Steve King

Iowa's 5th District

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  • RT @SCJBretH: (Stepping game up) RT: @KingForCongress King campaign to report $1 mil COH in Apr 1-May 16 FEC report. Raised $350k in jus ...
  • Jill Biden to DM Dems, There aren't two political leaders who care more about women than Joe Biden & Obama. Must have overlooked Hill & Bill
  • The White House tells us it is a coincidence that POTUS is in Afghanistan on anniversary of OBL death. Billy "White Shoes" Johnson? #Obama
  • Follow @SKPressIA for the latest updates from my Comms Director, Brittany Lesser #FF
  • Depts of Labor & Agriculture, take Obama's nanny state off the backs of farm families. Parents will not accept kid rearing by USDA or DOL.
  • I'm in Omaha today, closed door meeting, USArmy Corps Engineers@2:00PM. Q&A on HR 2942 to prevent serious downstream flooding & get answers.
  • Chuck Colson from Watergate to Evangelical Christian to Prison Fellowship to heaven in 80 years. RIP, Chuck. How Now Shall We Live?
  • Creston, Iowa hit hard by tornado. College, new hospital hit and much structural damage. My staff is in Creston. Governor to arrive 1:00PM.
  • I'm at Iowa State University at a sound science conference which supports safety, nutrition, & superior taste of LFTB. #LFTB
  • "Redemption is the most relevant reality in the world." Fr. David Hemann @ St. Martin's church today. Happy Easter
  • I just finished my best fundraising quarter ever, raising nearly $450,000 and have over $800,000 on hand. #IA4
  • Obama's illegal drunken "Uncle Omar"(1.4% bac) ordered deported, still in the US-gets a special drivers license. No Obama above the law.
  • If SCOTUS finds ObamaCare's individual mandate Constitutional under commerce clause, enumerated powers, 9th & 10th amendments collapse to CC
  • My profound gratitude to Chief Justice Roberts for giving me a good seat in the Supreme Court to listen to ObamaCare oral arguments. #SCOTUS
  • I would like debate negotiations with Mrs. Vilsack's campaign to BEGIN by the end of the week. I would be happy if she accepts my proposal.
  • Just challenged Christie Vilsack to a series of 6 debates. Each of us are filed and unopposed for nomination to 4th Congressional District.
  • Flood meeting South Sioux City. Live now and here http://t.co/bE4GnXJz
  • Dynamic, brilliant, fearless, visionary, altruistic, passionate, unconventional, trailblazer, patriot, lost friend, Andrew Breitbart prayers
  • I'm in the House chambers for the State of the Union address. I'm wearing a gift tie from Rep Joe Wilson who yelled out 2 years ago. #SOTU
  • Rep. Rhorabacher is now delivering a blistering speech to Aspen Institute on formula for failure, now used as vehicle for escape from war.
  • In press conference now with Northern Alliance. Any time we negotiate with an undefeated enemy (Taliban) to leave their turf, we lose.
  • Thanks to Jennifer Horn, I will be in Manchester tonight to be a keynote panelist on "We the People" Forum at Southern NH University.
  • I just announced on Simon Conway's program on WHO Radio that I will not endorse a candidate in the Iowa Caucus.
  • 3 Presidential candidates in National Review endorsed my New IDEA Act. It shuts down the jobs magnet for illegals. Read here bit.ly/vf3nPU
  • King, DeMint: In 2012 election, you will decide America's destiny http://t.co/IAo5eD0R
  • Senator DeMint & I have an op-ed in today's Des Moines Register on presidential race & American Destiny.Read here http://t.co/LglSTn5Y
  • '08, Mike Huckabee won Iowa, in part, by pushing for a transformative tax plan-the Fair Tax. No candidate yet matches his '08 tax leadership
  • @bretbaier What do you say to the widow of a fallen soldier who is paying out of state tuition in a classroom next to a Dream Act illegal.
  • Judging from the many responses of my critics, they've never heard of multitasking and need to, in the words of Cain, get a sense of humor.
  • We are debating the Stop Online Piracy Act and Shiela Jackson has so bored me that I'm killing time by surfing the Internet.
  • Compared to our $15 trillion national debt and no balanced budget in sight, Mitt's $10,000 bet to Perry is chump change.
  • Misspoke on Gretta tonight. The information is that 150 Mexicans and perhaps double that number have been killed by Fast & Furious guns.
  • Virtuous or not, declaring in or out, however we feel for him, Herman Cain's campaign is over. I thank him as a friend and wish him well.
  • What does Obama's "Safe & Drug-Free Schools" Czar, Kevin Jennings, have to say about Sandusky & Penn State scandal?
  • Portland police fence "occupiers" from park. Drug pushers and violence cited as reason. If fences work in Oregon, why not Arizona?
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  • This catholic mass is all Greek to me.
  • Obama issues executive amnesty to illegals. Deportation is inconvenient. No criminals deported unless "serious". I insist on Cong hearings.
  • Call #USPS PMG Donahoe & demand unredacted SiouxCity AMP report promised to @ChuckGrassley @SenatorHarkin &me 3 wks ago http://t.co/161rlRs
  • I'm on a boat touring the flood waters of the Missouri River. We are beginning the THIRD month of record high water, 150 mi x 11 mi widest.
  • Santorum scores again on national security and geopolitical conflict.
  • Santorum scores well on Constitution.
  • Debate. 8 candidates but Pawlenty vs. Bachmann is the show. Hands down, Pawlenty's attack on Bachmann was counter punched like rope-a-dope.
  • Dow drops hard again after debt ceiling increase was to avert just this. If Congress said NO, all would agree collapse cause our fault.
  • STOP talking about default. The 1st dime of each $1 of revenue services debt. Obama would be impeached if he blocked debt payments. C C & B!
  • I'm now testifying before the Senate Judicary Committee to defend marriage against liberal activists.
  • A government monopoly that is technological, efficient, courteous, and fast? Yes! IA DOT license exam @ Carroll, IA this morning. Thanks.
  • I will support a "clean" $4 Trillion debt ceiling increase under only one condition.....we borrow it from Greece.
  • President Obama just issued federal disaster declaration for Iowa counties impacted by Missouri River floods. FEMA, SBA, etc. Can now start.
  • Just touched down with Gov Branstad in Council Bluffs after aerial tour of river flood from Sioux City. More flood water than ever recorded.
  • I'm in the air now to review the Missouri River flood. Huge effort to protect property. Weeks to go at crest elevation.
  • Wonder what President Obama thinks of water boarding now?
  • ObL "Sealed" into eternal damnation. Intel from KSM in Gitmo:-) "It feels like the entire country won the World Series," Bill Hemmer-FOX.
  • New Hampshire: Bachmann speaking now, Santorum next. DeMint & I keynote after lunch. Iowa & NH on common cause. SC next with DeMint's help.
  • I'm in New Hampshire to speak & promote Constitutional conservativeism as part of my effort to promote presidential race in Iowa, NH, & SC.
  • Last Saturday's Conservative Principles Conference exceeded my hopes and expectations-thanks to GREAT staff. Their work made mine eeaassy:-)
  • @DarrellIssa ObamaCare is a malignant tumor sucking the lifeblood out of American Liberty and metastasizing 24/7.
  • One year ago today the unconstitutional "taking" of American Liberty was signed by Obama(Care). 365 days fighting for repeal. It will be so.
  • My op-ed on how to cut the Gordian ObamaCare Knot is posted on Politico @ http://tinyurl.com/5r9h9lk - $105.5 billion automatically spent!
  • Call your Congressman, ask they sign King-Bachmann pledge to vote "NO" on CR unless it cuts off all ObamaCare funding. http://t.co/fEj5GFT
  • I will vote "NO" on the two week CR because some of ObamaCare is funded by it and the Pence amendment to block Planned Parenthood is not in.
  • If President Obama won't redirect Holder's DOJ to aggressively defend U.S. DOMA law, I will move aggressively to cut their budget.
  • Live with Wolf Blitzer on CNN now on my amendments to defund ObamaCare.
  • Two King amendments just passed that defund ObamaCare in the continuing resolution. My repeal language passed in January now cut off funding
  • I will be questioning Secretary Vilsack under oath on the Pigford Farms multibillion dollar reparations fraud issue in 15 minutes.
  • I'm in the Rules Committee now to request a rule that allows me to offer my amendment to cut off all funding to ObamaCare. $105 billion cut.
  • I'm at the Reagan Library for a conference to promote Reagan principles and to devise a strategy to put America back on track.
  • Response to Obama's state of the union is very flat. Not inspiring and supressed by mixed seating.
  • 100% of my language to repeal 100% of ObamaCare just passed the House with 100% Republican support = 100% great day 4 the USA! #HCRcostsjob
  • I'm doing CNN on my ObamaCare repeal now. Press conference at capitol at 3:00 pm today.
  • Cavuto now on repeal of ObamaCare. Gretta on FOX tonight just after 10.00 EST.
  • I will do a FOX interview with Bill Hemmer at 9:10 am on my repeal ObamaCare bill and on border fence.
  • I'm listening to Kristi Noem speak to the Republican Conference here in Baltimore. I believe she is the genuine article and a future force.
  • The tragedy in Tucson unfolds as we continue to pray for Gabrielle Giffords & all who were shot. So far, a miracle she's alive, get well .
  • Rule just passed. The language of my ObamaCare repeal bill will be voted on and passed by the House on Jan 12th. Leader Cantor will offer.