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Rep. Miller-Meeks received death threats over Jordan opposition - Roll Call

A second-term GOP lawmaker said she's gotten death threats since her vote earlier Wednesday for a speaker candidate that wasn't Jim Jordan.

Roll Call · Oct 18, 2023

GOP holdouts threaten to embarass Jordan

Fox News hosts sound the alarm as detractors threaten to sink Jordan's speaker bid in House vote

Salon · Oct 17, 2023

4 takeaways from the historic ousting of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy

Kevin McCarthy's run as speaker was relatively short and anything but sweet.

WEKU · Oct 4, 2023

Broad focus planned for revamped COVID panel under GOP majority - Roll Call

The panel's new chairman wants an “after-action review” but also plans work on the origins of the coronavirus.

Roll Call · Jan 25, 2023

If control of the House is close, Jan. 3 could be chaos

WASHINGTON — Consider the following scenario: Following a contentious midterm election, the House gathers on the first day of the new Congress to organize itself. With an unpopular Democrat in the White House, the party appears to have lost its House majority. But something’s amiss.

Tribune News Service · Nov 7, 2022

If control of the House is close, Jan. 3 could be chaos - Roll Call

Things could get “pretty messy” with challenges swirling after the midterm elections, legal experts say. Are lawmakers ready?

Roll Call · Nov 7, 2022

$758.23 million raised in statewide ballot measures so far

Welcome to the October 4, 2022, Brew. 

Ballotpedia · Oct 4, 2022

Rekha Basu: An Iowa 'Documented Dreamer' tells a U.S. House panel about her plight, shared by 200,000 others

Pareen Mhatre of Iowa City got a reprieve, or something like that, considering she'd done nothing wrong to warrant one. She got to complete her degree from the University of Iowa in biomedical engineering. But once she gets it, in December, she could be thrust back into the visa limbo…

Tribune News Service · Aug 11, 2022

Iowa doors swing open for Republicans eyeing White House run

At least a half-dozen GOP presidential prospects are planning Iowa visits this summer now that the state's June primary has come and gone

The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2022

Trump targets outraise challengers, unlike some other incumbents

New campaign finance disclosures show several House incumbents raising less than potential opponents, but not those targeted by Trump.

Roll Call · Apr 20, 2022