(Des Moines, IA) — The top Democrat in the Iowa House says the state wouldn’t have had a more than one-billion-dollar at the end of the last fiscal year in June, if it weren’t for federal pandemic relief.
House Minority Leader Jennifer Konfrst is among the Democrats citing President Biden’s signature on bills that did things like increase the federal child tax credit and extend Medicaid coverage to at least 75-thousand more low-income Iowans. Republican Governor Kim Reynolds has said with a budget surplus, lawmakers should cut income taxes — with the long term goal of completely eliminating the state income tax.
Konfrst says Democrats will lobby for targeted tax relief that goes to working families, not wealthy families, corporations or special interests.
