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Newest inductee to the Immigration Hall of Shame: Michele Bachmann

By | 04.22.11 | 11:29 am | More from The Minnesota Independent

Immigrants’ List, a federal PAC that backs candidates who support immigration rights, lists Rep. Michele Bachmann on its Immigration Hall of Shame. She’s among the nine Republicans and one Democrat the group says are blocking immigration reform. Immigrants’ List cites Bachmann’s support for Arizona’s SB 1070 and her statement More…

Iowa Reps. Latham, King want District of Columbia mayor to answer for local abortion funds

By | 04.21.11 | 4:19 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

U.S. Reps. Steve King and Tom Latham are two of several federal lawmakers who have sent a letter to District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray demanding an accounting of the use of local funds that were legally used to pay for elective abortion procedures.

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Poll: Americans favor Steve King’s proposal to end birthright citizenship

By | 04.20.11 | 11:43 am | More from The Iowa Independent

A new national poll contends that a vast majority of likely American voters support a plan by U.S. Rep. Steve King to end the practice of automatically endowing U.S. citizenship on an infant born in the country by a woman who entered illegally.

The Rasmussen Reports telephone survey More…

Rasmussen poll: Majority support ending birthright citizenship

By | 04.19.11 | 1:43 pm | More from The Florida Independent

According to Rasmussen Reports, a national telephone survey shows that 61 percent of likely U.S. voters believe that a child born in the United States to a woman who is here illegally should not automatically become an American citizen. #


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Expert says Obama is stalling on oil shale the way Bush did on climate change

By | 04.12.11 | 3:07 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

Dr. Jeremy Boak, a leading expert on oil shale technology at the Colorado School of Mines, says the Obama administration is dragging its feet on oil shale production in the United States much the way the Bush administration stalled on climate change policy.

Boak, the director of the Center More…

Iowa students would feel government shutdown through loss of Pell Grants, Head Start access

By | 04.05.11 | 9:51 am | More from The Iowa Independent

Image by Matt MahurinA federal government shutdown will occur unless a continuing resolution deal is reached in Washington, D.C. for the remainder of fiscal year 2011. Or, short of that, an agreement for another extension. If a compromise is not reached, or if the U.S. House Republican proposals go through, thousands of Iowa More…

Bachmann part of effort to make English official U.S. language

By | 03.16.11 | 10:04 am | More from The Minnesota Independent

Rep. Michele Bachmann has sponsored a bill that would make all federal government operations use English and require all people undergoing citizenship testing to demonstrate their ability to speak English. The bill is very similar to one offered by Republicans in the Minnesota Legislature.

The English Language Unity More…

Ralph Reed says gay marriage not an issue for 2012 Republicans – because they’re all equally against it

By | 03.08.11 | 11:29 am | More from The Iowa Independent

Image by Matt MahurinWAUKEE — A slew of potential Republican presidential candidates told social conservatives in Iowa they believed President Barack Obama was wrong to order his administration not to defend the Defense of Marriage Act at an event hosted by the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition.

Santorum to address Iowa conference organized by Steve King

Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum has confirmed that he will attend the Conservative Principles Conference at the Des Moines Marriott Downtown on March 26. The event is organized by the leadership political action committee of U.S. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa).

Santorum, who is expected to seek the Republican More…

Bachmann: Obama arrogant, close-minded on health care reform

By | 01.19.11 | 10:30 am | More from The Minnesota Independent

Rep. Michele Bachmann said Tuesday that the GOP won’t stop until the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is defunded and repealed, according to Politico.