‘Rod Blum’

In response to a new poll from the Des Moines Register/Mediacom showing a Democrat beating a Republican by 47-29 percent in Iowa’s First Congressional District, DCCC Spokeswoman Rachel Irwin released the following statement: “Iowans are ready to drain the swamp in Washington and Representative Rod Blum is first on the list. From his vote to […]

Grassley Tells Reporters: Regardless Of ‘Substance,’ Republicans Must Support Health Bill As the Senate prepares to take up the Graham-Cassidy repeal bill, the DCCC released the following statement calling on Iowa Reps. Rod Blum and David Young to respond to Sen. Chuck Grassley’s comments that Republicans should put politics ahead of the good of their […]

Rep. Rod Blum and Congressional Republicans in the majority have little to show for their first 200 days in office, having wasted months trying to pass a deeply unpopular Republican repeal bill that failed to pass the U.S. Senate. It’s no wonder that Blum, who has a history of running away from tough questions, is […]

Rep. Rod Blum likes to say his first priority is to “drain the swamp” and reduce perks for elected officials that make them out of touch with average Americans, but Blum wasn’t complaining when he took a PAC-funded trip to Florida. Blum recently made headlines for his posh vacation to Palm Beach – a trip […]

After an embarrassing start to Rod Blum’s town hall tour in Iowa, a new video shows an Iowa father confronting Blum for his support of the Republican Repeal & Ripoff bill during Blum’s town hall in Cedar Rapids. In the video, the man advocates on behalf of his son, Adam, who has epilepsy and could […]

In case you missed it: Republican Rod Blum is making headlines for losing his temper and storming out of a TV interview with KCRG (TV9) last night while surrounded by a group of shocked Iowa children. Blum’s night went from bad to worse after his constituents grilled him at his town hall in Dubuque for voting for […]