by Kate Rooney | Dec 2, 2014 | Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON— What’s become a perennial fight to fund the government is even more heated for Republicans this year in the aftermath of President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration. Echoing other GOP leaders, Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said Tuesday that...
by Kate Rooney | Dec 1, 2014 | Topics
WASHINGTON — With less than three weeks left until the 113th Congress adjourns, Iowa lawmakers are calling on their colleagues to pass a wind energy tax credit extension. Three Iowa Democrats — Reps. Dave Loebsack and Bruce Braley and Sen. Tom Harkin — wrote to...
by Kate Rooney | Nov 19, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON- By a single vote, the Senate blocked a bill that would have permitted a Canadian oil company to expand a pipeline from Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico. It marked a big setback for the Keystone XL Pipeline and also for Sen. Mary Landrieu, a key supporter of...
by Kate Rooney | Nov 13, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON- The Obama administration’s top Pentagon officials said Thursday that they are making progress in Iraq but are still open to the possibility of sending in more military personnel. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...
by Kate Rooney | Nov 5, 2014 | Midterm Election 2014
DES MOINES, Iowa — Republican Joni Ernst late Tuesday won the Senate seat held for 30 years by Democrat Tom Harkin, becoming the first female U.S. senator in Iowa’s history in a tight race against Democratic Rep. Bruce Braley, who had Harkin’s endorsement....
