Entries by Eric Woolson

Vander Plaats Opposes Culver, Legislative Attempts to Expand Gambling; “We Don’t Need to Increase State Budget’s Addiction”

BURLINGTON, Iowa – Gov. Chet Culver’s call today for the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission to approve casino licenses for four more communities is fueled by “his desperation to win another term and his own compulsion to grow state government,” Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats said today. Speaking at a campaign stop in this […]

Miller-Meeks Calls Out Loebsack on his Lack of Fiscal Responsibility: “He’s Changing His Story Almost as Fast as He’s Spending Our Tax Dollars”

OTTUMWA, Iowa – In a news release Wednesday, Democrat Congressman Dave Loebsack “urged fiscal responsibility and honest budgeting” and “encouraged steps towards reigning in spending, reducing the deficit and addressing long term fiscal health.” Interestingly, Loebsack has been a rubber-stamp for much of the runaway spending in Congress he now denounces, voting for Nancy Pelosi’s […]

Miller-Meeks: Rangel Move Spares Loebsack from Ethics Vote; “Doesn’t Change Past Support for Business-as-Usual Politics, Ethically Challenged Pal”

OTTUMWA, Iowa – New York Democrat Charles Rangel’s decision to temporarily step down as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee today has “saved Rep. David Loebsack from another embarrassing vote in support of an ethically challenged, old-style politician,” Republican congressional candidate Mariannette Miller-Meeks said today. Loebsack, a Mount Vernon Democrat who was elected […]

Vander Plaats Challenges Branstad, Roberts to Series of Debates About Iowa’s Future

DES MOINES – Saying Iowa Republicans deserve to see how their gubernatorial candidates compare face-to-face on the issues that will shape the state’s future, Sioux City businessman Bob Vander Plaats today challenged former Gov. Terry Branstad and state Rep. Rod Roberts to a series of debates across the state before the June 8 primary. “Chet […]

Miller-Meeks: Loebsack Claims Bipartisan Mantle but Recorded Votes Prove Otherwise as He Sides with Pelosi 97 Percent of the Time

OTTUMWA – Rep. David Loebsack’s claims that he favors more bipartisanship to tackle the nation’s problems is “one more example of a politician telling us one thing and then doing something else in Washington because he’s voted with liberal Speaker Nancy Pelosi over 97 percent,” Republican congressional candidate Mariannette Miller-Meeks said today. In an article […]

Funk: Gibbons Should Explain Where Constitutional Authority Exists for Feds to “be in Charge of Education”

ALTOONA – David Funk, a Republican candidate for Congress in Iowa’s Third District, today called on one of his primary opponents to clarify comments stating the federal government has the constitutional authority to control local schools. In an interview with the political blog Caffeinated Thoughts, Jim Gibbons of Perry said, “It’s fine for me where […]

On One-Year Anniversary of Failed “Stimulus,” Miller-Meeks Says Loebsack and Pelosi Failed Southeast Iowa

OTTUMWA, Iowa – One year after the passage of a $787-billion economic stimulus package that was supposed to hold unemployment around 8 percent, Americans “are the ones stuck paying for the mistakes of Rep. David Loebsack and the rest of Nancy Pelosi’s big-government, anti-individual-freedom allies,” Republican congressional candidate Mariannette Miller-Meeks said tonight. “Unemployment is hovering […]