Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. David Loebsack [D, IA-2]

Miller-Meeks Campaign: Congress passes significant flood relief ...

2008-09-25T00:00:00Z

"While it's important that Congress finally acted, it's clear David Loebsack had little to do with the relief package and he has not been a leader. ...

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Dems plan to win, with or without Obama

2008-09-18T00:00:00Z

...Ups” by the Cook Political Report. House Democrats who were among the earliest and most vocal Obama supporters — such as Rep. David Loebsack of Iowa and Rep. Robert Wexler of Florida — tend to come from safe Democratic districts. In those areas,

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Miller-Meeks Campaign: Loebsack takes $5000 from fellow Democrat ...

2008-09-17T00:00:00Z

OTTUMWA â€“Second Congressional District Republican candidate Mariannette Miller-Meeks today called on Rep. David Loebsack to donate $5000 his campaign has ...

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Candidates face off at WP forum

2008-09-11T00:00:00Z

Her opponent, freshman Democratic Congressman David Loebsack of Mount Vernon, who was not at the forum, supports a single-payer universal health care system ...

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Grassley frustrated with federal response to flood

2008-08-26T00:00:00Z

David Loebsack of Mount Vernon and Leonard Boswell of Des Moines said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who will tour Iowa flood damage Sept. ...

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Former Iowa Republican Rep. James Leach to Speak at DNC

2008-08-25T00:00:00Z

By Connie Wilson, published Aug 25, 2008 It was just announced that former Iowa Republican Representative James "Jim" Leach, now serving as the interim ...

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Seven presidential candidates on ballot

2008-08-16T00:00:00Z

Barth is running for Iowa's 2nd Congressional District against Ottumwa Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks, incumbent David Loebsack, a Democrat from Mount ...

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Former GOP Representative Leach Endorses Obama

2008-08-12T00:00:00Z

August 12, 2008 (AP)--Former U.S. Rep. Jim Leach, a leading Republican moderate with a foreign policy background, is endorsing Democrat Barack Obama for president. The former Iowa congressman's backing was announced Tuesday as part of a group of GOP

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Former Iowa GOP Rep. Endorses Obama

2008-08-12T00:00:00Z

If the vote for president were held today who would you choose? DES MOINES, Iowa -- Former U.S. Rep. Jim Leach, a leading Republican moderate with a foreign policy background, is endorsing Democrat Barack Obama for president. The former Iowa

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Former GOP Rep. Leach of Iowa endorses Obama

2008-08-12T00:00:00Z

Leach lost to Democrat David Loebsack in his bid for another term in office in 2006. He was a foreign service officer before being elected to Congress. ...

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Social Security needs fix soon, Miller-Meeks says

2008-08-08T00:00:00Z

THE RACE: Miller-Meeks, a doctor from Ottumwa, is running against Democrat David Loebsack. Loebsack grabbed the seat in 2006 after he bested 30-year ...

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Loebsack meets with constituents in MP

2008-08-07T00:00:00Z

by Erik Owomoyela US Rep. David Loebsack, D-Iowa, kicked off the August Congressional recess with a series of one-on-one meetings with constituents to ...

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Fair soapbox: Time to fix Social "insecurity," says congressional ...

2008-08-07T00:00:00Z

THE RACE: Miller-Meeks, a doctor from Ottumwa, is running against Democrat David Loebsack. Loebsack grabbed the seat in 2006 after he bested 30-year ...

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Inside the conventions: Naming the nominee

2008-08-01T00:00:00Z

"It's not the same everywhere," said US Rep. David Loebsack, formerly a politics professor at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, and now an Iowa ...

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MILLER-MEEKS: WITH FLOODED IOWANS AWAITING HELP, CONGRESSIONAL ...

2008-07-23T00:00:00Z

Miller-Meeks, an Ottumwa Republican, said incumbent David Loebsackâ€™s willingness to quietly accept such inaction while thousands of Iowans struggle to ...

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Loebsack's office to hold flood meeting

2008-07-14T00:00:00Z

A staffer from Rep. David Loebsack's office will host an assistance meeting this week for those affected by the flood of 2008. ...

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Bid made to boost home buyout payments, Loebsack says

2008-06-30T00:00:00Z

IOWA CITY â€” Rep. David Loebsack, D-Iowa, said today Iowa's Congressional delegation members are trying to convince the federal government to foot more of ...

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Turn back extension of warrantless spying

2008-06-25T00:00:00Z

Bruce Braley and David Loebsack). Besides extending the National Security Agency's authority to conduct wiretaps, the House bill would allow potentially far ...

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Iowa Disaster Relief 2008

2008-06-22T00:00:00Z

... Congressman Tom Latham, Congressman Leonard Boswell, Congressman Steve King, Congressman Bruce Braley and Congressman David Loebsack are serving as ...

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DC fundraiser to benefit victims of Iowa floods and tornados

2008-06-20T00:00:00Z

... Congressman Tom Latham, Congressman Leonard Boswell, Congressman Steve King, Congressman Bruce Braley and Congressman David Loebsack are serving as ...

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