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• Steve King: Obama team from Chicago “gangster government” (video)

  
  Des Moines Register Staff Blogs Iowa Politics Insider — Authority: 147
  Congressman Steve King seldom minces his words in critiquing the Obama administration. In the latest chapter, the Kiron Republican said today Obama’s closest advisers, including Rahm Emmanuel and senior adviser Valerie Jarrett are part of Chicago’s “gangster government,” and linked Jarrett to former radical ...
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• Harkin: House bill abortion coverage restriction “goes too far”

  
  Des Moines Register Staff Blogs Iowa Politics Insider — Authority: 147
  Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin said today the House-passed health care bill “goes too far” in restricting insurance providers from covering abortions. The Democrat said he supported the status quo, which prohibits federal funding for abortions except in cases of rape, incest or to save the woman’s life. “I fear that ...
  13 hours ago

• Iowa court staff ordered to take 10 days off

  
  Des Moines Datebook Diner — Authority: 734
  Iowa’s judicial branch staff - including all judges and magistrates - has been ordered to close office and take 10 days of unpaid leave between Dec. 4 and June 18, 2010, according t a notice posted on the court’s Web site today.
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• Braley interrupted as GOP peers shout “trial lawyer” (video)

  
  Des Moines Register Staff Blogs Iowa Politics Insider — Authority: 147
  Catching up on last weekend’s health care drama in Congress, I point out that Iowa 1st District Congressman Bruce Braley was treated with less than cordiality by some of his GOP peers during the evening’s debate. Braley, a Waterloo Democrat who made his career as a courtroom lawyer before his 2006 election, was ...
  15 hours ago

• Palin’s Iowa book tour stop Dec. 6 all business for now

  
  Des Moines Register Staff Blogs Iowa Politics Insider — Authority: 147
  (Below is the print version of the story that appeared in the Nov. 10 Des Moines Register) Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is scheduled to make her first appearance in Iowa since the 2008 presidential campaign with a stop in Sioux City Dec. 6 aimed at promoting her new book, according to the bookstore promoting the ...
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• American Future Fund asks FEC for robocalls opinion

  
  Des Moines Register Staff Blogs Iowa Politics Insider — Authority: 147
  A Republican-leaning political action committee that operates in Iowa is asking federal regulators to override state laws around the country that regulate automated telephone calls. The American Future Fund Political Action has asked the Federal Election Commission  for an advisory opinion about whether federal law ...
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• Update: Union agreement could save hundreds of jobs across government

  
  Des Moines Register Staff Blogs Iowa Politics Insider — Authority: 147
  If state workers in the AFSCME labor union vote to take five unpaid days off within the next seven months, they would save 479 jobs across all state departments, including in human services, the revenue department, prisons, state patrol and other agencies. All AFSCME members would be safe from layoffs until July 1, ...
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• AFSCME has tentative agreement with state

  
  Des Moines Register Staff Blogs Iowa Politics Insider — Authority: 147
  A tentative agreement between the state and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees has been reached, a spokesman for the union said this morning. AFSCME, which represents more than 13,000 state employees, will hold a press conference today at 1 p.m. At least 180 state workers will be laid ...
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• Conlin files paperwork to run for Senate

  
  Des Moines Register Staff Blogs Iowa Politics Insider — Authority: 147
  Des Moines lawyer Roxanne Conlin today filed papers with the Federal Election Commission to run for U.S. Senate. The Democrat and former nominee for governor’s move was expected. But she did so with an Internet video on her campaign Web site: roxanneforiowa.com . Conlin is among three Democrats running to ...
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• Pataki to headline Scott County Reagan dinner

  
  Des Moines Register Staff Blogs Iowa Politics Insider — Authority: 147
  Former New York Gov. George Pataki is scheduled to headline the Scott County GOP Ronald Reagan dinner Tuesday in Bettendorf, Scott County Republicans said. Pataki, who once considered seeking the 2008 presidential nomination, has visited Iowa once already this year, speaking at Drake University in April as part of ...
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• Politico story portrays Huckabee as on the fence about 2012

  
  Des Moines Register Staff Blogs Iowa Politics Insider — Authority: 147
  Ben Smith of Politico spent some time with 2008 Iowa Republican caucuses winner Mike Huckabee on a bus in Pennsylvania recently during his book-signing tour. The tour brought Huckabee to Davenport, Cedar Rapids and West Des Moines on Sunday. In his story , Smith notes  that in a recent Gallup poll, more Republicans ...
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• State Sen. Staci Appel to seek re-election

  
  Des Moines Register Staff Blogs Iowa Politics Insider — Authority: 147
  Appel to Seek Re-election to Iowa State Senate State Senator Staci Appel of Warren County announced today that she is running for re-election to the Iowa Senate in 2010 and will continue to listen and represent our district. “I am running for re-election to the State Senate so that I can continue to listen and ...
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• Washington Post’s Cilizza raps Pawlenty national coming out

  
  Des Moines Register Staff Blogs Iowa Politics Insider — Authority: 147
  On the heels of Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s debut as an Iowa headliner, The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza said the Republican has made some recent errors that need attention should he continue to take steps toward a 2012 presidential campaign. Cillizza says nothing about Pawlenty’s performance as the ...
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• During hiring freeze, state has hired 752 people

  
  Des Moines Register Staff Blogs Iowa Politics Insider — Authority: 147
  © 2009, Des Moines Register and Tribune Co. Iowa has hired 752 people since Gov. Chet Culver called for a hiring freeze 11 months ago, records obtained by The Des Moines Register show. That’s nearly the number of state workers initially pegged for layoffs to meet Culver’s order of a 10 percent ...
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• Grassley goes after the really young vote

  
  Des Moines Register Staff Blogs Iowa Politics Insider — Authority: 147
  Veteran politicians say election victories come by winning over one voter at a time. Five-term U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley apparently likes to start the process early. A Norman Rockwell-like scene unfolded at the Borders bookstore in West Des Moines Sunday night when a 10-year-old girl asked the senator what it was he ...
  2 days ago

• Grassley says he’s hearing opposition to health-reform legislation

  
  Des Moines Register Staff Blogs Iowa Politics Insider — Authority: 147
  A busy day of appearances for Sen. Charles Grassley on Sunday yielded only one request that he vote for health-reform legislation that’s similar to what was approved by the House Saturday night, he said. Grassley was at the Borders in West Des Moines Sunday evening for Mike Huckabee’s book-signing event. The ...
  2 days ago

• Huckabee says he has no political plans for the moment

  
  Des Moines Register Staff Blogs Iowa Politics Insider — Authority: 147
  2008 Iowa Republican caucuses winner Mike Huckabee spent his Sunday in Davenport, Cedar Rapids and West Des Moines, signing copies of his new book, A Simple Christmas: Twelve Stories That Celebrate the True Holiday Spirit.” But many of the 300 people who turned out for his book signing in West Des Moines Sunday ...
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• Governor candidate Rants: My focus will be curbing property taxes

  
  Des Moines Register Staff Blogs Iowa Politics Insider — Authority: 147
  State Rep. Christopher Rants of Sioux City said he would put his focus on curbing property taxes, the exact opposite of the focus of Gov. Chet Culver, he said. Every Iowan will pay more property taxes because of the actions of the governor, he said. He told a story that he described as Patty Judge giveth and Chet ...
  3 days ago

• Governor candidate Fong: Be the party of big, bold ideas

  
  Des Moines Register Staff Blogs Iowa Politics Insider — Authority: 147
  Christian Fong, the youngest of the GOP field at 32, talked about his father’s immigration from China, in search of the American dream. Fong said he’s proud to be the son of an immigrant, quickly emphasizing his father was a legal immigrant. Fong has followed his own Iowa dream, he said, growing up in a poor ...
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• Governor candidate Roberts: We need limited government

  
  Des Moines Register Staff Blogs Iowa Politics Insider — Authority: 147
  State Rep. Rod Roberts of Carroll noted that there’s a big field of GOP candidates running for governor, and he said each would be an improvement over Democratic Gov. Chet Culver. Roberts, a five-term House member, spoke of the need for limited government. When he has run for the House, he said he has always made ...
  3 days ago

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