Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Republican Senate Leader Calls Teachers, Officers, "Bottom Feeders"
On April 20, 2005, Iowa Senate Republican Assistant Leader Mark Zieman specified a list of public employees -- including teachers, law enforcement and correctional officers, and other public employees -- as "bottom-feeders" during Senate debate.
At issue was a Republican effort to change House File 729, a bill updating the Iowa Public Employees Retirement System (IPERS). The same bill had previously passed the Iowa House with a bipartisan 94-5 vote.
To read the transcript and listen to the audio, please go to this link:
www.iowasenatedemocrats.org/2005/bottomfeeders/
At issue was a Republican effort to change House File 729, a bill updating the Iowa Public Employees Retirement System (IPERS). The same bill had previously passed the Iowa House with a bipartisan 94-5 vote.
To read the transcript and listen to the audio, please go to this link:
www.iowasenatedemocrats.org/2005/bottomfeeders/
