Statewide Iowa (RI) – The four Iowans who serve in the US House have voted for the spending plan to reopen the federal government.
Congresswoman Ashley Hinson, who represents Iowa’s second district, released a video statement.
Democrats had been pushing for a deal to include health care subsidies for Americans with higher incomes who live in states where insurance costs are high.
Congressman Randy Feenstra, who represents Iowa’s fourth district, says Democrats were pushing an out-of-touch agenda and the shutdown was a political stunt that caused unnecessary harm to Iowa families, farmers, seniors and small businesses.
Congressman Zach Nunn represents Iowa’s third district. Nunn says the deal the president signed Wednesday night was on the table more than a month ago, and his Democratic colleagues need to understand the gridlock of the past 43 days cost Iowans who missed paychecks, lost access to services and worried about how to feed their families.
First district Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks says she voted to keep the government open because in a shutdown, nobody wins and the American people lose.
The top Democrat in the House says House Republicans are burying their heads in the sand and have failed to address the affordability crisis faced by millions of Americans buying insurance policies for next year. The Senate’s Republican leader has promised to hold a vote, in the Senate, on that issue by the second week of December.
