Des Moines, Iowa — Republicans on two Senate committees have approved what’s described as a proposed compromise on tax policy, but Republicans in the Iowa House have their own alternative.
Senator Dan Dawson, a Republican from Council Bluffs, is chairman of the Senate Ways and Means Committee and he spoke before the panel voted on the Senate G-O-P’s bill.
Senator Pam Jochum a Democrat from Dubuque, is wishing Dawson good luck in the coming weeks.
Senator Janet Petersen, a Democrat from Des Moines, says Republicans should consider erasing the sales tax on period products, something Republican Governor Kim Reynolds proposed a year ago.
Republican Senator Amy Sinclair of Allerton says the Senate G-O-P’s bill takes the right approach.
Republicans on the Senate Appropriations Committee have approved the same tax plan, so the bill is eligible for debate now in the full Senate. The legislature is in a holding pattern, however, and Republican leaders in the legislature and the governor will continue negotiations in private until a final agreement is developed that can pass both the Senate and the House.
