Steve King

Letters: California egg law goes too far

2013-06-14 00:00:00

Re "An egg fight crosses state lines," June 9 An amendment by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) to the farm bill would not nullify Proposition 2, California's initiative mandating larger cages for hens that applies only to in-state production of eggs. In 2011,...

Letters: Reality TV and immigration

2013-06-09 00:00:00

Re "House vote opens immigration divide," June 7 Since House Republicans seem obsessed with littering the path to citizenship with traps, I suggest they turn this process into a reality show. Illegal immigrants would be forced to endure a series of...

Which comes first: California's egg rule, or everyone else's?

2013-06-08 17:55:00

WASHINGTON — Congress this year will deal with a host of profound issues: A confrontation over raising the nation's debt limit. Budget battles that will determine whether more cuts are made in government services. And the most ambitious attempt to...

House vote opens immigration divide

2013-06-06 19:23:00

WASHINGTON — The partisan divide over immigration was exposed Thursday as House Republicans voted to stop funding the Obama administration program that has halted deportation of young immigrants who are in high school or college or have served in...

U.S. lawmakers meet Russian officials, with help from actor Steven Seagal

2013-06-02 16:27:00

MOSCOW� — The head of a U.S. congressional delegation said Sunday that its meetings in Russia showed there was “nothing specific” that could have helped prevent the Boston Marathon bombings, but that the two countries need to work more...

Opponents of immigration reform face changed landscape

2013-05-30 16:40:00

WASHINGTON — It's not as if Republican Rep. Steve King missed the message from party leaders about how supporting an immigration overhaul could help boost the GOP's standing among Latino voters. He just isn't buying it. "I'm incredulous with the...

GOP rejects Dream Act-like deportation deferrals

2013-06-06 13:45:00

WASHINGTON�— The Republican-led House voted along party lines Thursday to prohibit funding for President Obama’s Dream Act-styled program, which temporarily halts the deportations of young immigrants if they have served in the military or...

House feels the heat on immigration reform

2013-05-22 17:07:00

WASHINGTON — Committee approval of a sweeping Senate immigration overhaul has put pressure on the House, where Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and top leaders have been pushing a bipartisan group of lawmakers to produce its own bill. House...

McManus: The second-term scandal plague

2013-05-18 06:52:00

What is it about presidents' second terms that makes them seem so scandal-ridden? Simple: The iron law of longevity. All governments make mistakes, and all governments try to hide those mistakes. But the longer an administration is in office, the more...

Senators tighten student visa rules in immigration bill

2013-05-14 20:57:00

The Senate Judiciary Committee amended the sweeping immigration bill Tuesday to tighten student visa rules in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings. The committee, which is trying to get through the 844-page bill by the end of the week, also...

Sen. Rand Paul laying groundwork for possible presidential run

2013-05-11 22:05:00

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — If he runs for president, says Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), he wants to be considered on his own merits. But when he brought his fledgling campaign to Iowa this weekend, there was no escaping the double-edged legacy of the man he's...

Ridiculous Republican rhetoric undermines Benghazi probe

2013-05-10 05:00:00

Republicans could make an easy hit on the Obama administration by highlighting the State Department’s apparent bureaucratic blundering during and after the deadly terrorist attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last fall, but they...

In this 2007 file photo, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington.

2013-06-07 17:33:20

As gratifying as the "tea party" failures in the U.S. Senate races were to many election watchers, the story was different in the House of Representatives.

2012-12-14 12:36:01

Rep. Steve King (R- Iowa ) holds a copy of the healthcare bill after a protest rally on Capitol Hill. The bill passed the House on Saturday night. Full story

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