Iowa Senate to elect new leadership amid Dix scandal
Iowa Senate faces a leadership shake up after revelations of a Sen. Bill Dix romance with a lobbyist. Republicans plan a closed door vote to replace Dix with Whitver or Feenstra, while critics call for accountability and warn the session could be affected by the crisis.
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Whitver
Randy Feenstra
R-Hull
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Dix
Feenstra
Rick Bertrand
Sioux City
Senate Gop
Bertrand
Bill Dix
Horn
McCoy
Linda Upmeyer
R-Clear Lake
Kim Reynolds
Pam Jochum
D-Dubuque
Senate Ethics Committee
Lindsey McCune
Jochum
Statehouse
Senate Oversight Committee
Iowa Senate derailment slows several bills in funnel week
Iowa Senate leadership turmoil stalls multiple bills at the funnel deadline. Religious freedom protections, highway protest penalties, racial profiling data efforts, and public assistance reforms appear dead or at risk. Some measures like firearms on school grounds and a policing advisory plan may still be debated.
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Senate
Iowa
House
Bill Dix
Dennis Guth
Rklemme
Guth
Jason Schultz
R-Schleswig
Iowa City
Schultz
House Human Services
Joel Fry
Osceola
Human Resources Committee
Linda Upmeyer
Fry
Greg Heartsill
R-Chariton
Heartsill
Johnston
Jake Highfill
Matt Windschitl
Missouri Valley
Judicial Branch
Stan Sustafson
R-Cumming
Emmalee
Emmalee Jacobs
Iowa State University
Board of Regents
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Wally Hom
Second Funnel
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James Q. Lynch
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Dennis Poth
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