eye like on -- i'd like to introduce my guest right now, matt sinovic, he's the executive director of progress iowa and also the organization known as why courts matter. together. matt is going to explain that. they caused a little bit of controversy this week when they attended some of senator charles grassley's town hall meetings talking about the judicial process and that's what we're going to talk about extensively here on the program today. first of all, before we go any further, matt, i want to get some background on now and kind of understand, get a perspective about why you think the way you do. you told me earlier, you grew up in the kansas city area, so tell me a little bit about your background. >> matt: i grew up in kansas, >> ron: you're not in kansas anymore. >> matt: that's exactly right. and have been the executive director of progress iowa since it started in spring of 2012, and what we do is we work to advocate for progressive issues all across the board, whether that's in the state legislature, whether that's in congress, but really our focus is on pushing for progr

matt sinovic...2810 my question is will you continue to obstruct the president's nomination and at what point in the president's term does the in a written statement.. grassley says its "standard practice over the last nearly 80-years that supreme court nominees are not nominated and confirmed during a presidential election year. he must not remember 19-88... 3-12 i am also thankful as others have expressed for expiditing this vote the first week after a recess. kennedy on the committe's vote of confidence today which i think he'll git. in 19-88... an election year... senator grassley was grateful for the senate's decision to quickly take up the supreme court nomination of justice anthony kennedy. kennedy was the second nominee for the vacant seat. president ronald reagan initially selected robert bork in july of 19-87. he was rejected by the senate in october of that same year. in less than two-weeks iowa will turn over management of its medicaid system to three private companies. the change was supposed to happen on january first. it was delayed when federal regulators determined the

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. >> ron: matt sinovic, executive director of progress iowa. appreciate you very much for coming into the show. best of luck to you and get you back on here sometime down the road. that's it for this week on the steele report. we will see you next week. captioning provided by caption associates, llc >>> hi, everyone. welcome to "on the money." i'm sharon epperson in for becky quick. >>> girl power. from building a robot to learning to code. how one program is bridging the digital divi. stuffed but your wallet's too new way to put cash pocket. >>> the pta fund-raiser that turned into a full-time business. one mom's barn to table success story. >>> your cash machine is getting smarter. why you won't need that atm card soon. >>> if you're sick of the cold and gray skies we've got some sunny destinations and budget travel barins. "on the money" startright now. >> this is "on the money." your money, your life, your future. are overwhelmingly held by white males. but there's an effort under way to break that glass ceiling. black girls code is a young

eye like on -- i'd like to introduce my guest right now, matt sinovic, he's the executive director of progress iowa and also the organization known as why courts matter. together. matt is going to explain that. they caused a little bit of controversy this week when they attended some of senator charles grassley's town hall meetings talking about the judicial process and that's what we're going to talk about extensively here on the program today. first of all, before we go any further, matt, i want to get some background on now and kind of understand, get a perspective about why you think the way you do. you told me earlier, you grew up in the kansas city area, so tell me a little bit about your background. >> matt: i grew up in kansas,