2013 End of Session Report
The following is the House Republican Caucus Staff’s end of session report:
*Note: All information is current as of May 22, 2013
The following is the House Republican Caucus Staff’s end of session report:
*Note: All information is current as of May 22, 2013
Below is a list of bills being debated today, with Caucus Staff’s analysis attached:
To see the full House Debate Calendar, click here.
Below is a list of bills being debated today, with Caucus Staff’s analysis attached:
To see the full House Debate Calendar, click here.
Below is a list of bills being debated today, with Caucus Staff’s analysis attached:
To see the full House Debate Calendar, click here.
Below is a list of bills being debated today, with Caucus Staff’s analysis attached:
To see the full House Debate Calendar, click here.
Below is a list of bills being debated today, with Caucus Staff’s analysis attached:
Senate Democrats have proposed a budget that is unreasonable, unrealistic, and unsustainable.
We have followed our budgeting principles, and put forth a balanced and responsible budget:
House Republicans have set a budget with modest revenue growth of 3% and that only spends 98 cents of every $1 the state collects.
The Democrats have proposed a budget that:
The Democrats budget is a return to Culver Economics which sets the state up for painful budget cuts like we saw in 2009.
House Republicans budget is sustainable and keeps the state in a good financial position moving forward.
House Republicans have proposed a FY 2014 budget that is balanced and sustainable. The budget meets the four principles established by House Republicans:
The budget protects priority services in the areas of education, health and human services and public safety.
FY 2014 Available Revenue – $7.1822 billion
FY 2014 On-going Revenue – $6.5377 billion
FY 2014 House Republican Budget proposal – $6.4139 billion
The House Republican budget proposal continues the practice implemented two years ago of aligning spending with revenue.
Annual revenue growth has averaged 3.34 percent over the past twenty years.
The House Republican budget proposal leaves an ending balance of $840.7 million at the end of Fiscal Year 2014.
While revenue growth is currently ahead of projections, there is a great deal of uncertainty about future revenue due to the on-going drought conditions, slow economic growth, and the federal budget situation.
House Republicans have worked to balance the state’s budget and keep its fiscal house in order. House Republicans will continue to do so by using 3 common sense principles:
To see an overview of the Iowa General Fund Budget click here.