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DID YOU KNOW
January 9th
marked the beginning of the 2012 session of the Iowa legislature.
In his 2012 Condition of the State address, Governor Branstad
set forth two priorities for the Iowa legislature: job creation and
an increase in the household income for Iowa families and education
reform so Iowa students are able to compete in the global economy[i].
This echoed promises from the Branstad campaign and
inauguration which assured, with the help of the Iowa legislature,
the creation of 200,000 new jobs by 2016 and that Iowa schools to be
first in the nation.[ii]
After an unprecedented six-month session, which nearly left
the state without a working budget, there were 15,000 fewer jobs for
hardworking Iowans and allowable growth for Iowa’s schools was not
increased. To be on
track to meet the job creation and education goals over 30,000 new
jobs should have been created by the end of 2011 and schools should
not have been left with difficult decisions such as cutting teachers
or programing.
Republicans Senator Kent Sorenson and Representative Glen Massie did
not work to meet the goals set by the governor.
They neglected the education of Iowa’s children and abandoned
hundreds of taxpaying Iowans searching for jobs.
Neither legislator sponsored any bills to increase funding
for Iowa’s schools[iii]
[iv].
Both Sorenson and Massie voted against sustaining school
funding by not increasing allowable growth.
Senator Sorenson sponsored a bill to freeze hiring of new
employees by the state which will further cause care shortages in
Iowa’s nursing homes and more worsening conditions in our state
parks.[v]
Sorenson
voted against job creation and training programs for small
businesses and unemployed Iowans via Senate Files 301 and 328 which,
respectively, set aside money for small business loans and provided
funding for worker training programs.[vi]
These legislators instead
focused their time on sponsoring bills to change Iowa’s Constitution
which included: changing the definition of marriage and changing the
method for appointment of Iowa’s Supreme Court Justices.
Other bills sponsored by Sorenson and Massie include bills
to: nullify the EPA rules, impeach the then remaining four justices
of the Iowa Supreme Court, bills greatly changing Iowa’s abortion
laws, and requiring all Presidential and Vice Presidential nominees
prove citizenship.[vii]
While important issues to some Iowans, even Republican House
Speaker Kraig Paulson and Majority Leader Linda Upmeyer has agreed
these issues should not be brought up so the legislature can work in
a more bi-partisan manner and instead focus on education, the
economy and job creation.[viii]
Last session seems to indicate Sorenson and Massie will again
desert Iowans and our state’s future.
[i] 2012
Condition of the State,
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20120110/NEWS09/120110009/Gov-Terry-Branstad-s-Condition-State-speech
[ii] Office of
the Governor of Iowa,
https://governor.iowa.gov/goals/200000-new-jobs-in-iowa/,
https://governor.iowa.gov/goals/1st-schools-in-the-nation/
[iii] Note:
Representative Massie did sponsor a bill to help the
parents of home schooled children with a tax credit for
purchasing text books to educate their children (HF 294).
Senator Sorenson did co-sponsor a bill which sought
to provide money for the expansion of marketing for tourism
in Iowa, no note was made of the possibility of job creation
with the bill. (SF 213)
[iv]
http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=BillInfo&Service=DsplData&ga=84&var=sspo&cfid=7500,
http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=BillInfo&Service=DsplData&ga=84&var=hspo&cfid=10802
[v] Senate
File 223
[vi] SF 301
and SF 328 – see 84th General Assembly Session 1
Daily Journal for vote record
[vii]
www.legis.iowa.gov –
see bills sponsored by Senator Sorenson and bills sponsored
by Representative Massie
[viii]
http://indianolarecordherald.desmoinesregister.com/article/20120110/NEWS09/301100047/Legislative-leaders-both-parties-list-objectives-session-urge-cooperation,
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/59a1186b4e5e4b03ac146bfef7dd84a2/IA-Iowa-Legislature-Democrats/