DES MOINES — Iowa Senate leadership says nothing will change despite committees adopting rules changes that eliminate requirements for a 24-hour notice of subcommittee meetings and that those meetings be public.“The action today by Senate Republicans demonstrates that they don’t want to listen to Iowans anymore,” Senate Minority Leader Janet Petersen, D-Des Moines, said Tuesday.According to her, Republican leaders have signaled that most Senate committees will eliminate the requirement that subcommittee meetings be open to the public.“These changes are a shameful, deliberate attempt by Senate Republicans to cut more backroom deals and to keep taxpayers in the dark about what they are doing,” she said.However, Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver, R-Ankeny, denied the rules changes would remove the requirement for public subcommittee meetings, which are the public’s opportunity to voice their opinions on proposed legislation.“I don’t believe that’s true at all,” Whitver said when told about Democratic complaints.
Comment on Democrats warn Iowa GOP Senate rule changes will shut out public
James Q. Lynch, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)
Tue, 01/15/2019 - 4:49pm
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