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Host Ben Kieffer speaks with political scientists Rachel Paine Caufield and Chris Larimer about the vice president's visit to Mexico and more.
USA TODAY WASHINGTON – Tim Phillips had some straight talk for fellow “freedom fighters” who gathered in an Iowa restaurant in April. Their side lost the first few months of the “big, big battle” going on in Washington as Congress passed a $1.9 trillion coronavirus rescue package, said Phillips, head of the fiscally conservative group Americans for Prosperity. But it’s still possible to stop the more than $4 trillion in additional spending that President Joe Biden has proposed. “In the next few months, Washington, D.C., is going to be making some decision that could literally ...
KWWL Political Analyst reacts to Hart withdrawing election challenge Unmute IOWA CITY, Iowa (KWWL) - Democrat Rita Hart withdrew her federal election challenge for Iowa's second congressional district Wednesday, ending a nearly five-month spectacle for who would hold the seat. Dr. Chris Larimer, professor of Political Science and coordinator for the Master of Public Policy program at UNI, believes Democrats may have been playing the long game so to speak. Essentially, conceding the six-vote margin of victory to Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks would lead to...
Host Ben Kieffer speaks with Joe Murphy of the Iowa Business Council about Iowa's climate for business and Chris Larimer of the University of Northern Iowa about the history of Iowa's governors.
U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson's assignment to the powerful U.S. House Appropriations Committee, which controls the purse strings that fund the federal government, 'is a big deal' for her district and the state.