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DAVENPORT | Republicans ripped Democratic Senate candidate U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley on Tuesday, claiming he denigrated farmers and U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley in remarks at a fundraiser in Texas.
The remarks were contained in a video posted to YouTube by America Rising, a conservative political action committee that has been tracking Braley.
The group said the video was shot at a fundraiser at a law firm in Corpus Christi.
Braley, a Democrat from Waterloo who is a lawyer, said in the video the 2014 election represented a "stark contrast."
"If you help me win this race, you may have someone with your background, your experience, your voice, someone whos been literally fighting tort reform for 30 years in a visible and public way on the Senate Judiciary Committee or you might have a farmer from Iowa who never went to law school, never practiced law, serving as the next chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Because if Democrats lose the majority, Chuck Grassley will be the next chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee."
Republicans -- including Senate hopefuls Mark Jacobs and Joni Ernst -- jumped on the comments, calling them offensive.
The Braley campaign responded with a statement from the congressman apologizing.
I apologize to Senator Grassley and anyone I may have offended. I respect Senator Grassley and enjoy our working relationship even though we disagree on some issues," Braley said.
He added, however, that the Senate race is a contest between GOP rivals whose policies he said would hurt farmers and his own work in Congress to help them.
Grassley is the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and if Republicans retake the Senate, he would be in line to be the chairman of the committee.
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The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress Governors Forum, Rochas Okorocha, has urged the party to stop the culture of imposition of candidates to move ahead of the competition.
Okorocha said this in his remarks at the 1st Progressive Governors-Legislative-Civil Society Roundtable, with the theme: Improving Governance through transparent budgeting, accountability and effective public financial management, in Abuja, on Monday.
The Imo State governor, who said he was aligning himself to comments made by a previous speaker, said the 2015 general election was for the APC to win or lose.
According to him, the outcome of the recent opinion polls conducted by APCs foreign consultant was a true reflection of what was on ground.
He noted that for the APC to form government in 2015, it must do things differently.
Okorocha said, Our victory is in our hands it is left for us to make it or mar it, but I believe we can make it. I believe that this issue of imposition of candidates must stop in APC and that is the only way.
The masses know us better, when they say this is the candidate that can win the election he is the candidate let there be liberal democracy.
Turning to the theme of the gathering, he said, if we keep doing the same old things, the same old way, we will get the very same results.
According to him, most of the time, our budgetary system from conception to execution was faulty hence the need for change.
Earlier in his remarks, Senator Olusola Adeyeye, said when APC forms government at the federal level, it will reintroduce tolls along major highways to generate the required revenue to maintain the roads.
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The All Progressives Congress has called 50 witnesses to testify over the allegation of electoral malpractice during the November 16, 17 and 30, 2013 governorship election in Anambra State.
Chief Olarotimi Akeredolu (SAN), counsel for APC and the governorship candidate of the party, Sen. Chris Ngige, announced this in Awka on Tuesday during proceedings at the Anambra Election Petitions Tribunal.
Akeredolu said the figure was pruned down from 101 to enable speedy trial and determination of the petition.
At the resumed sitting, Akeredolu urged the Justice Ishaq Bello-led tribunal to allow him time to submit additional documents before calling witnesses.
They included forms EC8A results for Idemili South, Aguata and Awka North local council areas as well as list of ad hoc staff for Aguata council.
However, the tribunal refused to admit as evidence extracts from polling units 004, Eri primary school, Otuocha in Anambra East council area following objections by counsel to Gov Willie Obiano and APGA.
Mr Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN) and Mr Osita Nnadi (SAN) objected to the request on the grounds that it formed the central part of the dispute and that it ought to come in when a witness was being cross-examined.
They argued that the document related to the issue of multiple registrations which had already been struck out by the tribunal earlier.
According to Ikpeazu, It is not only inadmissible based on the state of the pleadings for now.
It is also equally a contested document which due process needs to be made.
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Governor Rochas Okorocha | credits: File copy
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress Governors Forum, Rochas Okorocha, has urged the party to stop the culture of imposition of candidates in order to move ahead of the competition.
Okorocha said this in his remarks at the 1st Progressive Governors-Legislative-Civil Society Roundtable in Abuja, on Monday.
The roundtable was tagged Improving Governance through transparent budgeting, accountability and effective public financial management. The Imo State governor, who said he was aligning himself to comments made by a previous speaker, said the 2015 general election was for the APC to win or lose.
According to him, the outcome of the recent opinion polls conducted by APCs foreign consultant is a true reflection of what is on ground, noting that for the APC to form the government in 2015, it must do things differently.
Okorocha said, Our victory is in our hands, it is left for us to make it or mar it but I believe we can make it. I believe that this issue of imposition of candidates must stop in APC and that is the only way.
The masses know us better, when they say this is the candidate that can win the election he is the candidate let there be liberal democracy.
If we keep doing the same old things the same old way, we will get the very same results.
Senator Olusola Adeyeye, at the forum, said when the APC formed the government at the federal level, it would reintroduce tolls along major highways to generate the required revenue to maintain the roads.
He explained that just as the government had responsibility to the people, the people equally had civic responsibilities to perform.
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