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Iowa House fights over spending and reforms in 1981 session
In Des Moines on May 4 1981 the Iowa House battled over appropriations bills and spending for state offices. Republicans clashed on funding for the Office for Planning and Programming and the Oakley administrative post while Democrats blamed the friction on intraparty splits and the so called Dirty 30. The debate included a film controversy and a public polling note on traffic, taxes, and education funding.
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Iowa
House of Representatives
General Assembly
Chamber
House
Senate
Capitol Guides
General Services
Stan McCausland
Des Moines
McCausland
Larry Pope
State Office
Pope
Jim Johnson
R-Elma
del Stromer
Garner
Johnson
Brice Oakley
State Department
Dirty 30
Don Avenson
D-Oelwein
Avenson
Statehouse
Jim Clements
Davenport
Karen Mann
Scranton
Associated Press
Clements
Mann
Horace Daggett
R-Lenox