New database shows U.S. Congress member from Iowa received $4,249 as foreign gift May 13, 2008
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LegiStorm page shows a 2005 agriculture and trade fact-finding trip to Australia by Rep. Steve King and wife was a travel gift worth $4,249.
Rep. King – $521 transportation, $95.80 entertainment, $838 lodging, $685 meals. Mrs. King – $521 transportation, $64.80 entertainment, $838 lodging, $685 meals. …
Actually, a May 2005 Gazette article had a higher number:
Iowa congressmen play by the book when they travel …
Rep. Steve King, 5th District Republican, and his wife, Marilyn, traveled to Sydney, Australia, last February for a conference on agriculture and trade. The American Australian Association paid $12,926 in transportation expenses for them. King serves on the Agriculture, Judiciary and Small Business committees. …
The 1999-2008 database also shows a silver clock, estimated at $540, was given to Chuck Grassley from Bahrain.
Otherwise nothing found for other recent and present members of Iowa delegation.
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Harkin: It’s time for U.S. to apologize for slavery February 28, 2008
Posted by John in Government, Law, Race.Tags: Slavery, Tom Harkin, U.S. Congress
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From USA Today:
This year, Congress, which meets in a Capitol built partly by slaves, will consider issuing its own apology.
“We’ve seen states step forward on this,” says Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, citing the resolutions of Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, Alabama and New Jersey. “I’m really shocked, just shocked” that the federal government hasn’t apologized. “It’s time to do so.”
Harkin says he and Sen. Sam Brownback R-Kan., will propose as early as March an apology not only for slavery but for subsequent “Jim Crow” laws that furthered racial segregation. …
Harkin says his proposal does not address reparations.
“We’re just apologizing,” he says. “You can’t undo the past, but you can recognize a wrong was done.”
Grassley’s voting attendance noted January 21, 2008
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From Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Democratic Sens. Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold were two of 10 senators with perfect voting attendance records last year. …
The eight other senators with 100% voting records are Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Robert Casey (D-Pa.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), Mark Pryor (D-Ark.), Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Ken Salazar (D-Colo.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine). …
Boswell offers tribute to retiring Rockwell Collins employee January 16, 2008
Posted by John in Business, Government, Science.Tags: Leonard Boswell, Linda Sadler, Rockwell Collins, U.S. Congress
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From yesterday’s Congressional Record [PDF]:
TRIBUTE TO LINDA C. SADLER
Mr. BOSWELL. Madam Speaker, I wish to recognize and pay tribute to an outstanding employee of one of the great companies located in the State of Iowa. Linda C. Sadler, who has been a valued employee of Rockwell, and subsequently, Rockwell Collins, will retire on February 1, 2008. Linda Sadler’s career spans over 39 years, during which she has …
Grassley introduces bill to recognize life and work of Congressman Henry Hyde of Illinois December 13, 2007
Posted by John in Government.Tags: chuck grassley, Henry Hyde, Illinois, iowa, Legislation, U.S. Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate
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Appears in yesterday’s Congressional Record [PDF]:
Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, today, I am introducing a Senate resolution to honor the life and work of Congressman Henry John Hyde of Illinois. I authored this resolution because I knew Henry Hyde for over 20 years. In fact, he and I were 2 of 16 Republicans who were first elected to the House of Representatives in 1974. …
OMB Director Jim Nussle calls spending bill ‘not fiscally responsible’; warns of Bush veto December 9, 2007
Posted by John in Government, Political.Tags: george w. bush, Government shutdown, Jim Nussle, Legislation, Office of Management and Budget, President Bush, U.S. Congress, White House
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Former Iowa Rep. Jim Nussle released this statement yesterday:
According to news reports today, House and Senate Democratic leaders are nearing agreement among themselves on a mammoth omnibus spending bill, two-and-a-half months after the end of the last fiscal year.
Although the Administration has not seen the legislation, according to press reports it would include 18 billion in additional domestic and emergency spending above the President’s budget. When added to emergency domestic spending Congress already included in the Defense Appropriations bill, this so-called compromise would result in more excess spending than even the Democrats’ original budget included.
This is not fiscally responsible. Our economic growth and job creation cannot be taken for granted, and Congress should not burden taxpayers with billions of dollars in additional wasteful spending.
Press reports also suggest that the Democrats in Congress believe this excessive spending is the price for providing a fraction of the funding requested for our troops in the field. Instead of trying to leverage troop-funding for more pork-barrel spending, Congress ought to pass responsible appropriations bills and the funding for the troops our commanders say they need to build on their battlefield successes.
If presented a bill like the one described in today’s press reports, the President would veto it. If Congress insists on sending the President a budget-busting bill they know he will veto and that will not become law, they should also pass a continuing resolution that keeps the government running and provides the troops in the field the funds they need without disrupting the operations of the Department of Defense and the lives of hundreds of thousands of its employees and men and women in uniform.
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