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Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence , Representative Kevin McCarthy , U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan and Representative Steve Scalise laugh when a reporter Ryan called on began to ask Pence a question about his criticism of Donald Trump, during a joint news conference following a House Republican party conference meeting in Washington, U.S. September 13, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Iowa Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate Patty Judge, who is running against GOP incumbent Sen. Chuck Grassley, said she was unsure of what a "sanctuary city" is during an interview.
U.S. Sens. Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley were in Iowa City Friday to tour the Iowa City VA Hospital. The visit came two months after the two Iowa Republicans joined a state senator asking the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to investigate the circumstances surrounding the suicide of veteran Brandon Ketchum.
The Government Accountability Office said Tuesday it believed the Obama administration's proposed giveaway of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority could safely move forward without congressional approval, and said the United States essentially gave up ownership of the Internet years ago. Members of Congress had asked the GAO to assess whether IANA constituted property of the federal government, which would require congressional approval to transfer under Article IV of the Constitution.
A new Iowa-based poll on the state's U.S. Senate race shows Republican incumbent Chuck Grassley with a bigger lead over Democratic challenger Patty Judge than most other recent polls have found.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski has joined a growing group of U.S. lawmakers calling for an investigation into a pharmaceutical company's controversial decision to sharply increase the price of EpiPens.
Donald Trump warned Saturday of a "war on the American farmer," telling a crowd in Iowa that rival Hillary Clinton "wants to shut down family farms" and implement anti-agriculture policies. Trump's speech at the annual "Roast and Ride" fundraiser for Republican Sen. Joni Ernst came just hours after Clinton received her first national security briefing as the Democratic presidential nominee.
Donald Trump warned Saturday of a "war on the American farmer," telling a crowd in Iowa that rival Hillary Clinton "wants to shut down family farms" and implement anti-agriculture policies.
The Democratic presidential nominee's influence was on display again Wednesday, when she sent Mylan NV's shares plummeting as much as much as 6.2 percent within minutes of calling for the company to drop prices of its EpiPen emergency allergy shot. It marked the third time over the past year that Clinton's comments roiled drug stocks.
Sen. John McCain's primary opponent emphatically declared Thursday that the soon-to-be 80-year-old Arizona Republican is too old to be re-elected. "John McCain has fallen down on the job.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton called on pharmaceutical company Mylan NV to voluntarily drop the price of its severe allergy treatment drug EpiPen, which has increased in price by more than 400 percent in the past decade. "That's outrageous - and it's just the latest troubling example of a company taking advantage of its consumers," Clinton said in a statement.
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TO HOLD HEARINGS ON AG COMPANY MERGERS Aug. 24, 2016 Des Moines Register reports: Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley said Tuesday he will hold a hearing next month to discuss a wave of consolidation among seed and chemical producers, including the merger of Dow and DuPont. The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said he is calling the hearing because some producers have expressed a "great deal of concern" about the mergers.
Following complaints from consumers that the company had hiked the price of the emergency auto-injector by $100 in recent months for no obvious reason, members of Congress are calling for an investigation. The prescription-only device, which delivers a rapid shot of epinephrine, a medication that can counteract a severe allergic reaction, is standard issue for millions of Americans.
Huma Abedin has worked with Hillary Clinton for decades, serving as the presidential candidate's right-hand woman at the White House, Senate, State Department and private life. But her role in Clinton's career has come into a harsh spotlight as the relationship between the Clinton Foundation and Clinton's State Department is being scrutinized, and Abedin's name is front and center in emails being parsed to determine any inappropriate links.
China National Chemical Corp. received approval from U.S. national security officials for its takeover of Swiss agrochemical and seeds company Syngenta AG, seen as the biggest regulatory hurdle that the $43 billion acquisition faces. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. has cleared the transaction, the companies said in a statement Monday.
Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., is among the Republicans not only distancing themselves from Donald Trump, they're making a point of not campaigning with him. When Trump was in Pennsylvania last week, Toomey was nowhere to be found.
In this July 15, 2016 file photo, Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla listens to U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley speak during the National Governors Association meeting, in Des Moines, Iowa. Garcia Padilla signed a bill late Friday, July 29, 2016, letting the island's 78 municipal governments share administrative services as a cost-saving measure amid a deep fiscal crisis.
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton met with Iowa's delegates to the Republican National Convention here on Tuesday, part of a tour of several early-voting states that raised speculation about the Arkansan's plans for 2020 or 2024. The first-term senator and Army veteran's remarks described Republicans as "America's governing party" - noting their majorities in Congress and in state legislatures across the country - and argued that only the GOP has policies to address the country's economic and national security demands.
Chaos broke loose on the floor on Monday during the first session of the Republican National Convention, as the Republican chair refused a request for a roll call vote on the Rules package. It was a last ditch effort for the Dump Trump movement, hoping to challenge the rules that bind delegates to vote for the GOP nominee.