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The Gronstal Double-Cross
Nearly four weeks ago, Senate insiders told us Senate File 418 would not be debated this year. But with less than 72 hours left in the regular 2013 sessioin, Gronstal put it back on the debate calendar. It could come to a vote at any moment.
read moreCCI, community grills Schultz on voter ID, voter purge rule
CCI and community members grill Secretary of State Matt Schultz on voter ID and the recently enacted voter purge rule.
read moreCCI Action gets last word at Medicaid public hearing
The House of Representatives held a public hearing on Medicaid expansion April 16 where more than half the public wasn't even allowed to speak.
Thankfully CCI Action got the last word and spoke to the real, immediate need to expand Medicaid today!
Iowa Senate agrees, Regents should serve common good
Craig Lang's reappointment to the Board of Regents by Governor Terry Branstad was blocked by the Iowa Senate; Lang was unable to garner support of the needed 2/3rd majority to win reappointment. On April 17th, the Regents Transparency Task Force met; CCI members were there to deliver the message - get corporate influence out of our public universities!
read moreMedicaid Showdown Looms Large
As we all knew, there's a showdown brewing in the legislature over how to best provide much needed health insurance to more Iowans.
There are two competing visions - Medicaid expansion or Branstad's Healthy Iowa plan that is anything but. The choice couldn't be clearer
