Contact:          Danielle Plogmann                                                     March 8, 2010

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Pelosi Taps Protégé Braley for Key Washington Insider Post

While 100K+ Iowans Continue to Look for Work, Braley Focused on Personal Ambition  

 DES MOINES – Continuing to prove his loyalty is to San Franciscan Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and not the citizens of Iowa’s First Congressional District, the Republican Party of Iowa today said it is time for Congressman Bruce Braley to put his constituents ahead of his personal ambition.

According to CQ Politics, Braley has been appointed by Speaker Pelosi to head the Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee’s “Red-to-Blue” Program, which aims to recruit more liberals to Congress to support the agenda of majority Democrats. 

Iowa GOP Executive Director Jim Anderson said, “First, Speaker Pelosi awards Braley’s loyalty with a plum committee assignment, which Braley promptly repays with votes in favor of the nearly $800 billion failed stimulus, a cap-and-trade energy tax that would devastate Iowa’s farmers, and a federal health insurance takeover. Now, Braley is eagerly serving as Pelosi’s lieutenant in recruiting more liberals to support their out-of-touch agenda.”

“Iowans need a congressman who is focused on creating jobs here at home, not angling for his next one in Washington, DC,” said Anderson, noting that nearly 110,000 Iowans remain out of work. “Iowans didn’t send Bruce Braley to Congress to serve as point-man for Nancy Pelosi’s pet projects, they sent him to represent Iowa’s interests. It is clear from Braley’s continued actions that Iowans in the First District need a new congressman who puts Iowans’ needs ahead of his own.”

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