Senate budget drama ends with $3 billion plan approved
As clock ran long in the Iowa Senate, staffers fanned out to locate absent Democrats Senator Joe Coleman and others. Senator Donald Doyle returned to cast the deciding vote as Bruner opposed a $7 million pension tax exemption. The Legislature approved a $3 billion budget with contingency cuts and a $586 million welfare package, plus a broad anti crime bill.
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Joe Coleman
Dclare
Tom Mann
D-Des Moines
Bert Priebe
Dalgona
Mann
Capitol
Jack Rife
Moscow
Senate
Iowa State Patrol
Priebe
Ames
Charles Bruner
Bruner
Donald Doyle
Sioux City
Doyle
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Surer
Executive Branch
General Fund
Departments of Human Services and Corrections
Treasury
Iowa 1990 Legislature Session Yields Short Campaign Focus
The 1990 session, the second year of the 73rd General Assembly, was brief and largely unremarkable for Iowans though it featured several special interest measures. Lawmakers plan to use this short session to campaign, with reapportionment looming and political stakes evident on both sides.
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Iowa
Russell Ross
University of Iowa
Prairie Meadows
Statehouse
Des Moines
Human Services
Terry Branstad
Don Avenson
Branstad
General Assembly
Branstad critiques Legislature while praising session
Governor Terry Branstad faulted the Democratic controlled Legislature for overspending state revenues and failing to curb growth. He praised progress on prison overcrowding substance abuse crime and education and credited vetoes for a larger 1991 surplus. He warned about fiscal reality and noted plans to sign veto or item veto bills within about 30 days. He travels to Leland for his mother Rita Branstad’s funeral.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines
ES Moines
Terry Spers
Branstad
Iowa
Leland
Rita Branstad
Lawmakers weigh 100 day return to normal session cycle
Leaders say the 91 day streamlined session saved about 35 million and spurred early budget work but reduced idea cross pollination. The group considers returning to a longer schedule while opposing early campaign campaigning during sessions. Some favor a mid session adjournment rule change for flexibility.
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Rod Bosa
Don Avenson
House
Bob Arnould
D-Davenport
Arnould
Larry Murphy
D-Oelwein
Senate Education Committee
Richard Running
Cedar Rapids
Ule
Richard Warn
D-Solon
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DNR
State Department of Natural Resources
Sen
Calvin Hultman
Bill Hutchins
John Kirsch
EL Moines
Ing
Indian Creek
Faye Dudley
Christine Sain
Ue Progmon
ST Luke's
Oya
Vem
Saw
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