Open Congress : Blog Articles for Sen. Charles Grassley [R, IA]

Iowa Republican Party “Leadership For Iowa” by art | The ...

2009-11-08T00:00:00Z

Huge applause came for Senator Grassley as he stepped on the stage to speak. Quotes from Chuck Grassley: Our common focus is leadship and vision for the future., Iowans of every political stripe were telling me, both by words and by ...

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It-boy Pawlenty debuts before Iowa GOP to strains of 'It ain't me ...

2009-11-08T00:00:00Z

”I don't think [the health care reform bill] would have been delayed without you,” Pawlenty said to Iowa's Sen. Chuck Grassley. Pawlenty held out hope that the health care bill that he called “terrible” and “miserable” might yet meet ..

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GOP 12: T-Paw in Iowa

2009-11-08T00:00:00Z

Senator Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican, said none of the possible 2012 candidates have the upper hand. “It's a whole new ball game,” he said. “And nobody should skip Iowa.” [Hat tip: Kathryn Lopez] DOUBLE UPDATE: More goodies. ...

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Free Money Finance: Eight Steps to Lower Your College Costs

2009-11-07T00:00:00Z

Most likely thanks to Sen. Chuck Grassley's (R-IA) efforts to put a harsh glare on colleges with rich endowments who charge sticker-price tuition, more than 60 colleges have either replaced loans with grants or eliminated tuition ...

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Coralville Courier: U.S. Sen. Grassley: Administrative burden ...

2009-11-07T00:00:00Z

Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, continues to press the Administration and congressional Democrats to account for the administrative burden and expense to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of significant ...

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Moe Lane » Good morning, Rep. Barney Frank.

2009-11-07T00:00:00Z

Are you in favor if the admenedment to Controlled Substances Act that Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) in reguard to marijuana? TexEd says: November 7, 2009 at 10:45 am. Ya know, there's got to be more to this. ...

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Leadership for Iowa Live Blog | Caffeinated Thoughts

2009-11-07T00:00:00Z

6:27p – Senator Chuck Grassley is speaking. “We need to do our part to keep that trend (Tuesday night) that rejects big government policies.” Raising taxes, raising private insurance premiums, increasing government involvement is not ...

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A Gentleman's view. - Elected Officials Statements Made about ...

2009-11-07T00:00:00Z

Less amusing was Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, advancing the same nonsensical argument about the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, the Democrat from Massachusetts who fought hard for the Dems' plan before his death by cancer. ...

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Pawlenty @ Iowa GOP event : O.KayHenderson.com

2009-11-07T00:00:00Z

Another video, from a young Republican who's a student at Drake — it's an introduction for US Senator Chuck Grassley. Grassley comes on stage, as a country and western song is played to get the crowd roused. ...

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The Washington Monthly

2009-11-07T00:00:00Z

Over the summer, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) announced on Fox News, "I believe that there is a bipartisan consensus to have individual mandates." And yet, now the exact same idea is part of Nancy Pelosi's "outrageous" agenda to sen

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Economyincrisis.org - America's Economic Report - Daily

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

The Obama administration has said that before signing the agreements, they plan to rework them. "If you go to class, college, and you don't do anything, you get an F," Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) told Reuters last week. ...

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What a surprise: Jan Brewer, R.T. Rybak and Roxane Conlin running ...

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

At the beginning of the year, Democrats were hoping that Chuck Grassley would retire. That has not happened, but it looks like the Iowa senator won't win a sixth term without a fight: Roxane Conlin will reportedly become a Senate ...

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Ex-U.S. Attorney To Run For Senate In Iowa – Main Justice

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

A Democratic former U.S. Attorney will launch a campaign to unseat Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), The Quad-City Times reported today. Roxanne Conlin (Roxanne Conlin & Associates). Roxanne Conlin, who served as the U.S. Attorney for the ...

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Grassley: HHS initiative is propaganda, violates federal law ...

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, a congressional leader known for his watchdog approach to federal agencies, believes that an online initiative launched by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services amounts to state-sponsored propaganda. ...

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Bleeding Heartland:: Conlin assembling Senate campaign

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

I expect Conlin to raise large sums of money quickly once she has formed a campaign committee, but she has a ways to go to become competitive with Senator Chuck Grassley. He had $4.4 million cash on hand at the end of the third quarter, ...

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Confirmed: At Last - Arturo Valenzuela to WHA! | Diplopundit

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

This nomination was reported out of the Committee on Foreign Relations on September 17, 2009; hold placed by Senator Chuck Grassley, R-IA over the firing of AmeriCorps inspector general Gerald Walpin. ...

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Miles Mogulescu: Speaker Pelosi: Please Stop Bullsh*ting Us on ...

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

Grassley Receives $150K From Health Insurance Industry. Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley took in $154350 in third-quarter campaign donations from the health insurance industry, according to the Public Campaign Action Fund. Grassley, a. ...

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Grassley targets HHS website

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

...Sen. Chuck Grassley said today that a Congressional Research Service memo concludes that the Health and Human Services website may violate laws against using federal money for campaign or propaganda purposes. At issue is a link on the HHS website that a

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Conlin aide tells AP: next week : O.KayHenderson.com

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

Conlin, a Democrat, would face two other Democrats who announced this summer they'd run for their party's nomination for one of Iowa's U.S. Senate seats — a chance to face-off next November against Republican Senator Chuck Grassley. ...

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Conlin to file papers at On the Campaign Trail with Ed Tibbetts

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

Des Moines lawyer Roxanne Conlin will file organizational papers with the Federal Election Commission next week, her spokesman said today, meaning she will seek the Democratic Party's nomination to run against U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley ...

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