As Chair of the Senate Republican Policy Committee since 2023, after having been vice chair of the Senate Republican Conference since 2019, Ernst is the fourth-ranking Republican in the Senate. After graduating from Iowa State University, …

WASHINGTON – The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Deadline Act, which U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) cosponsored, has become law. This legislation requires the Department of Education to ensure that the FAFSA form is available by Oct. 1 every year, so ...

4 days ago · WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) will be the top Republican on the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit in the 119 th Congress.. This important subset of the Senate Agriculture Committee oversees rural development loan and grant programs, renewable energy, and farm loan programs.

Jan 22, 2025 · Joni Ernst (b. 1970) is an American politician who was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate in 2014 and began her first term representing Iowa in that body the following year. She was the first female combat veteran to serve in the Senate and the first woman to represent Iowa in Congress.

5 days ago · WASHINGTON – Today, at the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship hearing on the nomination of former Senator Kelly Loeffler to serve as the Small Business Administration (SBA) administrator, Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) highlighted how Loeffler’s track record as a successful business leader provides the exact experience needed to reform the bloated agency and restore its ...

Dec 13, 2024 · Republican Sen. Joni Ernst faces some intraparty unrest in her home state, Iowa, as she weighs whether to support President-elect Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth,...

Ernst, Joni. Daughter of the Heartland: My Ode to the Country that Raised Me. New York: Threshold Editions, 2020.

Jan 14, 2025 · Politics GOP Sen. Joni Ernst officially backs Pete Hegseth for DOD after initial uncertainty 'I will support President Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense,' she told Fox News Digital exclusively

Nov 13, 2024 · Iowa's U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst was defeated in her bid for the Senate Republican conference chair position Wednesday, losing out to Tom Cotton, the U.S. senator from Arkansas. As a result,...

Jan 25, 2025 · DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — From activists on the far right to Elon Musk, allies of President Donald Trump have been quick to threaten primary challengers for Republican senators who don’t back his Cabinet picks and legislative priorities.. In the case of Iowa’s Joni Ernst, conservatives threatened to run against her if she didn’t back Trump’s pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth ...