Linda Upmeyer
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Linda Upmeyer is a member of Iowa House of Representatives. She is the Republican House Minority Whip and has represented District 12 since 2002.[1] Her current committee assignments include Administration and Rules, Economic Growth, Human Resources, and Natural Resources. She has also been assigned to the Leadership Council and International Relations committees.[2]
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Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council
As of 2011, Rep. Upmeyer was the former chair and a current member of the American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) Health and Human Services Task Force, and on the ALEC Board of Directors.[3] In 2010, she was a recipient of ALEC's "State Legislator of the Year Award." In August 2011, she spoke on "Health Insurance Exchanges: States in Charge!" at ALEC's 2011 Annual Meeting.[2]
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Other Ties
Upmeyer is on the Executive Committee of the Midwest Council of State Governments, a regional division of the Council of State Governments, an association of state officials serving all three branches of government (as opposed to ALEC's one).[2][4] "She is a former trustee for North Iowa Area Community College and a former board member of both the National and Iowa Association of Community College Trustees."[2]
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- ↑ Linda Upmeyer, "Iowa House Republicans"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 American Legislative Exchange Council, Workshop #8: "Health Insurance Exchanges: States in Charge!," speaker biographies and materials, August 4, 2011, on file with CMD
- ↑ Linda Upmeyer, ALEC website, Accessed May, 2011.
- ↑ CSG Midwest, About, organizational page, accessed August 31, 2011
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