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Garret Oliver has been brewmaster at The Brooklyn Brewery since 1994. He was the brewmaster at Manhattan Brewing before that and has served as editor-in-chief of The Oxford Companion to Beer , written two other books on beer and continues to make a series of brews that gets all the beer geeks excited.

U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre has introduced bi-partisan legislation to help schools prepare more nutritious meals for kids, legislation which has already received national recognition.

Campaign 2012 was a vintage year for House members seeking promotion to the Senate: A dozen tried, and half of them made it.

There was a time in our history when the American-made beer selection was nothing to get excited about, and indeed, at which the long-established foreign brewers of the old world would disdainfully turn up their noses.

Our tax system is woefully in need in repair, yet seems to garner little Congressional attention apart from rate increases.

The former U.S. attorney's move come a week after Rep. Steve King announced he would not seek the seat being vacated by retiring five-term Democratic Sen.

The special Senate election candidate continues to struggle underneath accusations that he went too far in taking advantage of a tax break for his historical residence.

Family members and close friends of Iowa 's Congressional Delegation benefit from their position, whether it be special one-time funding for an alma mater or hundreds of thousands of dollars paid to one lawmaker's son for working on his campaign, a review federal records shows.

Republicans want to make sure the most vulnerable Democrats they've failed to take out in the past don't survive again next year.

U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre has introduced bi-partisan legislation to help schools prepare more nutritious meals for kids, legislation which has already received national recognition.

Former U.S. Attorney Matt Whitaker's decision to run for Senate in Iowa makes him the first Republican to jump into what could be a potentially crowded field.

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Democrats would move a step closer to a majority of U.S. House seats if they win a special election today in South Carolina .

So everybody's favorite nativist, animal-rights opponent, and general all-around firebreather, U.S. Representative Steve King , is officially taking a pass on trying to win the open seat of retiring U.S. Senator Tom Harkin.

Here's a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week. There were no key votes in the Senate this week.

Saying that "urgent battles in Congress that can't wait until 2015," Representative Steve King of Iowa declined to run for the Senate seat being vacated by a retiring Tom Harkin.

By: Channel 9 Eyewitness News news@kcautv.com Texas After five days of following countless leads, authorities have captured Jamal Dean, who is wanted for shooting a Sioux City Police Officer in After five days of following countless leads, authorities have captured Jamal Dean, who is wanted for shooting a Sioux City Police Officer in the head.

Iowa Congressman Steve King says he will not run for the U.S. Senate, opening the race to lesser-known Republican aspirants in the race to succeed Democrat Tom Harkin.

Spring sprang for a few days this week -- until Thursday's once-in-a-century May snowfall spun cars into ditches and iced Pella's tulips.

After seeing Iowa's best U.S. Senate prospects fall like dominoes out of consideration, some Republicans want Congressman Tom Latham to reconsider running.