When “60 Minutes” lined up three American Catholic Cardinals who had been dropping angry “open letters” on President Donald Trump, CBS reporter Norah O’Donnell mustered the audacity to claim, “their candor surprised us.” No, they knew precisely what they were orchestrating — ...
Week 14 of the session is complete and we are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. This past week we were busy dealing with many bills on the House Floor each day, including bills that are back from the Senate with amendments. Last week the House passed House File 2753, a bill to create a fund for new prison infrastructure. By the end of Fiscal Year 2027 the state will pay off the 2009 bonds that paid for construction of the new prison in Fort Madison. Two thirds of the funds used to pay off those bonds will roll into this new fund, with the other third being used for ...
Your memories will try to trick you. I thought about that as I was driving down a street near my house the other day, when I spotted a father walking down the sidewalk, his young daughter slung over his shoulder like a sack of coal he was hauling out of a mine. Her hair bounced along on his back and she looked thrilled. They had been out on a stroll, and she’d asked for a ride: That was the story the image told me. Adorable, I thought, for a second. But wait. What was that look of resignation on the dad’s face? Did I recognize that parental exhaustion myself, that feeling of ...
Sam Krieger, of rural Rome, Iowa, scoffs at being called a war hero. “My Uncle Hes,” he says. “Now, he was a war hero.” At the age of 77, and breathing hard with COPD, Sam digs around in his artifacts and paraphernalia. He finds a framed newspaper article, “Black Devils of World War II Honored in DC, Earn Congressional Medal of Honor.” “That’s Francis Heston,” says Sam. “My Uncle Hes. He was in the brig because he was late in returning from leave. He was given the choice of joining the Black Devils or finishing his sentence. He joined the Devils. He didn’t know ...
We have completed the fourteenth week of the legislative session, which means we are officially in the homestretch. With the 100-day deadline quickly approaching, the Capitol is moving at full speed as we continue debating bills and sending legislation back and forth between the House and ...
On April 15, Americans will see the impacts of the Working Families Tax Cuts as they submit their tax filings for the year. For too long, many have seen Tax Day as a day of stress and uncertainty. But this year, Republicans are helping rewrite the course for millions of Americans, and many are ...
