Iowa lawmakers return to Des Moines this week, with no apparent movement on the budget dispute.

Senator Randy Feenstra, a republican from Hull, says neither democrats or republicans seem ready to move…

 

Right now, Senate democrats find themselves in agreement with republican Governor Terry Branstad on the budget outline, House republicans are holding firm. Feenstra says it is an odd situation…

 

Democrats want to spend, overall, seven point three billion dollars, while House republicans are set on seven point one billion dollars. Feenstra says that two hundred million dollars is a real problem…

 

Expense payments for legislators ran out last Friday, which sometimes can help move the end of the session along.