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Push for gay marriage ban begins Tuesday morning
Iowa House Republicans plan to use a procedural move to force a vote on same-sex marriage Tuesday morning,
House Joint Resolution 2001, sponsored by Rep. Michael Reasoner, D-Creston, would begin the process of amending the state’s constitution to declare marriage as only between one man and one woman.
Normally, the legislation would have to be approved by a committee in order to be considered on the House floor. But lawmakers will attempt to invoke House Rule 60, a procedural move that allows a majority vote on the floor of the House to pull a bill out of a committee even if the ...

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