House Republicans -- including all four members of Iowa’s delegation -- narrowly approved their budget framework Thursday, a political turnaround after Speaker Mike Johnson worked into the night to satisfy GOP holdouts who had refused to advance trillions of dollars in tax breaks without deeper spending cuts.
The Republican-controlled Senate has approved a budget framework that includes multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts. Passage of the plan paves the way for Republicans in coming months to push a tax cut bill through both chambers of Congress.
Hinson announced the town hall Tuesday on her official Facebook page, and said she will provide an update on her work in Congress and answer questions.
Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, of Marion, said she fully intends to continue hosting public town halls across northeast Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District. She said her office is working on scheduling them, and will announce them in her newsletter.
Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson of Marion praised passage of a House GOP-led bill that would bar transgender athletes from participating in women’s and girls’ sports at schools and institutions receiving federal funds as a victory for protecting the “integrity of girls’ sports.”
The 37-page report by the bipartisan panel includes explicit details of sex-filled parties and vacations that Gaetz, now 42, took part in from 2017 to 2020 while representing Florida's western panhandle.
The comprehensive package supports several key farm and safety net programs, like crop insurance, as well as agriculture research, rural development, conservation projects and food assistance for low-income families. But gridlock over funding for SNAP benefits and incentives for capturing greenhouse gases, among other issues, stood in the way of crafting a new farm bill.
Iowa Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst issued a more positive assessment on Monday after a second meeting with Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s embattled pick to lead the U.S. Department of Defense.
Also, Iowa Department of Education invests $3.5 million to provide first grade students with literacy instruction books to take home
Iowa Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst has embraced the goal of cutting $2 trillion in federal spending set forth by President-elect Trump’s advisory board headed by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.
Eastern Iowa’s Republican congresswoman said on ‘Iowa Press’ that her hope is President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement focuses first on those with criminal convictions, and that DACA protections should be strengthened.
U.S. pork producers say they’re “deeply disappointed” in U.S. Senate Democrats’ proposed farm bill released Monday for not addressing California’s Proposition 12.
Democrat Christina Bohannan said she will ask for a recount in the tight race in Southeastern Iowa's 1st Congressional District against Republican U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks.
Iowa’s longtime Republican U.S. senator said he has “no reason to expect” that he will be called on to appoint more judges to the U.S. Supreme Court after overseeing the appointment of 3 during Trump’s first term
Also in the Capitol Notebook: Iowa Department of Transportation approves $3.5 million for trails
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