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UPDATED: 2019 Iowa Senate Democratic Committee Assignments

6 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, News releases, Official

Senate Democratic Leader Janet Petersen released updated committee assignments today for Democratic State Senators for the 2019 session of the Iowa Legislature. The 88th General Assembly will begin at 10 a.m. Monday, January 14, 2019.

2019 Iowa Senate Democratic Committee Assignments

6 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, News releases, Official

Senate Democratic Leader Janet Petersen released committee assignments today for Democratic State Senators for the 2019 session of the Iowa Legislature. The 88th General Assembly will begin on Monday, January 14, 2019.

Lawmakers Unveil “Putting Iowans First” Plan

7 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Education, Issues, Jobs & Economy, News releases, Official, Quality of life, Working families

Democratic lawmakers outlined their new plan today called Putting Iowans First. The plan was developed by lawmakers to keep the 2018 session focused on improving the lives of everyday Iowans with better-paying jobs, revitalized small towns and rural communities, the best education in the country and a great quality of life.

Perpetrators must pay for bad behavior – not Iowa taxpayers

7 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Issues, News releases, Official, Transparency & accountability

A group of Senators introduced legislation today to ensure that state employees – not all Iowa taxpayers – would be financially responsible for egregious and illegal workplace behavior.

Senators introduce bill to end privatized Medicaid

7 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Health care, Issues, Official

All 20 Democrats and the one Independent in the Iowa Senate have introduced SF 2058, a bill to end privatized Medicaid and put Iowans back in control of a state-run system that provides affordable health care to more than 560,000 citizens.

Democrats call on Statehouse Republicans to ‘put Iowans back in control of Medicaid’

7 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Health care, Issues, News releases, Official

In a letter emailed today to Governor Reynolds and Republican lawmakers, Iowa’s Democratic state legislators are asking for bipartisan cooperation during the 2018 session to end Iowa’s failed Medicaid privatization experiment.

Tax break for farmers, small businesses, teachers & families

7 years ago by ContentAdmin · Issues, Official, Working families

Senate Democrats have introduced legislation to help Iowa taxpayers by “coupling” Iowa’s tax code with recent federal changes for 2016, the taxes Iowans must pay this April. Thousands of Iowans want to use these provisions, which have been available to them in previous years, to lower their state taxes.

Let’s create more jobs with solar energy

8 years ago by ContentAdmin · Energy & Enviroment, Issues, Official

Fourteen Senate Democrats want to grow Iowa’s economy with an initiative to increase our investment in one of our most successful incentives: Iowa’s solar energy tax credit.

Pre-session listening tour: Mason City, Waterloo, Davenport, DeWitt, Ottumwa, Anamosa

8 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Official

Legislative Democrats are holding six listening sessions to begin our 2017 outreach. We’ll be stopping Jan. 3-6 in Mason City, Waterloo, Davenport, DeWitt, Ottumwa and Anamosa. Throughout the year, we hope to meet with Iowans across our state. We want to hear local concerns and share a positive vision for good jobs with good benefits, good schools, better health, and real public safety.

Democrats release committee assignments for 2017 session

8 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, News releases, Official

Senate Democratic Leader Rob Hogg has released the committee assignments for the Democratic members of the Iowa Senate for the 2017 session of the Iowa Legislature. “A lot of groundwork is done during committee meetings, where there are opportunities for open discussion and bipartisan work,” Hogg said.

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