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COVID-19 relief package scheduled for Friday evening vote includes extended unemployment benefits, a new round of direct payments, and investments to accelerate vaccine distribution
Today, Rep. Cindy Axne (IA-03) announced her intention to vote for the American Rescue Plan, a comprehensive relief bill aimed at helping Iowans in need and accelerating efforts to end the COVID-19 pandemic.
Axne letter with over 200 co-signers asks HHS to respond to actions from drug companies that threaten 340B
Today, Rep. Cindy Axne (IA-03) joined Reps. Abigail Spanberger (VA-07), David B. McKinley, P.E. (WV-01) Dusty Johnson (SD-AL), John Katko (NY-24), and Doris Matsui (CA-06) in leading a bipartisan letter with 220 representatives to the U.S.
Legislation ensures all LGBTQ Americans are granted full protections under federal civil rights law
Today, Rep. Cindy Axne (IA-03) voted with a bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives to pass the Equality Act, legislation to ensure key protections under federal civil rights law are fully extended to LGBTQ Americans.
Letter to Rules, Budget, and House leaders urges inclusion of Axne bill that would remove taxes on first $10,200 of unemployment payments in 2020 tax filing
Today, Rep. Cindy Axne (IA-03) led a letter urging House leaders to include tax relief legislation she authored, which would provide tax relief for up to $10,200 in unemployment payments on a 2020 tax filing, in the House’s version of the American Rescue Plan.
Chair Powell affirmed to Axne that lack of child care access puts American workforce at disadvantage with economic competitors
Delegation seeks to include custom cattle feeders in renewed payments from USDA’s CFAP program
Today, Iowa’s Congressional delegation urged U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack to expand eligibility of the department’s COVID-19 relief programs to include custom cattle feeders, a sector of Iowa’s agricultural economy operated primarily by family farmers.
Today, Rep. Cindy Axne (IA-03) issued the following statement on Tom Vilsack’s confirmation as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture:
“I want to extend a sincere congratulations to Secretary Tom Vilsack on his successful and overwhelming bipartisan confirmation as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Axne: “Why have you added specific gaming design elements to look like gambling to your app?”
Current Department of Veterans Affairs policy only allows enrolled caregivers to veterans with 70% disability rating or higher to receive a COVID-19 vaccine
Today, Rep. Cindy Axne (IA-03) and Jeff Fortenberry (NE-01) sent a letter to U.S.
Health insurance marketplace reopens today for three months to help Iowans find new health care coverage
Rep. Cindy Axne (IA-03) is reminding Iowans to take advantage of the three-month special open enrollment period of the HealthCare.gov health care marketplace that begins today.