Posted at February 28, 2009 at 12:37 pm
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Posted at February 28, 2009 at 9:35 am
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I am at the DMACC Urban Campus in Des Moines attending the DFA training. I plan on posting some updates throughout the day and you can follow more at my Twitter page.
Sen. Harkin just stopped in and spoke about the importance of grassroots campaigns, everything Congress and President Obama has accomplished the past month, and the need to invest in people. I got some video and will post it late tonight.
Check back later for further updates.
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Posted at February 27, 2009 at 12:44 pm
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Posted at February 27, 2009 at 7:35 am
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The State Government Committee in the Iowa Senate passed a bill out of committee that would limit the campaign contributions in the state.
From Iowa Independent…
Senate File 181 was amended before passage to flip donation limits on individuals and political committees. Individuals would be prohibited from contributing more than to $4,000 to a candidate for statewide office, $1,000 to an Iowa House candidate and $2,000 to an Iowa Senate candidate during an election campaign cycle or the time period between elections.
Political committees and parties would be limited to a $2,000 contribution to a statewide candidate, $500 to an Iowa House candidate and $1,000 to an Iowa Senate candidate.
Iowa is one of 13 states that impose almost no restrictions on the amount of money politicians can accept from individuals and political action committees.
This is a step in the right direction when it comes to campaign finance reform. With the news of fraud and pay for play in Illinois, it is time that Iowa has some contribution limits.
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Posted at February 27, 2009 at 7:15 am
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I thought it might be good to recap the activities of this past week.On Monday, Democrats accepted defeat on the Prevailing Wage. They say they will be back.On Tuesday, the Unions attacked Principal Financial Group for belonging to a pro-business, non…
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Posted at February 27, 2009 at 7:14 am
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Posted at February 26, 2009 at 8:13 pm
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Posted at February 26, 2009 at 10:00 am
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A bill in the State Senate would require electronic tracking of cold medicine that contains pseudoephedrine. The bill would make it easier for law enforcement to track multiple purchases of pseudoephedrine.
From the Des Moines Register…
Shoppers already have to go to a pharmacy counter and fill out a written logbook to buy nonprescription cold medicine with the key ingredient for the illegal drug methamphetamine.
An electronic system with real-time tracking would cost about $750,000 over two years, said Sen. Steve Sodders, D-State Center. The state is seeking a $750,000 federal grant, and if that falls through, the law would not take effect, he said.
“If someone’s buying pills in Marshalltown, Ames, Newton, there’s no way for law enforcement to know that under the current system with the handwritten log,” Sodders said.
The bill, Senate File 104, was approved Monday by a committee in the Iowa Senate. One dissenting vote was cast by Sen. Herman Quirmbach, D-Ames, who argued that it’s not worth it to spend so much tax money on a system that invades personal medical privacy and could be easily evaded with fake IDs.
I talked to Sen. Sodders over the weekend and he said after the law requiring shoppers to fill out a written logbook, the number of meth labs. However, the number of meth labs have risen over the past year or so because dealers have figured out how to get around that law.
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Posted at February 26, 2009 at 6:53 am
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Posted at February 25, 2009 at 6:42 pm
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The Senate State Government Committee voted out a bill that would get rid of the electoral college and give Iowa’s electoral college votes to the winner of the national popular vote.
From Iowa Independent…
The effort is part of a national movement to break from the Electoral College system. Support for such a move has been building nationally since 2000, when Republican George W. Bush became president despite losing the popular vote to Democrat Al Gore.
The change wouldn’t take effect, however, until it passes in enough states to equal 270 electoral votes, the number needed to be elected president. At least two states — New Jersey and Maryland — have already entered the compact.
The bill has the support of Democratic leadership, including Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal, who has said he believes there is broad support for the measure.
I think this idea is horrible. I have to agree 100% with this quote from Senate Minority Leader Paul McKinley
“If this bill were enacted, presidential candidates would have very limited motivation to come to Iowa to campaign for votes because Iowa is only about 1/100 of the country’s population,” Senate Minority Leader Paul McKinley said in a statement. “They would instead stick to campaigning in other states where the population is more dense and Iowans would be ignored and our issues would be swept aside. This is just another example of how our founding fathers were once again right on target in their desires to protect smaller states.”
Without the electoral college we will have a campaigns waged on the airport runaways as candidates fly from big city to big city. This bill would eventually make Iowa irrelevant during presidential elections.
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