Congressman Leonard Boswell

Josh Hafner, a political "reporter" for the Des Moines Register, quotes Representative Leonard Boswell in a story about how Democrats want some Federal highway spending bill passed: Boswell said his experiences with the bill revealed a new level of gridlock. “This is the first bill that I’ve been involved in that I realized partisanship has set in,” said Boswell, a congressman since 1997.  

During Wednesday's Agriculture Committee hearing, Congressman Leonard Boswell (IA-3) defended the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and voted against today's reconciliation vote on the budget committee proposals for agriculture program cuts, the majority of which target nutrition programs.  

2chambers recently visited Iowa to explore how the state’s redistricting process has spawned two races that are likely to be among the most competitive and expensive in Iowa history. The race in Iowa’s Third Congressional District between Reps. Leonard Boswell (D) and Tom Latham (R) is one of just a few this year that pits incumbents against each other. Read full article >>  

In 1996, two years into the Gingrich Revolution, retired Army Lt. Col. Leonard L. Boswell narrowly won a seat in Congress to become the only Democrat in Iowa’s five-member House delegation. His margin of victory, 49 percent to 48 percent while Bill Clinton was trouncing Robert J. Dole by 10 points, established him as a vulnerable incumbent and made him a perennial GOP target over the next decade and a half. Read full article >>  

Des Moines — In 1996, two years into the Gingrich Revolution, former Army Lt. Col. Leonard L. Boswell narrowly won a seat in Congress to become the only Democrat in Iowa’s five-member House delegation. His margin of victory, 49 percent to 48 percent ...