”The Iowa Vote Tally is a list of our elected Iowa officials and their votes on spending throughout the past year. These bills amounted to over $4.5 billion. Dave Vaudt, Iowa State Auditor, pointed out in an April 16, 2010, press release, “The Legislature’s Fiscal year 2011 budget relies on over $700 million of one-time resources which will not be available for Fiscal Year 2012. In addition, nearly $90 million of General Fund costs are shifted to other funds. This creates a huge spending gap in the General Fund for Fiscal year 2010 when the one-time monies go away.”
Iowa Transparency Newsletter, Volume 3, Number 3 Public Interest Institute, May 2010
Take the time to check out your State Senator and State Representative
and see if their voting habits are ones you want in Des Moines.
For further information go to: www.IowaTransparency.org Click on the Iowa Vote Tally link and you can see the link for Senators and
Representatives spending.
