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A U.S. House Committee will consider the merits of Democrat Rita Hart's challenge of the outcome in Iowa's 2nd Congressional District before deciding whether to dismiss the case. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, who was provisionally seated in January, has asked the House to toss out the election contest challenging her six-vote margin.
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Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks met with a group of undocumented immigrants and advocates on Friday, hearing their accounts of family separation and economic hardship. She voiced support for bipartisan efforts on immigration reform, despite campaigning as a "pro-Trump conservative" and backing his border wall.
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A University of Iowa law professor and Johnson County recount board member is urging policymakers to review state rules on counting ballots, some which he says are "totally outdated" and required ballots to be disqualified despite voters acting in "good faith."
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Republican Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks says her attorney was doing his "due diligence" in searching for rejected ballots in Iowa's 2nd Congressional District. The search comes as she prepares for the prospect of defending her six-vote victory over Democrat Rita Hart before the U.S. House.
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An attorney for former Democratic state Sen. Rita Hart is expressing confidence in the campaign's case before the U.S. House challenging the election outcome in Iowa's 2nd Congressional District. Both sides have now filed petitions with the chamber, which has the power to review the elections of its members.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday she plans to provisionally seat Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks as the next representative of Iowa's 2nd Congressional District. But whether she will retain the seat remains unsettled, as her Democratic opponent Rita Hart challenges the outcome in the House.
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Democrat Rita Hart has filed an appeal with the Democratically-controlled U.S. House, challenging her loss by six votes to Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks in the race for Iowa's 2nd Congressional District. Hart is asking the chamber conduct a full hand recount of all ballots cast.
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Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks says all indications are she will be sworn in as the next representative for Iowa's 2nd Congressional District in January. That decision will ultimately be up to the Democratically-controlled U.S. House, which is slated to review the results of the race at the request of Democrat Rita Hart.
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Democrat Rita Hart has said she'll appeal directly to the U.S. House to review the outcome in the 2nd Congressional District, which state officials certified this week that Hart lost by a mere six votes. Hart has declined to file a state appeal of the results, saying a fast-approaching deadline would prevent a full examination of the ballots.
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On this podcast edition of River to River, host Ben Kieffer chats with the Des Moines Register's Mark Emmert about Iowa Hawkeyes football and men's basketball.