Twelve Republicans have said they won’t vote on state spending plans until the Senate votes on a bill with new rules for land access for the Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline. All 34 G-O-P Senators spent most of the workday Friday in private meetings, but didn’t resolve the dilemma. During an interview LAST Monday, Senator David Rowley (ROW-lee, first syllable rhymes with “how”) of Spirit Lake said he and the other 11 Republicans are standing with property owners who don’t want the pipeline on their land.

The Senate adjourned on Friday without voting on a pipeline bill.  Proposals from two lawmakers may show how negotiations among Senate Republicans have gone.

Senator Mike Bousselot (BOOSE-uh-loh), a Republican from Ankeny worked for the company that owns Summit Carbon Solutions, has filed an amendment that would prohibit the use of eminent domain for any hazardous liquid pipelines IN THE FUTURE, along with a 25-year limit on operating any carbon pipeline, including Summit’s.

Republican Senator Kevin Alons (uh-LAWNS) of Salix has proposed an outright ban on seizing farmland for any hazardous liquid pipeline now and in the future.

O. Kay Henderson, Radio Iowa