Former U.S. Rep. Abby Finkenauer preparing for possible U.S. Senate campaign, sources say Brianne Pfannenstiel and Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register
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Former congresswoman Abby Finkenauer is preparing for a possible run for the U.S. Senate, two sources confirmed to the Des Moines Register.
Finkenauer, 32, is a Democrat who won election in northeast Iowa s 1st Congressional District in 2018, unseating incumbent Republican Rod Blum. Last year, she lost her bid for re-election to Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson. Finkenauer lives in Cedar Rapids.
In yet another example of Democrat double standards, Joe Biden has waived ethics rules intended to prevent unions from having undue influence with the executive branch. Fox News reports, âBeginning as early as March, the White House waived certain rules for former labor union personnel slotted to fill Bidenâs transition teams and government vacancies, who would have otherwise been prevented from communicating with their old unions.â
Thus far, two former union officials who are now part of the Biden administration â Alethea Predeoux at the Office of Personnel and Management and Celeste Drake, who leads the administrationâs Made In America Office â have been granted waivers from the ethics rule. That allows them to freely communicate with their âformerâ unions, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and the Directors Guild of America (DGA) and the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), re
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The economic recovery is on the minds of millions of people these days. It is, after all, a universal kitchen table issue. Whether itâs rampant inflation on basic items that
far exceeds the Federal Reserveâs 2% refrain, or whether itâs a breadwinner unable or unwilling to find a job, the economic picture doesnât have quite the feeling of hope that it did last fall.
When it comes to the unemployed choosing to stay unemployed because their benefits exceed the wages they could earn, President Joe Biden on Monday again denied thereâs a problem, blamed employers for the problem because theyâre not paying enough, touted government hiring, and floated more aid to fix the problem. The very fact that heâs made defensive remarks
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The White House is defending ethics waivers for ex-union officials, saying they are in the interest of governing.
The Biden administration has come under scrutiny from Republicans on Capitol Hill after its decision to circumvent federal ethics rules to staff former union officials in senior posts.
Beginning in early March, the White House waived certain rules for former labor union personnel to fill Biden’s transition teams and government vacancies, who would have otherwise been prevented from communicating with their old unions.
A so-called ethics waiver lifts constraints imposed on members of the executive branch to work with previous colleagues or clients who might benefit from their closeness to White House authority.