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Even as they call for reining in the record $1.6 trillion federal budget deficit, more than one-third of the nation's 100 U.S. senators have criticized proposed spending cuts in President Obama 's budget that would affect their states.

Avista Capital Partners, a leading private equity firm, today announced that it has named Jim Nussle to its Advisory Board.

Federal Budget Preview A A The Federal Budget is due to be released today, and Jim Nussle, former director o the Office of Management and Budget, shares his preview.

There is a great line in "Casablanca." Signor Ferrari says to Victor Laszlo, "I am moved to make one more suggestion, why, for what reason I do not know, because it cannot profit me.

As I watch the Senate race in Massachusetts, where an insurgent small-government conservative campaign has shocked the Democrat establishment, I am amazed at how similar the political climate today is to the early days of the Contract with America.

Iowa's elected officials are looking ahead to how this year's census will reshape the state's political landscape.

On January 8, 2002, President George W. Bush signed into law “The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001” which enjoyed overwhelming bi-partisan support.

The top tri-state stories of 2005 include the fatal stabbing of a pregnant Dubuque teenager and the closing of Garnavillo Elementary School.

With Senate passage of health care legislation now virtually certain, Washington lawmakers and interest groups are scrambling to influence one of Congress' most mysterious but most powerful institutions - the conference committee.

The following editorial appeared in the Washington Post: It's time to stop worrying about the deficit - and start panicking about the debt.

The U.S. government must craft a plan next year to get its ballooning debt under control or face possible panic in financial markets, a bipartisan panel of budget experts said in a report on Monday.

THE push for a more hawkish approach to the American deficit continues to pick up institutional steam this week.

So much for strategy. As he was gearing up to seek the Republican gubernatorial nomination, Terry Branstad told a guy that he would campaign on economic issues and on his love of the state and would stay away from the social issues that divide his party.

It could be said that overcoming adversity is the Vander Plaats family motto. During World War II, Bob Vander Plaats' father, patriarch of the large, northwest Iowa family, survived the nightmare of Iwo Jima.

Roxanne Conlin would mean more to Iowa Democrats than simply the party's best chance of beating Sen.

Posted on Oct 23, 2009 by Todd Dorman . Iowa's governor's race. You can't win if you're not all in.

Terry Branstad would hand Democrats a 16-year record to critique if he becomes the Republicans' nominee for governor next year, fellow GOP candidate Bob Vander Plaats said Wednesday.

This Feb. 22, 2006 file photo shows former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad applauding as Rep.

" An African-American leader announced plans to back GOP candidate for governor Bob Vander Plaats, citing a lack of action by Democratic Gov.

By THOMAS BEAUMONT * tbeaumont@dmreg.com * © 2009, Des Moines Register and Tribune Company * October 7, 2009 Former Gov.