Category: Iowa

Egg money in politics

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 1, 2010
Categories In Iowa

FOXNews reports on a political contribution by someone in the egg industry that’s making news.

Iowa: first out of the gate for Citizens United legislative response?

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 9, 2010
Categories In Iowa

IowaPolitics.com reports on the state’s response to Citizens United. Iowa on Thursday became one of the first states in the nation to respond to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. FEC, which found that corporate spending in elections cannot be limited under the First Amendment.

Iowa Citizens United response legislation

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 3, 2010
Categories In Iowa

Iowa’s legislative response to Citizens United (noted earlier here) moved forward today and the report is here. The measure would require corporations and unions to publicly disclose when they spend more than $750 on independent campaigns. Any commercials they buy also would have to include a notice identifying the company or union that paid for […]