Archive - Barry Piatt on Politics: - Behind the Curtains

New Farm Bill Withers on the Vine as Congress & Iowa's Delegation Choose to Chase Right Wing Ideologies Instead

A New Farm Bill - For All Practical Purposes - Is Now Virtually Abandoned

Jun 29 •

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Jun 27

Where Is Congress in Trump’s Rush to War?

For weeks he telegraphed he would grab congressional authority to make war. Iowans in Congress didn't object and normalized it

Jun 22 •

The Downside of Being a Trump Acolyte in Congress

Congressman Zach Nunn is learning it doesn't get you much and it comes with its own set of new political problems

Jun 15 •

Republicans Need To Drop Their “Marcia! Marcia! Marcia!” Approach to Governing

Fans of the classic 1970s TV show “The Brady Bunch” will remember the recurring theme that often ran through the show: middle sister “Jan’s” ongoing…

Jun 7 •

May 2025

The Fundamental Dishonesty of Iowa’s U.S. House Delegation

- What their campaign speeches would have sounded like in 2024 if they told the truth when they last asked Iowans to vote for them

May 25 •

Iowa's Senior Senator Doesn’t Do His Homework

Chuck Grassley is Not Who He Used to Be. If He Ever Was.

May 18 •

What to Do When Your Congressperson Doesn’t Listen

Here's my advice

May 11 •

Failure to Enact a New Farm Bill Proving to Be a Colossal Blunder

Any Farm Bill that gets out of this Congress - if any does - will be much weaker than what Congress could have passed in 2023 or 2024, but didn't

May 3 •

April 2025

Grassley Fails to Use Key Posts to Protect Social Security, DOJ and the Judiciary From Trump's Wrecking Ball

Apr 26 •

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Apr 25

Iowa's Self-Confessed, Powerless U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley

His Fort Madison town meeting revealed just how useless the nation's longest serving U.S. Senator has become

Apr 19 •

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