UI political science professor Tim Hagle comments on the impact of a speech delivered by Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, to a Washington, D.C. think tank.
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University of Iowa law students are spending their spring break this week in Des Moines with leaders from the Iowa legislature, governor's office, and judiciary to see how state government works up close. Story
Congress is showing a frustrating inability to figure out how to deal with federal spending cuts, but their behavior may not be so incomprehensible if you look at them as a bunch of people with bad teeth who need dental work. Story
John Solow, professor of economics in the Tippie College of Business, says bad things will happen if Congress and the president can't agree on spending cuts and revenue increases and the federal budget goes over the fiscal cliff.
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What one thing could President Barack Obama or Gov. Mitt Romney do in the next four years to get the economy going again? Economic and business experts from the University of Iowa offer these ideas. Story
President Barack Obama has been favored to win the popular vote for months on the Iowa Electronic Markets and other prediction markets.
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The price of a Mitt Romney contract has fallen more than 5 percent on the Iowa Electronic Markets since he named Paul Ryan as his vice presidential nominee. Story
University of Iowa political science emeritus Michael Lewis-Beck has developed an election-prediction model that sifts decades of data.
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Derek Willard put his passion for higher education to work as one of the University of Iowa's top federal lobbyists. Now, more than 20 years later, he talks about political changes and challenges he's witnessed in D.C. Story
