Lawmakers Ready for Long Stay in Des Moines

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › April 25, 2011

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DES MOINES - Iowa lawmakers are planning to stay in motels, postpone their return to jobs and arrange for friends and family to watch their farms as it has become clear the Legislature will not adjourn by Friday as scheduled.

Lingering disagreements over potential tax cuts, aid to schools and whether to approve two-year budgets will take at least two more weeks to work out, legislators said. That means going beyond Friday, when payments to legislators for daily food and board will cease.

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Lawmakers Ready for Long Stay in Des Moines

Sen. Todd Bowman, a Democrat from Maquoketa, said that's part of the job legislators signed on for. He...

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