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Iowa Senate, District 30
The 30th District of the Iowa Senate is located in northern Iowa, and is currently composed of Worth, Cerro Gordo, and Mitchell Counties, as well as part of Floyd County. Current elected officials Eric Giddens is the senator currently representing the 30th District. The area of the 30th District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts: *The 59th District (represented by Bob Kressig) *The 60th District (represented by Dave Williams) The district is also located in Iowa's 1st congressional district, which is represented by Ashley Hinson. Past senators The district has previously been represented by: * Charles Peter Miller, 1983–1988 * Mark R. Hagerla, 1989–1992 * Emil Husak, 1993–1996 * Neal Schuerer, 1997–2002 *Mary Kramer, 2003 *Pat Ward, 2004–2012 *Jeff Danielson, 2013–2019 *Eric Giddens 2019–present See also *Iowa General Assembly *Iowa Senate The Iowa Senate is the upper house of the Iowa General Assembly, United States. There are 50 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper House
An upper house is one of two Debate chamber, chambers of a bicameralism, bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house.''Bicameralism'' (1997) by George Tsebelis The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smaller and often has more restricted power than the lower house. A legislature composed of only one house (and which therefore has neither an upper house nor a lower house) is described as Unicameralism, unicameral. Definite specific characteristics An upper house is usually different from the lower house in at least one of the following respects (though they vary among jurisdictions): Powers: *In a parliamentary system, it often has much less power than the lower house. Therefore, in certain countries the upper house **votes on only limited legislative matters, such as constitutional amendments, **cannot initiate most kinds of legislation, especially those pertaining to supply/money, fiscal policy **cannot vote a motion of no confidence again ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
