WASHINGTON DC (January 24, 2019) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden of Oregon today reintroduced the Right Rebate Act, which would close a loophole in Medicaid that has allowed pharmaceutical manufacturers to misclassify their drugs and overcharge taxpayers by billions of dollars and provide HHS with additional authorities to ensure drugs are properly classified.

Washington DC (January 24, 2019) — Rep Dave Loebsack (D-IA) released the following statement today after he and his democratic colleagues again passed a bill to end the reckless shutdown and get the government working on behalf of the American people. Today’s vote marks the 11th time the US House has voted on legislation to reopen the government since the beginning of the 116th Congress.

WASHINGTON DC, January 23, 2019 — US Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Chairman of The Senate Finance Committee, and US Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, led 20 of their Senate colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter to

WASHINGTON DC (January 22, 2019) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today announced a hearing titled “Drug Pricing in America: A Prescription for Change, Part I”, scheduled to convene at 10:15AM ET on Tuesday, January 29, 2019, at 215 Dirksen, Senate Office Building. The hearing will be the first in a series of hearings scrutinizing prescription drug pricing and considering policy and oversight solutions to lower costs for American patients.

SPRINGFIELD, IL (January 22, 2019) — State Representative Tony McCombie (R-71st) announced she is joining 43 of her House Republican colleagues by co-sponsoring HJRCA 10. Implementation of this constitutional amendment will take the shady redistricting process out of the control of corrupt politicians.

DES MOINES, IA (January 22, 2019) — Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate announces the hiring of Heidi Burhans as Iowa’s Administrator of Elections. Burhans will serve as a key liaison with all 99 county auditors and the Iowa Legislature. She is currently the Madison County Auditor.

Secretary of State’s failure appears to have undone Constitutional Amendment

Members of the Iowa Firearms Coalition (IFC) have just received word of what appears to a massive blow to their efforts to add the Right to Keep and Bear Arms to the State of Iowa’s Constitution.

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East Moline, IL – Gregg Johnson, Democratic candidate for Illinois State Senate District 36, announced at a campaign stop on Sunday that he will donate his entire legislative salary to local non-profits hurt by the 700-day budget crisis created by Governor Rauner and State Senator Anderson.

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