Administration, the democrats were going to make sure he did not appoint anybody to the suprcourt. Cynthia today grassley said , after giving it more thought, he implied he wouldnt rule out Holding Hearings on an obama nominee, but would only say senator grassley i will take it a step at a time. He hasnt nominated anyone yet. Cynthia the constitution states the president can nominate with the advice and consent of the senate. Matt sinovac, who questioned grassley about the process, was not pleased with his answers. The kept repeating that we will take it one step at a time, but he tried to be very vague and continued to play political games with this nomination process. Cynthia president obama today challenged republicans to offer any plausible rationale for refusing to consider a Supreme Court candidate, and he vowed to nominate an outstanding legal mind. Stacey the man looking to unseat senator grassley comes to the Selection Process for the next Supreme Court justice. State senator
Act. Todd storm lake legislator gary worthan is sponsoring the bill. He says the dot tells him the the average speed on iowas interstates is 72. All the more reason to boost it to 75. If youre not going to in 470 to slow that traffic down, lets make it legal. Todd one driver we talked with lung interstate north of des moines agrees. Most of the people are going that speed anyway, so if someone is going 70 they are actually slowing the traffic down. Todd in fact, in a very unscientific test, we set our Cruise Control at 70 along i35 and traffic constantly passed us. But not everybody is convinced faster is better. The thing is, they go fast enough as it is. In the winter time, people need to slow down. You know, its a trade off. If you want to look at safety and thats all you want to look at, it should be 25 to 30 miles an hour. Is dead set against raising the speed limit. The next step for this bill is the full Transportation Committee and the iowa house. That could happen this week. S
Victory of a lifetime. A local College Coach is in the fight for his life. Why the Des Moines Fire Department is stepping in to help. Transition time. Iowa is about to make a move that will impact thousands of people. Find out if those in charge of privatizing medicaid think the system is ready for it. Water rescue. An indianola mans prayers were answered when two men rescued him from an icy lake. How he is doing tonight. And what he has to say to the men who rescued him. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 hes used to battling for wins and losses but a Community Colleges new coach has an even bigger opponent a lung condition thats killing him. Good evening. Im lynning. Thank you for joining us tonight. This spring, current ankeny centennial will also suit up for marshaltown Community College. But its his career in another uniform thats slowly killing him. Justin surrency explains how hes battling to live longer and the help he is get
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