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Tom Harkin on the default crisis and the path ahead

by Gregory Hauenstein

| Blog post
July 27, 2011

Two days ago, President Obama called on us to reach out to our members of Congress and urge them to support a compromise on the issue of the national debt and the debt ceiling. This morning, Senator Tom Harkin recorded a video message for the many Iowans contacting his office....
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Contact Congress now!

by Gregory Hauenstein

| Blog post
July 26, 2011

You heard the boss, Democrats! Get dialing!
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Web Video: Into the Ditch

by Gregory Hauenstein

| Featured Post
July 18, 2011

Governor Pawlenty drove Minnesota into the ditch. Now he wants to jump in America's driver's seat?
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Candidate Pawlenty Vs. Governor Pawlenty

by Sam Roecker

| Caucus, Press Release
May 3, 2011

Pawlenty Courts Conservative Iowa Voters, Rewrites Failed Fiscal Record Des Moines – Tim Pawlenty is back in Iowa today courting conservative voters in his run for president and attempting to rewrite his failed fiscal record as the Governor of Minnesota. During his tenure Governor Pawlenty raised taxes on 90% of...
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TERRY v. TERRY, ROUND TWO: BAD FISCAL CHOICES

by Gregory Hauenstein

| Press Release
January 21, 2010

This is the second in a series highlighting the first primary of the Iowa political season, as candidate Branstad enters a desperate race against time to outrun the real-life record of Governor Branstad. Terry Branstad is promising Iowans more of the same disastrous fiscal mismanagement that characterized his time as...
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CBPP Report: Obama not to blame for record deficit

by Gregory Hauenstein

| Blog post
December 16, 2009

A report from the non-partisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities ends the ridiculous meme that President Obama is to blame for the budget deficit. Democrats at all levels of government warned the country for years that the Bush tax cuts for the rich, coupled with two wars financed on...
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