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GOP Leaders Say Tax Cut Plan the ‘Crown Jewel’ of Iowa’s 2022 Legislative Session

May 25, 2022 5:46AM CDT
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GOP Leaders Say Tax Cut Plan the ‘Crown Jewel’ of Iowa’s 2022 Legislative Session
FILE – In a Wednesday, June 3, 2020 file photo, State Representatives stand at their desks during the opening prayer in the Iowa House chambers, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa as lawmakers returned Wednesday after suspending the session when the coronavirus pandemic surfaced in Iowa in March. The Iowa Legislature adjourned for the year Sunday, June 14, 2020 after a session shortened by the coronavirus pandemic and altered by chaotic street protests over police treatment of African Americans. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

DES MOINES, IA  (Radio Iowa) Lawmakers took a flurry of votes over the past two days and early this (Wednesday) morning the 2022 Iowa Legislature adjourned for the year.

Republicans like Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver cite something that happened three months ago as the high point of the year. Republicans hold a majority of seats in the Iowa House and Senate and, along with Republican Governor Kim Reynolds, they agreed to shrink the state’s income tax down to one rate of just under four percent by 2026. Republican House Speaker Pat Grassley says that tax plan is the crown jewel of 2022. The Republican-led legislature adopted a nearly eight-point-three BILLION dollar state budget this week. Democrats like House Minority Leader Jennifer Konfrst say it missed the mark in addressing the state’s child care shortage and the shortage of affordable housing. The Senate adjourned at 12:10 this morning and the House completed its work six minutes later.