Lawmakers press Branstad on Iowa budget gridlock
Des Moines action heats up as Gov. Branstad signals possible two to three month delay and veto options until a budget package with spending caps and reforms is agreed. Senate leader Hutchins hints at cuts to the Department of Economic Development and court-ordered solutions if deadlock persists.
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Terry Branstad
Des Moines
Senate
Bill Hutchins
D-Audubon
Branstad
State Department of Economic Development
Democrats
General Assembly
Hutchins
Gary Steinke
Steinke
Des Moines Briefs Cover Branstad Fiscal Dispute and Fines
Iowa House rejects amendment to make Attorney General Bonnie Campbell pay 200000 for Branstad Branstad legal battle. Senate approves 87 to 9 return of the bill funding judicial programs. A separate ruling says Branstad cannot use a hiring freeze to block DNR environmental staff funded by special funds. House and Senate also boost handicapped parking fines to 50.
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House
Bonnie Campbell
Terry Branstad
Campbell
Branstad
Senate
Department of Natural Resources
Attorney General's
DNR
Branstad provider tax proposal fails in Iowa Senate
The Iowa Senate defeated Gov. Terry Branstad’s plan to fund a GAAP balanced budget by fiscal 1995 with a provider tax on health care providers. Five Republicans and Democrats voted for the measure, which could have leveraged up to $60 million annually in federal Medicaid reimbursements, amid strong opposition from medical and care facility groups.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Senate
Jack Rife
Durant
Bill Hutchins
Audubon
Mike Gronstal
Council Bluffs
Alvin Miller
Ventura
George Kinley
Branstad
Hutchins
Iowa City
David Roederer
Gretchen Tegeler
Recycling agreement OK'd in Iowa liquor bottle drive
DES MOINES senate action sets a state contract with a private hauler to recycle liquor bottles sold in Iowa to curb landfilling. Sen. Ralph Rosenberg notes bottles from wine and whiskey end up in dumps as the state exits the liquor business and suggests expanding bottle deposit to include juice bottles and milk containers, pending workable collection sites for plastic milk containers.
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Des Moines
Bureau
Iowa
Senate
Ralph Rosenberg
Dames
Rosenberg
House approves 663 million education funding plan
The Iowa House approved a 663 million dollar budget for 1993 funding universities community colleges and cultural programs in a 52 to 45 vote. The bill includes 43 million for phase 3 teacher pay and diverts funds to ag research at Iowa State University. It also expands taxpayer funding of abortions to protect the mother's health.
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Des Moines
House
Arthur Ollie
Clinton
Ray Lageschulte
Waverly
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Iowa State University
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