LAST PAC Aims to Limit PAC Influence in US Politics
Cedar Rapids business leader Steve Severn launches LAST PAC to reduce and eventually eliminate PACs. The bipartisan steering group includes Mondale Hart Neu and Leach, with plans to lobby for reform, monitor PAC activity, and promote alternatives to PAC funding. Severn says citizen participation can restore balance in government.
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Steve Severn
Cedar Rapids
American System
Political Action Committee
Severn
Cedar Rapids Rotary Club
Last Pac
Federal Election Commission
Washington, D.C
Walter Mondale
Gary Hart
Art Neu
Carroll
James Leach
Leach
Iowa
Route
Marion
Lottery alive by motion to reconsider after Senate failure
The lottery bill narrowly failed in the Senate 24 to 23 last Tuesday, but Sen. Bert Priebe filed a motion to reconsider offering four days to seek another vote. Sen. David Readinger did the same on a local option bill earlier, suggesting limited chance this session. Camp Fire Girls pressured Sen. Wally Horn, who signed their petition endorsing five girl basketball.
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Senate
Iowa
Bert Priebe
D-Algona
Priebe
David Readinger
Urbandale
Readinger
Wally Horn
Cedar Rapids
Horn
Linn County Democratic Central Committee Meeting Planned
The Linn County Democratic Central Committee will meet at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the United Food and Commercial Workers Local P-3 Hall Cedar Rapids.
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Linn County
Democratic Central Committee
United Food and Commercial Workers
14Th Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Congress Votes on Nuclear Arms Build-Down and Freeze
Iowa members weighed key actions in the week ending April 15. The House rejected a two-for-one nuclear arms build-down proposal by 190 to 229, while in another vote a 219 to 195 amendment prioritized a nuclear freeze before reductions. Additional items included a 297 to 96 passage of the California Wilderness Act designating 2.33 million acres as federal wilderness.
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Congress
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D-Ga
Soviet Union
Levitas
U.S
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D-Mass
Leach, Tauke, Evans
Smith, Harkin
Bedell
Hank Brown
R-Corp
Jim Leach
Brown
Sen
Henry J. Hyde
Leach
Tauke
Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
Norman D. Shumway
Calif
California
U.S. Forest Service
Adelman Confirmed as ACDA Director After Senate Vote
The Senate approved Kenneth L. Adelman 57 to 42 on April 14 to lead the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, a victory for President Reagan amid a harsh floor fight and criticism from Sen. Alan Cranston. Supporters praised his foreign policy experience, while opponents cited supposed gaps in arms control expertise.
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The
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ACDA
Reagan
Sen
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
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Foreign Relations Committee
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
New York Daily News
Grassley
Jepsen
Hearing set in Cedar Rapids on social services funds
The Iowa Department of Social Services will hold a public hearing in Cedar Rapids on May 5 at 2 p.m. in the sixth floor conference room of the DSS District Office to discuss the Social Services Block Grant Plan Pre Expenditure Report and proposed use of about 30.674 million dollars in federal funds for the coming fiscal year. The funds will be combined with state and county money to provide social services. the plan is available at all DSS district offices.
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Iowa Department of Social Services
Cedar Rapids
DSS
Fourth Ave
Iowa
Social Services
Transcribers Workshop Planned by Iowa Commission for the Blind
Des Moines hosts the annual transcribers workshop by the Iowa Commission for the Blind on April 29 in the Commission building at Fourth and Keosauqua Way. Volunteers active in brailing tapping and radio reading are invited with registration starting at 8 30 a.m. For information call 515 283 2601.
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Des Moines
Iowa Commission For the Blind
Commission
Fourth and Keosauqua Way
Des
Moines
Legislature Roundup Iowa April 18 23 Senate House actions
Iowa Senate and House advanced numerous bills last week. Notable moves included SF 90 on credit union drafts and SF 464 creating a separate corrections department, both to the governor. HF 525 and HF 574 touch property taxes and exemptions, with other measures on securities, education, and revenue rules.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate approves bills and defeats lottery while House debates court reorganization
The Senate approved several bills and defeated the lottery measure. The House held committee meetings and continued debate on court reorganization legislation. No major House bill passed. SF 145 seeks delay sale of right of way by the DOT, 40 3, to the governor. SF 325 changes real estate tenancy notice procedures, 44 0, to the governor. SF 336 revises loan broker regulation, 45 0, to the governor. SF 349 authorizes the state Division of Criminal Investigation to issue ten most wanted information, 450, to the governor. SF 355 aims to clarify Air regulations.
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House
Department of Corrections
Department of Social Services
Department of Transportation
State Division of Criminal Investigation
Senate Defeats License Fee Hike In Appropriations Panel
The Senate blocked a proposal to raise hunter and fisherman license fees in Appropriations Committee action. The House was not in session. SF 497 seeks steeper penalties for child pornography and the Senate declined to concur with House amendments, sending it back to the House.
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Senate
House
Drake University offers tuition discount for unemployed workers
Drake University will let unemployed workers take up to 24 semester hours at a reduced rate with two years to start payment. Beginning June 6, the program charges 100 dollars per credit hour, compared with 130 for night and 192 for day courses. The plan targets people laid off due to permanent plant closings.
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DES Moines
Drake University
Philip Langerman
College of Continuing Education
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