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Social Security
Health Care
Renewable Energy
Fair Taxes

Social Security Press Releases

02/09/06 - Iowans Call on Nussle to Reject Social Security Cuts and Privatization

09/19/05 - Iowans Speak Out on Social Security, Medicaid, Food Stamps, and Tax Cuts in Katrina’s Wake

8/19/05 - Iowans Celebrate 70 Years of Social Security

8/12/05 - Who Is Ducking? Congressman Jim Nussle on Social Security Privatization

8/3/05 - Rural Iowans to Discuss Effects of Proposed Changes to Social Security

7/18/95 - Iowans United Thanks Nussle for Refusing To Sign Onto McCrery Social Security Privatization Bill

5/12/05 - Iowans United Launches Four Week “Take a Stand Campaign” Calling on Senator Grassley, Representatives Leach, Nussle, and Latham to Attend Town Hall Meetings, Take a Stand For or Against Bush Social Security Plan

3/29/05 - IOWA REPORT: Iowans United to Protect Social Security Releases Report Outlining Devastating Effects of Bush Social Security Privatization Plan on Iowa

3/16/05 - Iowans United to Protect Social Security Joins $20 Million National Campaign to Defeat Bush’s Privatization Plan

Health Care Press Releases

04/20/06 - Extend the May 15 Deadline to Sign Up for Prescription Drug Benefit

03/22/06 - Advocacy Group Kicks Off Campaign to Change Bush’s Part D Disaster and Reveals Cost of Medicare Privatization Scheme to Iowa Seniors and Taxpayers

04/11/05 - Iowa Organizations Call On Senator Grassley to Protect Medicaid From Federal Cuts

03/10/05 - Legislature Fails to Lower Prescription Drug Prices

02/02/05 - Iowa Can Lower the Cost of Prescription Drugs

09/28/04 – Report shows health care increasingly unaffordable for Iowa families.

08/25/04 – Iowans demand an end to skyrocketing prescription drug prices

08/19/04 – NEW REPORT: Iowa among states most affected by rising prescription drug costs

04/13/04 - ICAN and Families USA Caution Seniors and People with Disabilities about the New Medicare Law

02/17/04 - Statewide Coalition Counters Grassley's Enthusiasm for New Medicare Law.

11/10/03 - Seniors and 28 Organizations Expose the Effects of the Current Medicare Prescription Drug Proposal and Call on Senator Grassley to Start Over

08/22/03 - NEW REPORT: Iowa Medicare Beneficiaries Pay More with Congressional Prescription Drug Plans

August 14, 2003 - Seniors and Union Members Tell Senator Grassley and President Bush: Don’t Privatize Medicare and Don’t Jeopardize Current Prescription Drug Benefits

06/27/03 - ICAN Applauds Senator Harkin for Standing Up for Seniors and People with Disabilities, Opposing Medicare Privatization Plan

06/25/03 - Citizens Tell Congress and Presidential Candidates To Stop the Stinky Plan to Privatize Medicare

Renewable Energy Press Releases

Mid-American Energy Company’s bill passes legislature - more can be done to ensure renewable energy development

Fair Taxes Press Releases

11/08/05 - Budget action in Washington contradicts Iowa values: Iowans call on Congress to reject budget cuts to programs that serve Iowa’s most vulnerable populations

10/19/05 - Iowa Groups Call on Representative Leach to Oppose Republican Budget Plan That Would Finance Tax Cuts for the Wealthy by Slashing Support for Families, Children, Students, and Seniors

10/05/05 - Faith Groups and Advocacy Organization Rush to Respond to Senate Action on the Federal Budget

MAY 6, 2003 - National and Local Economists, Iowa Leaders Critical of Reckless Bush Tax Plan.

APRIL 2, 2003 - Citizens Rally, Say No to Tax Cuts for Millionaires.

MARCH 26, 2003 - CEOs Panhandle Outside Carver-Hawkeye Arena Bush Tax Cut Plan takes from Iowans, Short-changes Necessary Services.

Civil Justice & Consumer Protection

4/21/06 - Medical Malpractice Victims Speak Out Against Senator Frist's Insurance Company Giveaway Bill.

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