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• On the Hill with Klein — Week 3

  Feb 05
  Week three in Des Moines has been busy with subcommittees, committees, and continuing budget discussions. We have yet to have floor debate; I ...
  

• Reform of mental health a great success

  By Jarad Klein - May 25
  In my last newsletter I summarized the progress made on the state budget. This week I am going to give you the final story on Mental Health reform ...
  

• House passes high school drop-out prevention

  By Jarad Klein - Apr 11
  As I am sure many of you have heard we had a bit of a scare at the Capitol this week. Representative Ako Abdul-Samad received a threatening letter ...
  

• On the Hill with Klein

  By Jarad Klein - Mar 16
  Debate continued this week as we passed several bills that move on to the Senate to be voted on or to the Governor’s desk to for a signature. I am ...
  

• On the Hill with Klein – Week 6

  By Jarad Klein - Feb 17
  This week the Iowa House passed House File 2274 which reformed Iowa’s 30-year-old property tax system. Our bill from the House is the only ...
  

• Priorities for 2013 Legislature

  By Jarad Klein - Jan 21
  85th General Assembly, January 14-18, 2013 First off, I want to express how honored and privileged I am to continue serving Washington County and ...
  

• Budget gimmicks have ended

  By Jarad Klein - May 25
  The 2012 Session of the 84th Iowa General Assembly has finally come to an end. We were only three weeks over schedule this year compared to the ...
  

• House bills dying in Senate

  By Jarad Klein - Mar 29
  This week was busy here in Des Moines as the House debated and passed numerous bipartisan bills. I am happy to say that we got a lot of work done ...
  

• On the Hill with Klein – Week 7

  By Jarad Klein - Feb 24
  It was “funnel week” here at the Capitol this week which means that it is one of the final chances to get a bill eligible for debate. Several ...
  

• News from the Iowa House

  By Jarad Klein - Feb 15
  I ran my first bill of the year on the House floor this week. The bill is not the most exciting piece of legislation, but still important nonethele...