The House passes the dollar; off to Chet's desk for the autograph. Final passage was 58-40 but the key vote was a 49-47 no on a 62 cent alternative.
The GOP adopted the killer amendment approach again:
Democrats blocked other Republican amendments to 'perfect' the bill. They included an attempt to ban the sale of all tobacco products in Iowa, raising the legal age to buy tobacco to 21 and exempting from sales tax any over-the-counter smoking cessation or nicotine replacement products.
The first two I have problems with: prohibition doesn't work and I've been arguing for a consistent 18 = grownup stance for years. But I sure wish the tax-free patches had passed. That would have strengthened the public health argument.
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