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State Reps. Dolores Mertz (D-Ottosen) and Geri Huser (D-Altoona) broke from the rest of their party on an important procedural vote to block a same-sex marriage ban from being debated on the floor of the Iowa House Thursday afternoon.
The motion to suspend the rules, which was proposed by State Rep. Christopher Rants (R-Sioux City), failed [...]

Four conservative House Democrats told IowaPolitics.com’s Lynn Campbell Wednesday that they are a “no” vote on a bill eliminating federal deductibility.
State Reps. Geri Huser, Doris Kelley, Brian Quirk and Dolores Mertz told the political Web site they do not support eliminating a portion of the tax code that allows state residents to write off [...]

Two Iowa state representatives have been named by web sites as some of the country’s best looking political figures.  The male interest site Asylum named State Rep. Geri Huser the most attractive female elected official in Iowa, and the female interest site Lemondrop named State Rep. Donovan Olson among the nation’s most attractive males holding [...]

Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Marsha Ternus had a hard act to follow when she made her second appearance before the state legislature on Wednesday morning — herself.
Following a 2007 State of the Judiciary address in which Ternus called for efforts to improve the lives of foster children, lawmakers passed at least five related bills [...]

Iowa women make up one-third of a newly announced committee within the John Edwards for President campaign.