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Caffeinated Thoughts Radio 3-4-17 (Guest: Jason Schultz)

March 4, 2017 By Caffeinated Thoughts

Caffeinated Thoughts Radio 3-4-17 (Guest: Jason Schultz)

State Senator Jason Schultz (R-Schleswig) joins Shane Vander Hart on Caffeinated Thoughts Radio to discuss collective bargaining and life at conception.

Filed Under: Caffeinated Thoughts Radio Tagged With: collective bargaining reform, Donald Trump, funnel week, Iowa Senate, Jason Schutz, Jeff Sessions, life at conception, Russia

Funnel Week Results In A Flurry Of Activity

March 3, 2017 By Jack Whitver

Funnel Week Results In A Flurry Of Activity

Jack Whitver: Bills related to Voter ID, traffic cameras, fireworks, and the Second Amendment have survived the first funnel in the Iowa Legislature.

Filed Under: Iowa News & Politics Tagged With: Fireworks, funnel week, Iowa House, Iowa Senate, Second Amendment, Texting While Driving, Traffic Cameras, Voter ID

Taking Viagra and Getting an Abortion Are Not the Same Thing

February 22, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

Taking Viagra and Getting an Abortion Are Not the Same Thing

Shane Vander Hart: Iowa State Representative Mary Mascher (D-Iowa City) doesn’t acknowledge the difference between taking viagra and getting an abortion.

Filed Under: Iowa News & Politics Tagged With: Abortion, Avanafil, Cialis, funnel week, Iowa House, Levitra, Mary Mascher, Viagra

Funnel Week Survivors

March 16, 2015 By Jack Whitver

Funnel Week Survivors

State Senator Jack Whitver (R-Ankeny) explains the funnel week process and highlights some bills that survived in the Iowa Legislature and some that didn’t.

Filed Under: Iowa News & Politics Tagged With: 2015 Iowa Legislative Session, funnel week, Iowa House, Iowa Legislature, Iowa Senate, Jack Whitver, Legislative Priorities

Iowa Legislature Finishes First Funnel Week

February 22, 2014 By Jack Whitver

This week was the first of two funnel weeks at the Capitol. The funnels are designed to streamline the legislative process and narrow down the agenda for the remainder of the session. During the first funnel, a bill must pass a full committee in either the House or the Senate, or it is dead for […]

Filed Under: Iowa News & Politics Tagged With: funnel week, Iowa Legislature, Iowa Senate, Jack Whitver

The Sinclair Report: Slaying Energy Mandates During Funnel Week

February 22, 2014 By Amy Sinclair

The Sinclair Report: Slaying Energy Mandates During Funnel Week

The Senate just finished our first funnel week. Funnel pushed many bills through committee and readied them for floor debate. Funnel is a self-imposed time constraint for legislative bodies, and it helps us focus on the issues that are most important for the state: taxation and budget. Bills that merely affect the functioning of the […]

Filed Under: Iowa News & Politics Tagged With: Amy Sinclair, funnel week, Iowa Senate, Iowa Senate Commerce Committee, SF2107

Chapman, Anderson Focus on Spending Limitations in Iowa Senate

February 18, 2014 By Caffeinated Thoughts

Chapman, Anderson Focus on Spending Limitations in Iowa Senate

(Des Moines, IA) It is funnel week at the Statehouse and conversations concerning the maintaining Iowa’s roads and highways, tax reduction and fiscal responsibility on the rise. State Senators Bill Anderson (R-Pierson) and Jake Chapman (R-Adel) have crafted legislation addressing all these issues and how the State limits its spending. The Iowa Trust Act would […]

Filed Under: Iowa News & Politics Tagged With: Bill Anderson, funnel week, Iowa Senate, Iowa Trust Act, Jake Chapman, spending reforms

Independent Accreditation For Private Schools (HF 167) Survives Funnel Week in Iowa House

March 5, 2011 By Caffeinated Thoughts

Des Moines, IA – American Principles in Action would like to thank Representatives Cecil Dolecheck (R-Mount Ayr), Jason Schultz (R-Schleswig), and Greg Forristall (R- Macedonia) for their efforts to move the Independent Accreditation bill (HF 167) out of the House Education Committee this week.  Its passage from the full House Education committee means it is […]

Filed Under: Education, Iowa News & Politics Tagged With: Cecil Dolecheck, funnel week, Greg Forristall, HF 167, Iowa House Education Committee, Jason Schultz, Private School Accreditation

The Des Moines Register Asks The Wrong Question Again

February 8, 2010 By Shane Vander Hart

Today’s installment from the latest Iowa Poll that The Des Moines Register commissioned asked Iowans polled what issues should the Iowa Legislature consider this year.  For those of you who live outside of Iowa may not be aware, this year’s General Assembly has a shortened session this year in order to cut costs.  This week […]

Filed Under: Iowa News & Politics Tagged With: defining marriage, funnel week, Iowa Constitution, Iowa General Assembly, Iowa Marriage Amendment, Iowa Poll, Kraig Paulsen, Mike Gronstal

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