Steve King News

As the farm bill continues along its incredibly long path toward final passage, an amendment sponsored by Iowa congressman Steve King has become a flashpoint in the ongoing struggle between farmers and anti-agriculture extremists.

This week, U.S. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., launched a new PAC to battle the tea party movement and advance his own presidential prospects in 2016.

Aides to U.S. Rep. Tom Latham say the 10-term Iowa Republican will not seek re-election in 2014.

Blogger Matthew Cunningham posted an image to his "Anaheim Blog" last week of a burned teddy bear with a gaping hole in its face next to two lit candles, one of which depicted the Virgen of Guadalupe -- a figure revered among Mexican Americans.

In contrast with a strengthening consensus among Iowa scientists, the state's political leaders - the decision makers who can determine policy and law - remain divided along party lines about the role of human activity in climate change.

If you care about consumer safety, high food standards, the humane treatment of animals, states' rights or all of the above, you should vigorously oppose a little-known provision in the yet-to-be-passed federal farm bill called the King amendment.

Rep. Pete King, R-NY, arrives at a meeting of the Northeast Regional Troopers Coalition in Concord Monday.

Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan is the most popular of the would-be 2016 Republican contenders among Iowa Republicans, handily outstripping his potential competition in the state that holds the first nominating contest every four years, according to a new poll.

If it seems like Congress just can't get the farm bill done, wella that's because it can't.

Down in the cellar, waiting out a Sharknado , it occurred to me it's already time to consider the words that gave 2013 its meaning, or lack thereof.

Lawmakers working on a new farm bill said significant progress is being made and they are confident Congress will finish the much-delayed legislation by the end of January.

The year 2013 was exceptionally frustrating for LGBT people in Wisconsin and our allies.

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Thousands of Iowans will lose access to unemployment benefits by the end of the year if Congress does not renew a program that extends benefits to the long-term unemployed.

The U.S. House has passed a short term extension of the 2008 Farm Bill by a voice vote.

Iowa's governor and the state's entire congressional delegation on Thursday signed onto a letter to the Obama administration asking the Environmental Protection Agency to hold a hearing in Iowa to discuss the agency's proposal to reduce the amount of ethanol that must be blended with gasoline in 2014.

A group of 10 U.S. Senators introduced a bipartisan bill on Thursday to eliminate the corn ethanol mandate, arguing that current law raises the cost of food and animal feed and damages the environment.

They didn't use that word, of course. Republican leaders frown on such labeling because it makes the House majority look, well, crazy.

In his recent Iowa speech, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, repeated an argument he has made around the country.

Celia Wexler is a senior Washington representative for the Scientific Integrity Initiative at UCS.