Senator Charles Grassley

Republican  •  Iowa  •  8th Term  •  Sworn In 1975
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11/23/09
RE: Charles Grassley

Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a Republican, agreed. "I don't know how you could say failure is not an option. I'm a farmer, not a lawyer, but it seems to me ...

Source: Washington Times
11/23/09
Grassley Seeks Disaster Tax Break Extension

...-- Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley wants Midwest disaster victims to have more to time to benefit from tax relief intended to help with the repair or replacement of damaged homes. Grassley has introduced legislation that would extend the deadline for applying

11/23/09
U.S. Senate confirms Rose, Klinefeldt for U.S. Attorney posts

...of the workers were inappropriate. Harkin’s confidence in Rose also recently received an added boost when U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley noted how admirable it was to see a career prosecutor rise through the ranks of the Department of Justice and be recomme

11/23/09
Nation's drug laws are ripe for reform

One of them is that criminal justice, like health care, is an area overdue for reform where Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley is behind the times. ...

Source: DesMoinesRegister.com
11/23/09
Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa. - Courtesy Senate ...

By , 11-23-09 We're high on Ken Siderius and low on Sen. Max Baucus in our weekly index of what's up, down and in between … SARAH PALIN – The former GOP ...

Source: Flathead Beacon
11/23/09
Fiegen Campaign: Fiegen response to US Sen. Grassley: Statement on Patient ...

CLARENCE, Iowa — Democratic candidate for the US Senate Tom Fiegen, today responded to Senator Chuck Grassley's prepared statement on the Patient Protection ...

Source: IowaPolitics.com (press release)
11/23/09
Senator seeks extension of housing tax break

AP WASHINGTON - Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley wants Midwest disaster victims to have more to time to benefit from tax relief intended to help with the repair or ...

Source: Chicago Tribune
11/23/09
US Sen. Grassley: $150000 to Photon Energy Technology from the National ...

WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the National Science Foundation has awarded a $150000 competitive grant to Photon Energy Technology in ...

Source: IowaPolitics.com (press release)
11/23/09
RE: Charles Grassley

Senator Chuck Grassley issued the following comment about his opposition to the motion to proceed to HR 3590, the legislative vehicle for the Patient ...

Source: IowaPolitics.com (press release)
11/23/09
Iowa to Host First USDA Meeting on 'Competition in Agriculture'

... Ft. Collins, Colo.; and December 8, margin differentials between producers and consumers, Washington, DC Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, a Republican on the ...

Source: Wallace's Farmer
11/23/09
Vander Plaats: Branstad bears some blame for health care bill

...Vander Plaats said. “If Ben Nelson really did think like an Iowa Republican he would’ve voted no this weekend – just like Chuck Grassley did. Once again, this proves that elections have consequences and ideologies have consequences. The Democrats

11/22/09
Senate moves health care bill forward for debate

...poorly on the legislation. "If a bill like this can't get support broadly, then something is wrong with it," said Iowa's Chuck Grassley. Kentucky's Mitch McConnell, the leader of the Senate Republicans, pilloried the size and potential cost of the bill,

Source: MarketWatch
11/21/09
GOP report: Deal with Sacramento mayor was rushed

...Mayor Kevin Johnson that hadbeen accused of misspending government grants. Rep. Darrell Issa of California and Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa released a report Friday concluding that a settlement in which Johnson and his foundation agreed to repay $424,000

Source: WIS
11/21/09
RE: Charles Grassley

The event also served as a reintroduction for Des Moines lawyer Roxanne Conlin, who recently announced she would run for Republican US Sen. Chuck Grassley's ...

Source: Mason City Globe Gazette
11/21/09
GOP report: Deal with Sacramento mayor was rushed

...rushed into a settlement with a nonprofit operated by Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson. Rep. Darrell Issa of California and Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa on Friday say the settlement whitewashed a government investigation into whether the nonprofit misused

11/20/09
Girl accuses Sacramento mayor of offering her hush money

...not previously released, are outlined in a report released today by Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista, and Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking Republican members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and Senate Finance Committee. T

Source: Miami Herald
11/20/09
US Sen. Grassley; In Ames and Slater on Tuesday, November 24

WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley will be in Ames and Slater, Tuesday, November 24. Grassley will give the keynote speech at the Iowa Institute of ...

Source: IowaPolitics.com (press release)
11/20/09
Your Destiny Now, Edited by Miguel Diocuore Ph.D.: Bill Press defends the 'retarded thoughts' - again

...George Bush to try terrorists on U.S. soil, but not OK for Barack Obama. Perhaps the most curious objection came from Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, who's worried that history might repeat itself. "I think a lot of Americans thought O.J. Simpson ought to hav

Source: Town Hall
11/20/09
Sen. Grassley Versus Medical Ghost Writers

Republican Senator Chuck Grassley just wrote 10 letters to some of the top medical schools in the country. Why? It has to do with medical ghost writing. ...

Source: FOXNews
11/20/09
RE: Charles Grassley

Darrell Issa of California and Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa released a report Friday concluding that a settlement in which Johnson and his foundation agreed ...

Source: The Associated Press
11/20/09
RE: Charles Grassley

WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley and several colleagues today took exception with remarks made by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet ...

Source: IowaPolitics.com (press release)
11/20/09
RE: Charles Grassley

Sen. Chuck Grassley, the top Republican on the Finance Committee, said he is "frustrated" that the Obama Treasury did not name China a currency manipulator ...

Source: Market News International
11/19/09
Senate Health Care Bill Offers Less Immediate Help Than House Version

...Under the House plan, she'd get a much better deal. "The Senate is selling us out," Ingram said. She's been calling Sen. Chuck Grassley, the Iowa Republican who opposes the bill altogether, and urging him to flip his position. Both bills immediately cr

11/19/09
Grassley opposed to detainees even coming to U.S.

...detainees at a prison facility on the Iowa-Illinois border isn’t something that deserves consideration, according to U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, who said today that he opposes such individuals ever entering the country. When asked if the detainees would

11/19/09
Chuck Grassley Challenges IRS Role In Health Care

Senator Chuck Grassley took the floor Wednesday to address the role of the IRS in the ...

Source: DesMoinesRegister.com
11/19/09
Grassley aide: Kiernan insults Iowans who disagree with president

...Democratic Party Chairman Michael Kiernan’s attacks against U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley are simply “insulting Iowans who disagree with the [Obama] administration’s political decision to bring terrorists to the United States,” an aide to the senator

11/19/09
RE: Charles Grassley

... something that deserves consideration, according to US Sen. Chuck Grassley, who said today that he opposes such individuals ever entering the country. ...

Source: Iowa Independent
11/19/09
A selection of today's opinions and editorials

...These bills would cause us to slide rapidly down the slippery slope toward increasing government control of health care (Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, 11/18). Unlawful Health Reform? The Washington Post But does not federal law trump state laws? Not nece

11/19/09
NEWS -- Another Obama nominee runs into tax problems

...and $1,279.34 in penalties on late real estate tax payments, the report said. But the committee's top Republican, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is unhappy that the committee staff had to submit 10 sets of questions to Brainard before getting complete inf

Source: GOPUSA
11/18/09
More H-1B Workplace Inspections Underway

US Citizenship and Immigration Services, part of the Department of Homeland Security, told Sen. Chuck Grassley (R, Ia.) that it will conduct some 25000 ...

Source: Science Magazine (blog)

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