steve king

It seems appropriate to end the year with Rep. Steve King (R-IA), since Speaker Boehner has been allowing him to dictate the House GOP’s efforts on immigration all year.  Steve King is the guy who, in July, likened DREAMers to drug mules who have “calves the size of cantaloupes... Continue »

Will Boehner Continue to Side with King’s 18% or the Majority of Americans Who Support a Path to Citizenship? The contrast between the commitment, support, and values motivating those supporting and opposing immigration reform is in particularly sharp relief this week. New polling from Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI)... Continue »

Over the weekend, House GOP leaders have been making positive noises about holding votes on immigration reform next year. We need to keep up the pressure to make sure that happens. So far, those House leaders have allowed only one immigration vote: Steve King’s amendment to defund DACA and... Continue »

Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) said today, that while the House GOP is still trying to figure out a way forward on immigration reform, “We have no intention of ever going to conference on the Senate bill.” The day after the 2012 election, Speaker Boehner said we... Continue »

Lessons in Virginia and California on Display for GOP, if They Are Willing to Look & Listen  Given the likely outcome, the Virginia governor’s race could be a sign of things to come for the GOP in 2014 when it comes to the politics of immigration.  Republican candidate Ken... Continue »

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If there’s one member of Congress who exemplifies the House GOP identity as the “Party of No,” it’s probably Rep. Steve King (R-IA).  This week, he’s in the news for being one of the most intractable House Republicans on the government shutdown, one of the few who still think... Continue »

Steve King is bad news for his party, a fact that was illustrated again this week when the co-chairman of the Polk County Republican Party in Iowa resigned his position and registered as an independent. Chad Brown told the Des Moines Register that anti-immigrant comments from Steve King—like the... Continue »

View the pictures here to see more.  We’ve juxtaposed a photo of Steve King’s rally below each for helpful comparison… Continue »