2. *all americans must have health insurance or they will be fined
*expands insurance subsidies for middle- and lower-income families
*will scale back the bill's taxes on expensive insurance plans
*will get insurance to those who can't afford it
*make insurance more secure and affordable for those who already have it
3. 138 billion dollars
4. 219-210
5. Boswell-yes
Braley-yes
King-no
Loebsack-yes
Latham-no
6. Obama has to sign the underlying bill into law
7. I believe this bill will harm society. I should not have to pay for someone else's health care. It is each individuals responsibility to provide for themselves.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Current Events 3/26/2010
Article One
Robert Gates, Defense Secretary, announced today that the Pentagon will start easing up on the enforcement of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. This policy prohibits homosexuals from openly serving in the military. The change will take into effect in 30 days. President Obama supports a repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" which was enforced in 1993.
Article Two
Governor Chet Culver signed a bill into legislation this week regarding hospitals informing police when a mentally unstable individual is released. This bill was sparked by Mark Becker who was release the day before he shot Aplington-Parkersburg head football coach. Ed Thomas was shot last June by Becker. Becker was convicted of first degree murder earlier this month. Thomas' family attended the ceremony where Culver signed the bill into effect. The family was the ones who pushed for the publication of this law.
Article Three
Iowa drivers will soon be prohibited from writing, sending or reading text messages while driving. However law officers can not use that as a primary reason to make a traffic stop. This was added through compromise legislation worked through on Thursday. This new bill outlaws texting while driving for most motorists and bans all cell phone useage by beginning drivers.
Robert Gates, Defense Secretary, announced today that the Pentagon will start easing up on the enforcement of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. This policy prohibits homosexuals from openly serving in the military. The change will take into effect in 30 days. President Obama supports a repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" which was enforced in 1993.
Article Two
Governor Chet Culver signed a bill into legislation this week regarding hospitals informing police when a mentally unstable individual is released. This bill was sparked by Mark Becker who was release the day before he shot Aplington-Parkersburg head football coach. Ed Thomas was shot last June by Becker. Becker was convicted of first degree murder earlier this month. Thomas' family attended the ceremony where Culver signed the bill into effect. The family was the ones who pushed for the publication of this law.
Article Three
Iowa drivers will soon be prohibited from writing, sending or reading text messages while driving. However law officers can not use that as a primary reason to make a traffic stop. This was added through compromise legislation worked through on Thursday. This new bill outlaws texting while driving for most motorists and bans all cell phone useage by beginning drivers.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Congressional Profile
Tom Harkin
a) Democrat
b) Cumming
c) Ruth Raduenz since 1968, two daughters-Amy and Jenny, along with two grandchildren
d) worked on farms and construction sites, as a paper boy and at a Des Moines bottling plant, flew a jet plane for the Navy
e) 1969 to join the staff of Iowa Congressman Neal Smith, 1974-1984 in the House
f) joined the Senate in 1984 and has been serving ever since
g) After graduating from Dowling High School in Des Moines, he attended Iowa State University on a Navy ROTC scholarship, earning a degree in government and economics. Following graduation, Tom served in the Navy as a jet pilot on active duty from 1962 to 1967.
h) Catholic
i) Iowa Citizens
j) chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee.
k) Harkin Grants
l) born November 19, 1939, the son of an Iowa coal miner father and a Slovenian immigrant mother. He still lives in the house in Cumming where he was born.
Chuck Grassley
a) Republican
b)New Hartford
c)Married Barbara Speicher 1954; Five children, Lee, Wendy, Robin, Michele, Jay
d)farmer, sheet metal shearer, assembly line worker,Iowa Legislature, House of Reps, Senate
e)In Iowa Legislature(1958), House of Representatives(1974)
f)30 years
g)B.A. 1995, M.A. 1956 Political Science, University of Northern Iowa; Ph.D. work, University of Iowa
h)Christin Baptist
i)Iowa Citizens
j)Finance (Ranking Member), Judiciary, Budget, Agriculture, Joint Tax, Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control (Co-Chairman)
k)S.221 : A bill to amend title 9, United States Code, to provide for greater fairness in the arbitration process relating to livestock and poultry contracts.
l) 1)Grassley maintains the longest consecutive voting streak among those serving today in the U.S. Senate.
2) Grassley's whistleblower laws have become the federal government's #1 anti-fraud tool
Dave Loebsack
a)Democrat
b)Souix City
c)MArried, wife Terry, Jennifer, Sarah, Marcos, Madeleine
d)Political Science Teacher at Cornell College
e)No previous political experience
f)Two terms in office
g)Graduated form East High school, ISU grad, Phd in Political Science from University of California
h)Methodist
i)Second District, Eastern Iowa
j)The House Education and Labor Committee, and The House Armed Citizens Committee
k)H.R.1855 : To promote industry growth and competitiveness and to improve worker training, retention, and advancement, and for other purposes.
l)1)raised by a single parent
2)Wife has two children from a previous marriage
a) Democrat
b) Cumming
c) Ruth Raduenz since 1968, two daughters-Amy and Jenny, along with two grandchildren
d) worked on farms and construction sites, as a paper boy and at a Des Moines bottling plant, flew a jet plane for the Navy
e) 1969 to join the staff of Iowa Congressman Neal Smith, 1974-1984 in the House
f) joined the Senate in 1984 and has been serving ever since
g) After graduating from Dowling High School in Des Moines, he attended Iowa State University on a Navy ROTC scholarship, earning a degree in government and economics. Following graduation, Tom served in the Navy as a jet pilot on active duty from 1962 to 1967.
h) Catholic
i) Iowa Citizens
j) chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee.
k) Harkin Grants
l) born November 19, 1939, the son of an Iowa coal miner father and a Slovenian immigrant mother. He still lives in the house in Cumming where he was born.
Chuck Grassley
a) Republican
b)New Hartford
c)Married Barbara Speicher 1954; Five children, Lee, Wendy, Robin, Michele, Jay
d)farmer, sheet metal shearer, assembly line worker,Iowa Legislature, House of Reps, Senate
e)In Iowa Legislature(1958), House of Representatives(1974)
f)30 years
g)B.A. 1995, M.A. 1956 Political Science, University of Northern Iowa; Ph.D. work, University of Iowa
h)Christin Baptist
i)Iowa Citizens
j)Finance (Ranking Member), Judiciary, Budget, Agriculture, Joint Tax, Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control (Co-Chairman)
k)S.221 : A bill to amend title 9, United States Code, to provide for greater fairness in the arbitration process relating to livestock and poultry contracts.
l) 1)Grassley maintains the longest consecutive voting streak among those serving today in the U.S. Senate.
2) Grassley's whistleblower laws have become the federal government's #1 anti-fraud tool
Dave Loebsack
a)Democrat
b)Souix City
c)MArried, wife Terry, Jennifer, Sarah, Marcos, Madeleine
d)Political Science Teacher at Cornell College
e)No previous political experience
f)Two terms in office
g)Graduated form East High school, ISU grad, Phd in Political Science from University of California
h)Methodist
i)Second District, Eastern Iowa
j)The House Education and Labor Committee, and The House Armed Citizens Committee
k)H.R.1855 : To promote industry growth and competitiveness and to improve worker training, retention, and advancement, and for other purposes.
l)1)raised by a single parent
2)Wife has two children from a previous marriage
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Current Events 3/52010
Article One
The LAPD have removed the clothing worn by Robert F. Kennedy from their homicide display. The display contained his tie, shirt and jacket which the senator wore when slain. His son, Maxwell Taylor Kennedy, commented on how he believed it was a stunt. The LAPD have apologized to the family claiming they did not intend to offend anyone.
Article Two
On monday the Iowa Senate voted unanimously to close a loophole in the state’s public indecent exposure law. The loophole allowed underage nude dancing in certain venues. The law now established that a person would be considered to have committed a serious misdemeanor for permitting public indecent exposure in a theater, concert hall, art center, museum or similar establishment which is primarily associated with the arts if he or she allows a minor to engage in a live act that was intended to arouse or satisfy sexual desires. The measure is now sent for consideration to the House.
Article Three
The House Transportation Committee approved a measure 20-1, placeing a limited ban on motorists using their cell phones to send text messages while driving. The measure is sent to the full House for voting. If it becomes law, it would be delayed enforcement for a year. During the year it would require officers to only hand out warnings to citizens texting while driving. Violators would be fined a minimum of $65 once the law became into effect.
The LAPD have removed the clothing worn by Robert F. Kennedy from their homicide display. The display contained his tie, shirt and jacket which the senator wore when slain. His son, Maxwell Taylor Kennedy, commented on how he believed it was a stunt. The LAPD have apologized to the family claiming they did not intend to offend anyone.
Article Two
On monday the Iowa Senate voted unanimously to close a loophole in the state’s public indecent exposure law. The loophole allowed underage nude dancing in certain venues. The law now established that a person would be considered to have committed a serious misdemeanor for permitting public indecent exposure in a theater, concert hall, art center, museum or similar establishment which is primarily associated with the arts if he or she allows a minor to engage in a live act that was intended to arouse or satisfy sexual desires. The measure is now sent for consideration to the House.
Article Three
The House Transportation Committee approved a measure 20-1, placeing a limited ban on motorists using their cell phones to send text messages while driving. The measure is sent to the full House for voting. If it becomes law, it would be delayed enforcement for a year. During the year it would require officers to only hand out warnings to citizens texting while driving. Violators would be fined a minimum of $65 once the law became into effect.
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