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(Des Moines) --- Expanded child care was the focus of the First Lady's visit to Iowa Wednesday.
As the House continues to consider the Build Back Better Act, Rep. Cindy Axne (IA-03) is touting the inclusion of a nine-year extension of the biodiesel tax credit that is included in the draft legislation.
Dr. Jill Biden joined Rep. Cindy Axne for events in Des Moines on Wednesday to promote the third child tax credit payments being delivered today.
President Joe Biden’s expanded child tax credit includes higher payments for every child parents have. For families with children 6-17, parents get $3,000 per child. For every child under 6, they get $3,600.
As the third round of payments from the expanded Child Tax Credit begin to reach Iowa families today, Rep.
Today, Rep. Cindy Axne (IA-03) voted to advance legislation out of the House Committee on Financial Services that paves the way for more than $1 billion in housing investments for Iowa.
Today, Rep. Cindy Axne (IA-03) voted to approve the House Agriculture Committee’s portion of the Build Back Better Act, which includes provisions she fought for to support biofuel infrastructure and rural businessowners.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne of Iowa was slow to get behind a $1 trillion infrastructure bill after the Senate passed it last month. It wasn’t the price tag that tripped up the Democrat from a swing House district. It was that none of the money was targeted for a home state industry — ethanol and biodiesel.
The U.S. House will include $1 billion in biofuels funding in its initial draft of the budget bill, U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne said Wednesday.
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All four members of Iowa's delegation to the House of Representatives have voted in favor of a bill that would expand a special visa program for Afghans who helped U.S. forces in the war on terror.
A bill backed by Iowa (D) Congresswoman Cindy Axne and (R) Sen. Joni Ernst that increases funding for the victims of crime is now law.
Ernst and Axne joined President Joe Biden at the White House on Thursday for the bill signing.
Infrastructure legislation is moving forward on Capitol Hill, and lawmakers are trying to figure out just how the final bill will be paid for and how some major priorities will be addressed. Rep. Cindy Axne, D-Iowa, joins Agri-Pulse to discuss what she'll be watching for in the final legislation and what it needs to look like to gain her support.
The U.S. House Biofuels Caucus is introducing legislation to make it clear the EPA has the authority to allow year-round sales of E15 and higher blends of ethanol. The bill would overturn a recent federal circuit court ruling that the EPA didn’t have the power to take that step.
The U.S. House Biofuels Caucus is introducing legislation to make it clear the EPA has the authority to allow year-round sales of E15 and higher blends of ethanol. The bill would overturn a recent federal circuit court ruling that the EPA didn’t have the power to take that step.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced plans Friday to launch programs to increase competition in the meat processing industry and resiliency in the food supply chain.
Most Iowans with children will start seeing checks hit their bank accounts and mailboxes soon as an expanded child tax credit kicks in.
U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne spoke Thursday morning at Grace Preschool in Des Moines to tout the benefit, which President Joe Biden signed in March as part of the American Rescue Plan, the federal government's latest COVID-19 stimulus measure.
Dozens turned out on Thursday to the Outside Scoop, an ice cream shop in Ankeny to a town hall with U.S. Representative Cindy Axne.
For folks like Martin Vogel, it was a chance to talk face-to-face with one of Iowa's representatives in Washington D.C.
Two KMAland congressional representatives vow to fight for Iowa's renewable fuel industry following a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden signed a mental health bill into law named for Sgt. Brandon Ketchum – an Iowa veteran who took his own life after being denied mental health services in 2016.