Medicaid Expansion Passes! We will be sending more information in the near future, but below is the statement ICAN released after the Iowa House joined the Iowa Senate in voting in the best interests of Iowans! A big THANK YOU to our members! In the final hours of the 2013 Iowa Legislative Session, lawmakers and … Read more
For Immediate Release, May 23, 2013, Contact: Sue Dinsdale 515-480-3240 sdinsdale@iowacan.org Iowa Citizen Action Network Issues Statement on Medicaid Expansion Compromise Credits Iowans for Pressuring the Governor to Accept Federal Funds Des Moines – Iowa Citizen Action Network Executive Director Sue Dinsdale made the following statement today: “In the final hours of the 2013 Iowa Legislative Session, lawmakers and … Read more
5/16/13 Earned Income tax Credit ICAN’s grassroots lobbying and press events have paid off! ICAN lobbied individually, and took the lead on creating a story booklet, distributing them to every single lawmaker, and organizing a press event in cahoots with the Coalition for a Better Iowa to increase the state’s EITC. It’s been included as … Read more
5/17/13 ICAN partnered with national Main Street Alliance to put an Op-Ed in the Washington Post about e-Verify. ICAN built an a local Main Street Alliance, and one of its members, ReShonda Young, helped to author the Op-Ed
Coalition Urges Sen. Grassley to Continue to Move Qualified Judicial Candidates through the Senate (Des Moines, IA)Today, the Senate confirmed the nomination of Jane Kelly, of Iowa, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit by a vote of 96-0. The vote will be posted athttp://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/a_three_sections_with_teasers/votes.htm The Iowa Fair Courts Coalition celebrates the … Read more
A showdown is looming on taxes at the Statehouse that could jeopardize property tax reform, one of the cornerstones of Gov. Terry Branstad’s legislative agenda. A coalition of activists joined with Sen. Joe Bolkcom, D-Iowa City, on Monday to bolster their support for a major increase in the state’s earned-income tax credit for about 210,000 … Read more
Finally, a tax cut for working families, not international corporations. But will the Gov allow it? Sen. Bolkcom says no property tax deal without an increase in the EITC for working Iowa families http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20130430/NEWS10/304300052/1056/news05