FILE - This photo provided by Steven Black shows Iowa state Sen. Dennis Black on July 12, 2013, in front of the 115-year-old mausoleum of former Iowa Gov. Samuel Merrill in Woodland Cemetery in Des Moines. A bill passed just before 4 a.m. Thursday as one of the final actions of the Iowa House for the year is packed with nearly $80 million worth of government spending from the current budget year with an assortment of projects including $50,000 to restore a former governor’s grave, $90,000 for the preservation of Civil War muster rolls, and $100,000 for the Midwest United States-Japan Conference. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Steven Black)
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