The Iowa Legislature yesterday afternoon approved significant education liberty items when the Iowa House voted 91-0 and the Iowa Senate 40-10 to pass the conference committee report released by the joint House-Senate education reform conference committee. Governor Terry Branstad is expected to sign the legislation. (more…)
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Property Tax Relief Passes in Iowa Statehouse
From Iowa Senate Republicans:
DES MOINES – Senate File 295, the largest property tax cut in Iowa history, passed the Iowa Senate this afternoon. The bill will reduce the burden on Iowa taxpayers by more than five hundred million dollars over the next nine years. (more…)
No New Taxes–Oppose Raising Gas Tax!
We have heard reports of a last minute effort to raise the gas tax on hardworking Iowans already struggling with high food and fuel prices. Iowa GOP A.J. Spiker in an email to Iowa House and Senate Republicans the legislators that the Republican Party of Iowa must stand up for Iowa’s hardworking families. (more…)
Iowa GOP Congratulates Mary Mosiman
Iowa GOP Congratulates Mary Mosiman
Chairman A.J. Spiker Welcomes New State Auditor
DES MOINES, Iowa – Today Republican Party of Iowa State Chairman A.J. Spiker issued a formal congratulatory statement to Mary Mosiman as the new Iowa State Auditor. Ms. Mosiman was named by Governor Terry Branstad to the position to replace former State Auditor David Vaudt, who resigned from the position to head the Governmental Accounting Standards Board. ”Mary Mosiman is a tremendously good choice to fill this role and ensure we keep our state budget stable,” said Spiker. “The Republican Party of Iowa applauds Governor Branstad’s decision to select someone as capable and hardworking as Ms. Mosiman.
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RNC Resolution to Return State Share of Mineral Royalties
Whereas, the federal government owns approximately 640 million acres of land, with most of this acreage in the western U.S. and Alaska; and (more…)
