Retired Iowa Senator Tom Harkin ... and I mourn the passing of Jim Leach, a friend and fellow public servant of over 40 years. Jim served our nation and state with uncommon courtesy, intelligence ...

Jim Leach, an Iowa Republican who served three decades in the U.S. House, broke party ranks by opposing the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and later served as head of the National Endowment for ...

Jim Leach, an Iowa Republican who served three decades in the US House, broke party ranks by opposing the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, and later served as head of the National Endowment for the ...

State Auditor Rob Sand released a statement Wednesday reacting to the news: “Congressman Jim Leach was a leader who ... Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Senator Chuck Grassley also released ...

Iowa Writers 'Collaborative. Linking Iowa readers and writers. Iowa and the nation lost a rare public servant last week. And Deba Leach lost her husband, Jim. Former Congressman Jim Leach was a ...

As Congress worked to wrap up business in their lame-duck session this week, Iowa’s senators engaged with high-profile ...

When Jim Leach recently passed away from a heart attack and stroke at the age of 82, Iowa lost a great representative of the state and a patriot ... passed the Senate by a vote of 77 to 23 ...

By Clay Risen Jim ... Leach was born on Oct. 15, 1942, in Davenport, Iowa, to James Leach, who owned several small businesses, and Lois (Hill) Leach, a community activist. He was a state wrestling ...

And Deba Leach lost her husband, Jim. Former Congressman Jim Leach was ... Tom Harkin's aide Richard Bender at the Senate staffer’s retirement party. That evening, all three men — Bender ...