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      <excerpt>...it alone, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is in the process of working with senior Republicans, including Orin Hatch and Chuck Grassley, to craft the measure to win GOP support for it early on. Without a filibuster-proof majority, he doesn't have much</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...less inclined to back incumbents at the state level. Democrats hold a majority of Iowa's Congressional seats, though Sen. Chuck Grassley (R) is also on the ballot this fall; Gov. Chet Culver (D) is already considered one of the most vulnerable incumbent</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> But Conlin&amp;#39;s target is not Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, the Republican she hopes to challenge next fall. It&amp;#39;s Alabama&amp;#39;s Richard Shelby, who last week placed a ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Take Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)--ranking member on the Senate Finance Committee. Here&amp;#39;s what he said to Obama at the time: &amp;quot;I think you served with us in ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...an extension of subsidies to the newly unemployed for COBRA health insurance. Baucus and Finance Committee ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) are working jointly on the tax cuts in the bill, which Reid hopes will lead to Republican support for the m</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Her political action committee, SarahPAC, has given to more than a dozen candidates, including Sens. John Thune (S.D.) and Chuck Grassley (Iowa), as well as former Rep. Rob Portman (R), who&#8217;s running for Senate in Ohio. But until this weekend, Palin h</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Sen. Chuck Grassley (Iowa), the panel&amp;#39;s ranking Republican, are working on a tax package that would serve as ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Sen. Chuck Grassley (Iowa), the panel&amp;#39;s ranking Republican, are working on a tax package that would serve as ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...national veterans group has launched a television ad campaign attacking U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley&#8217;s position on a bill capping carbon emissions. The legislation was passed by the U.S. House last year and is currently being considered by the Senate. Vot</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>The fallout of Sen. Scott Brown&amp;#39;s victory continues to send shock-waves through Washington&amp;#39;s establishment from both parties. The following analysis is where things sit as of 9 February 2010. I look for things to continue to improve for  ..... Sens</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Benny Hinn Under Investigation by US Senate; And he&amp;#39;s not alone either: Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, is investigating several major church-based ministries known for their leaders&amp;#39; ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>I am sure that Senator Mitch McConnell, whom some pundit called, I believe, a &#8220;turtle-hybrid&#8221; recently feels that he has accomplished quite a bit for his. ... Our health care system is broken and the rich have paid off our Neocon Senators  like Chuck G</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Take Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)--ranking member on the Senate Finance Committee. Here&amp;#39;s what he said to Obama at the time: &amp;quot;I think you served with us in the Senate long enough to know that Max Baucus and I have a pretty good record of ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Joseph Cao and Sen. Olympia Snowe were the only Republican members of Congress who ever considered voting for a health bill, and Snowe&amp;#39;s probably out of reach now. The problem is still Democrats who are looking at bleak re-elect numbers.  .... I&amp;#39;m </excerpt>
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