House Republicans vote to immediately ban guaranteed income programs in Iowa, before results from the first study are known

House Republicans vote to immediately ban guaranteed income programs in Iowa, before results from the first study are known

Clockwise from the left: Dallas, Polk and Warren Counties. Less than a year after a program to study the impact of a guaranteed income in Iowa was launched in the Des Moines area, Iowa House Republicans approved a bill to prevent city or county governments from starting or supporting any basic income program in the future.

HF 2319 passed the House on Monday on a vote of 55-43. Seven Republicans joined all the chamber’s Democrats in opposing it.

UpLift — The Central Iowa Basic Income Pilot is a two-year program designed to document the effects of a guaranteed basic […]

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