Statewide Iowa (RI) – Republican Congressman Randy Feenstra says if he’s elected governor, he’ll make cutting Iowa property taxes a priority — and one step could be freezing property taxes for seniors.
And Feenstra says that means cutting property taxes for small businesses, too.
Cutting the budgets for certain services, like police, fire and ambulance services isn’t the goal, according to Feenstra.
Feenstra touts his work as a state senator in lowering Iowa’s income tax and his work in congress on federal tax cuts included in the “Big Beautiful Bill” President Trump signed in July.
Feenstra was the city administrator in his hometown of Hull before serving two years as Sioux County Treasurer. Feenstra made his comments early Friday morning after an event in Des Moines organized by his campaign for governor.
Feenstra, who’s been a member of the U.S. House since 2021, told reporters he and other members of a House committee are working diligently to come up with an alternative to expiring tax credits for some of the Americans buying health insurance on the Affordable Care Act marketplace.
Health care subsidies for Americans whose income is at 400% of the poverty line or below will continue under current law, but the COVID era extension of those subsidies for higher income Americans that was approved in 2021 will expire December 31st.
Congressman Zach Nunn, a Republican who represents Iowa’s third district, supports a one-year extension of the Affordable Care Act tax credits, to give lawmakers time to come up with long-term solutions that lower health care costs.
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