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Campaigns & Elections

Loebsack Miller-Meeks Debate

Health care is one of the major differences between the two candidates for congress in Iowa's second district.  That was obvious during Saturday's debate in Davenport between democratic incumbent Dave Loebsack, and republican challenger, Mariannette Miller-Meeks.

She calls the new health care law, "un-affordable."
Several times, Miller-Meeks declined to say specifically if she would vote to repeal, but would say she favors patient-centered, affordable care with universal access.

Loebsack favors fixing the law, but overall still believes it's a good idea.

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Protects people with pre-existing conditions, including children.

They also clashed on who's to blame for gridlock in Washington, and which party would do more to help the economy. 

Loebsack is now serving his 4th term, including two victories over Miller-Meeks - in 2008 and 20-10.
The debate was sponsored by the Quad City Times and KWQC-tv.
 

A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.