Members -- Greater Des Moines Partnership

Links & Tools

Find Your Legislator
Find out who represents you just by typing in your address! http://www.legis.state.ia.us/FindLeg/

Contact Your Legislator
Need to express yourself? Here's where to write and call. Also shows who's sponsoring which bills. http://www.legis.state.ia.us/aspx/Legislators/LegislatorInfo.aspx

Legislative Committee Membership
Find out who's on first, or at least who's on the Judiciary Committee! http://www.legis.state.ia.us/aspx/Committees/CommitteeInfo.aspx

Live Debate
Listen to House and Senate debate live online. (Requires free download of Microsoft Media Player 9).
http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Audio/Audio.html

Daily House & Senate Calendars
Details the day's scheduled activities in both the House & Senate.
House: http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Current/TH.html
Senate http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Current/TS.html

House & Senate Daily Debate Calendars
Lists of bills eligible for debate each day. Bills not listed are not yet eligible for debate.
House: http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Current/HDD.html
Senate: http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Current/SDD.html

Session Calendar
Timetable showing deadlines (funnels) and other important dates. Changes frequently early in the session. http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Current/TimeTable.html

Track House & Senate Action
Daily gavel-to-gavel record of actions in the House & Senate. Updated every 15 minutes.
House: http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/80GA/House/HAction/
Senate: http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/80GA/Senate/SAction/

Check on a Bill (instantly updated)
You can review all current actions on bills at this site, including amendments. http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Legislation.html

Set Up Your Own Bill Watch
Track the bills you're interested in with this free bill tracker.

How A Bill Becomes a Law
http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Pubinfo/bill2law.htm

Legislative Lingo
http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Pubinfo/lingo.htm

Here are some links to federal government info online:

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