Post by Logan on Apr 21, 2016 23:08:55 GMT -6
DES MOINES — The Iowa House Appropriations Committee approved an $89.6 million infrastructure spending plan Thursday that is $19 million less than what the Senate approved a day earlier.
A major difference is that House majority Republicans rejected bonding to finance improvements at the Wallace State Office Building, the State Historical Building and the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy. The Senate plan called for borrowing $110 million to upgrade the three buildings.
Floor manager Rep. Dan Huseman, R-Aurelia, said the GOP is committed to operating on a pay-as-you-go basis.
“My position is that we’ve been able to do things on a pay-as-you-go basis, and I don’t think we need to change that,” he said.
Read more: www.thegazette.com/subject/news/government/iowa-house-panel-rejects-bonds-to-fund-building-upgrades-20160421
A major difference is that House majority Republicans rejected bonding to finance improvements at the Wallace State Office Building, the State Historical Building and the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy. The Senate plan called for borrowing $110 million to upgrade the three buildings.
Floor manager Rep. Dan Huseman, R-Aurelia, said the GOP is committed to operating on a pay-as-you-go basis.
“My position is that we’ve been able to do things on a pay-as-you-go basis, and I don’t think we need to change that,” he said.
Read more: www.thegazette.com/subject/news/government/iowa-house-panel-rejects-bonds-to-fund-building-upgrades-20160421