Blum’s offices in Cedar Falls and Dubuque, as well as at Rep. David Young’s Des Moines office.
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‘Actually, I was expecting much worse’: Sen. Joni Ernst held a town hall in Iowa City
Sen. Joni Ernst’s town hall meeting at the Iowa Memorial Union on Friday afternoon started politely. The politeness lasted six minutes.
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Grassley speaks: The senator talks to reporters about the health care bill, but stresses politics over substance
Sen. Chuck Grassley’s office didn’t respond to questions from Little Village about the senator’s position on Cassidy-Graham, the Affordable Care Act repeal bill Republicans are rushing through the U.S. Senate, hut Grassley has finally spoken publicly about the bill. He did not, however, directly address how he intends to votes, and from his comments, it’s not clear if Grassley understands what is in the bill.
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Sens. Grassley and Ernst won’t say where they stand on a health care bill that would have a massive impact on Iowans
The latest Senate bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — the Graham-Cassidy bill — would remove protections for people with preexisting conditions, create new restrictions on women’s health care and reduce subsidies for individuals buying their own insurance.
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Iowa’s largest health insurer to participate in ACA’s health insurance exchange program
After opting out for the first two years of Iowa’s health insurance exchange program, Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield announced this week that it will begin offering health insurance plans through the program starting in the fall of 2016, with coverage set to begin on Jan. 1, 2017. Though Iowa’s rate of uninsured residents […]
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Taxi tangle: A look at the past, present and future of Iowa City’s cab industry
On a typical weekend in downtown Iowa City, the streets are lined with taxi cabs of various color, make and model. A mosaic of logos and light-up displays…
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Wire: North Carolina State Senator hits Nazi-USSR-terrorist trifecta of Obamacare hyperbole
We’re actually a little sympathetic to North Carolina state Sen. Bob Rucho, who twattered this over the weekend. Metaphors are hard, and sometimes when…
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Wire: Fox’s Jon Stossel applies science to Obamacare, says ladies should pay more since they’re always faking it
Fox Business Network’s resident Libertarian troll John Stossel dropped by the Murdoch Morning Mishegas today to explain to human snot otter Steve Doocy that…
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American Reason: Is an ounce of prevention worth a pound of legislation?
On the first of this month, health care exchanges facilitated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) were brought online. How might changes from ACA, a.k.a. Obamacare…
