Republicans in the Iowa HOUSE have unveiled their preferred cuts in the current year’s state budget. It’s a plan that pares slightly more than Republican Governor Kim Reynolds recommended in early January — but far less than Republicans in the SENATE proposed two weeks ago. Representative Pat Grassley of New Hartford says he and his fellow House Republicans “feel pretty strongly” their approach fulfills the legislature’s obligation to keep the budget in the black — and leave a little in reserve as a cushion.

 

Representative Chris Hall, a Democrat from Sioux City, says it shows a “lack of fiscal discipline” from the Republicans who crafted the original state budget plan.

 

There are 142 days left in the current state budgeting year.