CEDAR RAPIDS – Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz called for Republicans to compromise with the president in order to pass his $447 billion jobs plan. However, the Florida congresswoman said the GOP and its presidential hopefuls are taking marching orders from tea party activists ...

CEDAR RAPIDS – Reaction to President Barack Obama’s two-day visit to Iowa and his calls for an end to partisan gridlock in Washington is split, predictably, along party lines. “I just took it that it was a campaign tour through here,” said U.S. Rep. Steve King, ...