Sworn in on August 12, 2022, Brad Finstad cast his first votes that same day — against the law that capped insulin at $35 a month for people on Medicare. In 2023 he was one of only 40 House Republicans to vote against a bill to rein in the drug middlemen who drive up prescription prices.
In a TV ad, Iowa governor candidate Zach Lahn vows to 'ban H-1B visa holders from being hired by Iowa government and universities.' The private school he co-founded in Wichita petitioned for H-1B workers in 2018 and again in 2021 — with Lahn listed as the main contact.
An ethics complaint says Alex Joyner drew $61,805 from the House while still managing Matt Van Epps's campaign. Federal Election Commission records confirm the campaign paid Joyner every two weeks from January through June — $12,493.91 — and then another $10,000 for 'political strategy consulting.'
Since the March primary, Darren Bailey has stayed in a downtown Chicago apartment he says 'a doctor' donated. Democrats say it isn't on any campaign report. Asked who owns it and what the rent is, he said, 'I don't care to disclose that.'
Vivek Ramaswamy's new ad uses a prostate-cancer patient to defend his drug-company record. Cleveland.com's fact-check found three claims in it are lies: the patient is talking about a different drug than the one Acton criticized, Big Pharma didn't pass on it, and Ramaswamy's company sold out before it ever reached patients.
At what may be his only debate, Rep. Pete Stauber called it 'an outright misrepresentation' that he'd described Minnesota as 'a failed state.' The day after an ICE agent killed Renee Good in Minneapolis, he told Newsmax: 'If you want to look at what a failed state looks like, all you have to do is look at the state of Minnesota.'
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Virginia Foxx attacked the federal rule limiting the silica dust that gives coal miners black lung while she held Alliance Resource Partners stock. She has also held stock in AbbVie, which took on Allergan's opioid liabilities — Allergan agreed to pay up to $2.37 billion in a nationwide opioid settlement North Carolina helped lead.
On Newsmax, Rep. Greg Murphy said people picked up after living in the U.S. for 35 years are 'collateral damage' in Trump's deportation drive. Fewer than a quarter of people ICE arrested in July had a criminal conviction.
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Carlos Gimenez has championed the Iran war from the safety of Washington and has never served a day in uniform.