THE 2026 IOWA LEGISLATURE CONVENED IN DES MOINES MONDAY.
REPUBLICAN SENATE PRESIDENT AMY SINCLAIR GAVELED HER CHAMBER TO ORDER AT 10AM AND WELCOMED TWO NEW MEMBERS, INCLUDING CAITLIN DREY OF SIOUX CITY AND PAID TRIBUTE TO THE TWO SENATORS WHO PASSED AWAY IN THE LAST YEAR:
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SINCLAIR THEN GAVE HER OPENING REMARKS, INCLUDING HER HOPE THAT REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS COULD AGREE TO DISAGREE ON ISSUES WITHOUT RESORTING TO NAME CALLING:
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SENATE DEMOCRATIC MINORITY LEADER JANICE WEINER GAVE HER OPENING REMARKS AND STATED WHAT SHE BELIEVES HAS GONE WRONG IN THE STATE THE PAST NINE YEARS:
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REPUBLICAN HOUSE SPEAKER PAT GRASSLEY CONVENED HIS CHAMBER AT 10;13AM AND TALKED ABOUT THE NEED FOR PROPERTY TAX REFORM:
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HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADER BRIAN MEYER EXPRESSED CONCERNS OVER THE STATE’S ECONOMY, WHICH HE SAID WAS IN A “DEATH SPIRAL” AND OUR SCHOOLS.
GRASSLEY AND SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MIKE KLIMESH BOTH TALKED ABOUT EMINENT DOMAIN BILLS BEING CONSIDERED IN THE COMING WEEKS.
