Entries by Eric Woolson

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

March 4, 2010 in /by

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

February 26, 2010 in /by

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

February 20, 2010 in /by

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”

February 19, 2010 in /by

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

February 17, 2010 in /by

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 […]

Vander Plaats: Culver Should Promise to Veto any Assault on Iowa’s Right-to-Work Law

February 4, 2010 in /by

BELMOND – Gov. Chet Culver owes it to Iowa companies, their employees and local economic development groups to say definitively that he will veto any legislation that weakens the state’s right-to-work law, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats said today. After Culver signed an order on Wednesday requiring state agencies to consider expensive project labor […]

Miller-Meeks: Obama’s State of the Union Shows Importance of Trust, What Happens When it’s Lost

January 28, 2010 in /by

OTTUMWA – President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech “demonstrates more than ever how important it is for elected officials to keep their word and what happens when they don’t,” Republican congressional candidate Mariannette Miller-Meeks said this morning. “He didn’t intend to be that way, but the important lesson about the President’s speech last […]

Miller-Meeks: GOP Victory in Massachusetts Proves ‘ObamaCare’ Backer Loebsack is Vulnerable This Fall

January 19, 2010 in /by

OTTUMWA – Massachusetts voters’ selection of a Republican state senator to succeed the late Democratic icon Edward Kennedy in a special election signals a critical change in the national electorate’s mood that will be felt in this year’s House races in Iowa, GOP congressional candidate Mariannette Miller-Meeks said tonight. “No one should take anything away […]