Legislators See Limited Budget Room For Tax Cuts This Session

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DES MOINES — Two years ago Republicans and Democrats bridged their political divide in the Iowa Legislature to enact the largest tax cut in state history.The effects of reducing commercial property tax rates and providing income tax relief now are rippling through the state budget as long-term commitments cut into a stockpile of surplus revenue, creating a period of adjustment that may make deeper cuts in personal and corporate income taxes a bridge too far as the split-control 86th Iowa General Assembly begins its two-year run Monday.However, the bipartisan successes of 2013 after three decades of impasse have taught Statehouse players to never say never.Given a tight state budget due largely to those ongoing commitments, Gov.

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