Senator Charles Grassley

Republican  •  Iowa  •  9th Term  •  Sworn In 1975
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02/09/12
Engineer Who Gave Obama Resume Gets Job Offers

...they have gotten laid off, and a number of those have been in the same industry that my husband is in," she said. U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, emailed her Wednesday morning and told her that he is going to try to breathe new life into a proposal to

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02/09/12
Engineer Who Gave Obama Resume Gets Offers

...they have gotten laid off, and a number of those have been in the same industry that my husband is in," she said. U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, emailed her Wednesday morning and told her that he is going to try to breathe new life into a proposal to

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02/09/12
Senate GOP mulls 2012 strategy

...problem is we have 47 different voices doing our message and it doesn’t make the same impact as one president,” said Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). “It’s a process problem rather than a message problem.” Added Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas): “I t

Source: The Politico
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02/08/12
Iowa's Chuck Grassley joins Democrats irked over House GOP version of STOCK Act

The bill also includes an amendment introduced by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) that would require firms dealing in "political intelligence" to register as lobbyists. These firms collect information from their congressional contacts and sell it ...

Source: DAILY KOS
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02/08/12
Senator Scott Brown says Irish E3 immigrant visa bill is “about to pop”

Last week, Brown wrote a letter to the Republican Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley asking for his support. It appears he may be close to gaining it. Brown now says he’s hoping the senators will pass this bill with unanimous consent, and no amendments.

Source: Irish Central
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02/08/12
Grassley, Others Rip House STOCK Act

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is ripping the House version of a major reform bill released late Tuesday, calling it “astonishing” that House GOP leaders would drop a provision requiring “political intelligence” consultants to register as lobbyists.

Source: Roll Call Online
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02/08/12
Sen. Brown: Irish immigration bill ‘about to pop’

It wasn’t going anywhere,” Brown said. The Republican wrote a letter to U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), who sits on the Judiciary Committee, asking for his support last week. He’s hoping senators will pass the legislation via unanimous consent ...

Source: Boston Herald
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02/08/12
White House: GOP weakening insider-trading act

...and extremely disappointing that the House would fulfill Wall Street's wishes by killing this provision," said Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who offered the political intelligence amendment. "The Senate clearly voted to try to shed light on an industry t

Source: USA Today
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02/08/12
White House: GOP weakening insider-trading act

...and extremely disappointing that the House would fulfill Wall Street's wishes by killing this provision," said Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who offered the political intelligence amendment. "The Senate clearly voted to try to shed light on an industry t

Source: USA Today
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02/08/12
Banning members of Congress from insider trading is a good idea but forcing financial advisers to register as lobbyists is a mistake

...behind any initiative taken by Congress often comes an overreach by Members of Congress themselves. In this case, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), for whom I have great personal admiration, has over-reached and actually done a disservice to the public by p

Source: FOX News
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02/08/12
Cantor under fire over STOCK Act

...and are accusing the Virginia Republican of watering down the popular legislation that easily passed Senate last week. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) slammed the House for deleting his amendment targeting the political intelligence industry, which tracks

Source: The Politico
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02/08/12
GOP, lobbyists partner to weaken STOCK Act

...that GOP leaders would coordinate with lobbyists on insider trading. What is surprising, at least a little, is that even Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has accused his Republican counterparts in the House "of doing the bidding of Wall Street by removing a

Source: MSNBC Blogs
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02/08/12
Stock Act amendment affects Wall Street traders

...week has raised concerns it could turn the act of calling a congressional staffer about a bill into a lobbying activity. Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican, succeeded in adding a provision to the Senate bill that will require anyone who seeks informat

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02/07/12
STOCK Act: Insider Trading Ban May Muzzle Whistleblowers

The provision, sponsored by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), requires people who offer "political intelligence" that can be used to make money to register alongside lobbyists as political intelligence consultants. According the the firm Integrity ...

Source: Huffington Post
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02/07/12
Grassley: Farm bill needed soon

Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), a veteran member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, said Tuesday that he’s pleased the Chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee has announced a series of hearings on the 2012 Farm Bill. Last week Chairwoman Debbie .

Source: Agriculture Online
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02/07/12
The Anti-Piracy War Rages On

...Newt Gingrich, Republican presidential candidate Page 3: Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) Page 4: Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Page 5: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) Page 6: Chris Dodd, Chairman and chief lobbyist, MPAA Page 7: Mitch Glazier, EVP, RIAA Page 8: Rupert M

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02/07/12
Grassley: Seitz confirmation issue a ‘moot question’

...Chuck Grassley continued today to criticize a legal opinion that President Obama used to justify the recess appointments he made last month while the Senate was technically in session. But, he said, his speculation that its author would never again win

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02/07/12
Philanthropy Rewarded With Bowling Food

...beer tower. It is way cheaper than ordering single beers” (bottoms up!). Grassley, a breast cancer survivor and the wife of Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), joins a cadre of Congressional contributors who have been feted by the kid-friendly organization

Source: Roll Call
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02/07/12
Is Chuck Grassley smoking hashtags?

...twitter messages that U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley writes are at times idiosyncratic – and hilarious. “Suddenly, Grassley began furiously tweeting the prayerful goings-on, thereby confusing the ‘@’ sign, which denotes a Twitter user, with a hashtag,

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02/06/12
Jared Lee Loughner Trial: Judge Grants Doctors More Time To Restore Accused's Mental Fitness

...members of victims of the January shooting in Tucson, Ariz. that critically injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) asked Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)... This comment has not yet been posted You have exceeded your word limit by words. Please click the

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02/06/12
Issa Threatens Attorney General Holder With Contempt Charge Over Fast and Furious

...“It is inconceivable that the Department just became aware of this highly damaging document.” Issa and Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa have been leading the battle to discover exactly how Fast and Furious was conceived and implemented. Both h

Source: NewsMax
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02/06/12
The case for a clean STOCK Act

...Members of Congress shouldn’t be allowed to use “inside information” to buy and sell stock is perfectly rational, Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley‘s amendment to the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act raises new concerns. Sen. Joe Liebe

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02/06/12
GOP, Obama not playing nice

...of government have escalated over recent appointments made by President Barack Obama. U.S. Sens. Mike Johanns of Nebraska and Chuck Grassley of Iowa joined with nearly all of their fellow Senate Republicans on Friday in announcing that they intend to fi

Source: Omaha.com
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02/06/12
GOP, Obama not playing nice

...of government have escalated over recent appointments made by President Barack Obama. U.S. Sens. Mike Johanns of Nebraska and Chuck Grassley of Iowa joined with nearly all of their fellow Senate Republicans on Friday in announcing that they intend to fi

Source: Omaha.com
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02/06/12
GOP, Obama not playing nice

...of government have escalated over recent appointments made by President Barack Obama. U.S. Sens. Mike Johanns of Nebraska and Chuck Grassley of Iowa joined with nearly all of their fellow Senate Republicans on Friday in announcing that they intend to fi

Source: Omaha.com
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02/04/12
Q-C officials rally 'round 'Team Rock Island Arsenal'

...Schilling, R-Colona; Dave Loebsack, D-Mount Vernon, Iowa; and Bruce Braley, D-Waterloo, Iowa. Also on hand were U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and staff members representing U.S. Sens. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., and Tom Harkin, D-Iowa. Local state elected of

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02/04/12
WAIT! Is This Sen. Chuck Grassley Tweet Real?

...this Chuck Grassley tweet is real -- and not the result of a hack -- it's hilarious. To embed this post, copy the code below and paste into your website or blog. Twitter is a free microblogging and messaging service created by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams

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02/03/12
Sen. Chuck Grassley criticizes FDA alleged email surveillance

Grassley represented parts of Butler County in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1959 until 1974, when he was elected to the United States House of Representatives, where he served three terms. As a senior member of the Senate Finance ...

Source: Worldnews.com
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02/03/12
Grassley: Technocrats don't become president

Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley tells The Hill that Mitt Romney is close to upgrading (ea). “Just think of the difference between the speech he gave after he won Florida versus a lot of the other speeches he’s given. He realizes that you’ve got to put some

Source: Thehill.com
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02/03/12
The Falcone fixer

The businessman who got billionaire New York hedge funder Phil Falcone in hot water with a US senator said he didn’t try to bribe the lawmaker — that he was only guilty of carelessly answering a question from the senator’s aide. Todd Ruelle, in an ex

Source: New York Post
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