G000386 1933-09-17 135 Hart Senate Office Building http://grassley.senate.gov/contact.cfm 202-224-6020 Charles 'r':4 'ia':5 'sen':1 'charl':2,6,9 'chuck':8 'grassley':3,7,10 M 300048 Grassley Chuck_Grassley E. Sen. Charles Grassley [R, IA] Chuck N00001758 11726 Republican 202-224-3744 Baptist IA Chuck Charles Grassley 3.96551724137931 http://grassley.senate.gov SenChuckGrassley 300048 Person senator Fri Nov 06 22:23:34 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Iowa politics.com 11/6/2009 WASHINGTON Senator Chuck Grassley today pressed Immigration and Customs Enforcement to step up its commitment to end the fraud and abuse of the H-1B visa program. Grassley noted that within the last year, Citizenship and Im 'h':13,44 '1b':14,45 'im':57 'end':36 'sen':2 'u.s':1 'abus':40 'h-1b':12,43 'hold':8 'iowa':17 'last':53 'note':49 'push':4 'step':31 'visa':15,46 'year':54 'chuck':22 'fraud':16,38 'press':25 'senat':21 'today':24 'author':6 'commit':34 'custom':28 'employ':9 'enforc':29 'immigr':5,26 'within':51 'account':10 'program':47 'democrat':58 'grassley':3,23,48 '11/6/2009':19 'washington':20 'citizenship':55 'underground':59 'politics.com':18 6604239 true true daylife Democratic Underground http://www.democraticunderground.com/ OK http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4136518 300048 Person sen\. Thu Nov 05 11:19:44 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...national campaign finance watchdogs ask: Who does Grassley represent? WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley (R) has raised $154,350 in campaign donations in the 3rd quarter of 2009 from health care interests, including $ '5':28 'r':34 '000':7 '150':6 '154':37 '350':38 '3rd':44 'ask':21 'nov':27 'sen':1,31 '2009':47 'care':13,50 'iowa':30 'rais':3,36 'chuck':32 'donat':41 'insur':15 'financ':19 'health':12,49 'includ':52 'nation':17 'repres':25 'summer':10 'quarter':45 'campaign':18,40 'grassley':2,24,33 'interest':16,51 'redorbit':53 'watchdog':20 'washington':26 '/prnewswire-usnewswire':29 6587489 true true daylife RedOrbit http://www.redorbit.com/ OK http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1781180/sen_grassley_raised_more_than_150000_over_the_summer_from/index.html?source=r_health 300048 Person republican Wed Nov 04 22:34:28 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Moines historian I am tired of only reading negative shots at Sen. Grassley in 2 Cents' Worth. I wake up every morning thanking Chuck Grassley for fighting in the Senate for the rights of Iowans. A real WDM Republican Why should 3,000 state non-contrac '2':2,23 '3':50 '4':7 '000':51 'des':56 'non':54 'nov':6 'sen':20 'wdm':46 '2009':8 'cent':3,24 'moin':9,57 'morn':30 'read':16 'real':45 'shot':18 'tire':13 'wake':27 'chuck':32 'everi':29 'fight':35 'iowan':43 'negat':17 'right':41 'senat':38 'state':52 'thank':31 'worth':4,25 'regist':58 'contrac':55 'grassley':21,33 'historian':10 'wednesday':5 'republican':47 'non-contrac':53 6582370 true true daylife Des Moines Register http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage OK http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/desmoinesregister/Life/~3/fRD0m2iJeO8/ 300048 Person republican Wed Nov 04 22:34:28 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...should be greeted with happiness for Republicans but they should not be seen as a public repudiation of President Obama, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley said Wednesday morning. “I don’t think it’s a referendum on Obama,” the Republican lawmaker said in 'sen':31 'u.s':30 'iowa':52 'morn':36 'said':34,50 'seen':22 'chuck':32 'elect':2 'greet':12 'happi':14 'obama':8,29,46 'think':40 'lawmak':49 'presid':9,28 'public':25 'repudi':26 'result':3 'grassley':1,33 'independ':53 'wednesday':35 'referendum':6,44 'republican':16,48 6582369 true true daylife Iowa Independent http://www.iowaindependent.com/ OK http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IowaIndependent/~3/Tw4b8qWKLY8/grassley-election-results-not-a-referendum-on-obama-presidency 300048 Person republican Tue Nov 03 22:25:26 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...doesn't stop them from getting insurance." Another Senate Republican who was heavily involved in negotiating health care reform, Chuck Grassley of Iowa, has unequivocally declared that the government has "to prohibit insurers from denying coverage to pe 'pe':51 'get':19 'gop':12 'odd':7 'pre':10 'bill':5 'care':4,31 'deni':48 'iowa':36 'post':53 'stop':16 'anoth':21 'chuck':33 'doesn':14 'exist':11 'insur':20,46 'posit':13 'senat':22 'declar':39 'govern':42 'health':3,30 'involv':27 'negoti':29 'reform':32 'boehner':1 'coverag':49 'heavili':26 'grassley':34 'prohibit':45 'pre-exist':9 'unequivoc':38 'huffington':52 'republican':23 6572599 true true daylife Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ OK http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/03/boehners-health-care-bill_n_343792.html 300048 Person sen\. Tue Nov 03 11:12:16 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...and Human Services secretary, a clear indicator that the bill is actually a government takeover of health care, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley said Monday. “Now I know the other side doesn’t like to hear that this bill calls for a government takeover of o 'o':57 'hhs':5 'new':2 'sen':32 'u.s':31 'bill':22,50 'call':51 'care':8,30 'hear':47 'iowa':58 'know':39 'like':45 'said':35 'side':42 'chuck':33 'clear':18 'doesn':43 'human':14 'indic':19 'power':3 'proof':6 'actual':24 'govern':11,26,54 'health':7,29 'monday':36 'reform':9 'servic':15 'takeov':12,27,55 'grassley':1,34 'independ':59 'secretari':16 6567719 true true daylife Iowa Independent http://www.iowaindependent.com/ OK http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IowaIndependent/~3/lPXAoZff83g/grassley-new-powers-for-hhs-proof-health-care-reform-is-government-takeover 300048 Person sen\. Wed Nov 04 22:34:28 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Rubashkin photos, outside the jurys presence, of the Rubashkins with prominent politicians. Included in the images were U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, and former U.S. Rep. Jim Nussle. U.S. District Chief Judge Linda Reade has 'des':48 'gov':32 'jim':39 'rep':38 'sen':27 'son':7 'u.s':26,37,41 'imag':24 'iowa':31 'judg':44 'juri':13 'moin':49 'read':46 'aaron':1 'chief':43 'chuck':28 'linda':45 'nussl':40 'photo':10 'terri':33 'trial':8 'former':30,36 'includ':21 'outsid':11 'promin':19 'regist':50 'founder':4 'presenc':14 'testifi':5 'branstad':34 'district':42 'grassley':29 'rubashkin':2,9,17 'politician':20 'agriprocessor':3 6582371 true true daylife Des Moines Register http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage OK http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/desmoinesregister/News/~3/gSLKGeZWzs4/ 300048 Person congress Wed Oct 28 22:25:57 -0500 2009 Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...has already voted to strip ACORN of any federal funding, but some members of Congress want to go even further. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, last week sent a letter to John Berry, the director of the Office of Personnel Management, complaining about an A 'r':28 'go':21 'sen':24 'usa':50 'back':3 'even':22 'fund':13 'iowa':29 'john':36 'last':30 'sent':32 'vote':6 'want':19 'week':31 'acorn':1,9 'berri':37 'chuck':25 'feder':12 'fight':2 'manag':45 'offic':42 'strip':8 'today':51 'letter':34 'member':16 'r-iowa':27 'alreadi':5 'complain':46 'congress':18 'director':39 'grassley':26 'personnel':44 6519560 true true daylife USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/ OK http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/TP-OnPolitics/~3/EzrDRIO65Xc/acorn-fights-back.html 300048 Person republican Tue Oct 27 22:24:26 -0500 2009 Tue Oct 27 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...up as a competitor, as a funder, as a regulator, all that can happen is, it’s going to drive the private sector out,” Sen. Chuck Grassley told Fox News on Tuesday. “So I think we ought to concentrate on what to do about the private market and enha 'go':34 'fox':45 'run':10 'say':16 'sen':41 'call':6 'enha':65 'news':46 'plan':11 'told':44 'chuck':42 'doesn':1 'drive':36 'ought':53 'regul':26 'think':51 'wrong':13 'funder':23 'govern':9 'happen':30 'market':63 'matter':3 'privat':38,62 'sector':39 'tuesday':48 'concentr':55 'grassley':43 'prescript':14 'competitor':20 'republican':15 'cnsnews.com':66 'government-run':8 6509564 true true daylife CNSNews.com http://www.cnsnews.com/ OK http://www.cnsnews.com/public/checker.aspx?rsrcID=56155 300048 Person democrat Mon Oct 26 22:04:58 -0500 2009 Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...Democrats pushed her to run. Former Iowa First Lady Christie Vilsack (D) said Monday morning she would not run against Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) in 2010, robbing Democrats of a top recruit against the five-term incumbent. In a statement, first publ 'd':18 'r':31 'dem':1 'rob':35 'run':11,25 'sen':27 'top':3,39 '2010':34 'five':44 'hill':53 'iowa':13,32 'ladi':15 'lose':2 'morn':21 'publ':51 'push':8 'said':19 'term':45 'chuck':28 'first':14,50 'would':23 'former':12 'incumb':46 'monday':20 'r-iowa':30 'christi':16 'recruit':4,40 'vilsack':17 'democrat':7,36 'grassley':6,29 'five-term':43 'statement':49 6498771 true true daylife The Hill http://www.thehill.com/ OK http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/64715-dems-lose-top-recruit-against-grassley 300048 Person senator Sat Nov 07 11:09:29 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 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. ... '7':33 'r':24 '10':36 '45':37 'ya':39 'act':18 'got':43 'moe':1,49 'rep':5 'say':31 'tex':30 '2009':34 'good':3 'iowa':25 'know':40 'lane':2,50 'morn':4 'chuck':21 'favor':11 'frank':7 'senat':20 'barney':6 'novemb':32 'r-iowa':23 'admened':14 'control':16 'reguard':27 'grassley':22 'substanc':17 'marijuana':29 6608467 false true google blog Moe Lane http://moelane.com/ OK http://moelane.com/2009/11/07/good-morning-rep-barney-frank/ 300048 Person sen\. Sat Nov 07 11:09:29 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 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 ... 'r':20 '60':41 'ia':21 'put':24 'sen':15 'cost':10 'free':1,52 'like':12 'loan':46 'r-ia':19 'rich':31 'step':5 'charg':34 'chuck':16 'eight':4 'endow':32 'glare':27 'grant':48 'harsh':26 'lower':7 'money':2,53 'price':37 'thank':13 'colleg':9,29,42 'effort':22 'either':44 'elimin':50 'financ':3,54 'replac':45 'sticker':36 'tuition':38,51 'grassley':17 'sticker-pric':35 6608466 false true google blog Free Money Finance http://www.freemoneyfinance.com/ OK http://www.freemoneyfinance.com/2009/11/eight-steps-to-lower-your-college-costs--the-following-is-an-excerpt-from-a---hrefhttpwwwamazoncomgpproduct013702017.html 300048 Person sen\. Sat Nov 07 11:09:28 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 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 'r':11 'fox':15 'sen':7,45 'yet':30 'anim':47 'idea':35 'iowa':12 'news':16 'part':37 'chuck':8 'exact':33 'month':3 'nanci':39 'polit':46 'agenda':43 'believ':18 'mandat':28 'outrag':42 'pelosi':40 'r-iowa':10 'summer':6 'announc':13 'grassley':9 'individu':27 'consensus':24 'bipartisan':23 'washington':2 6608465 false true google blog Political Animal http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/ OK http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_11/020854.php 300048 Person democrat Fri Nov 06 11:17:43 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 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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'go':30 '4.4':40 'end':47 'sum':13 'way':28 'cash':42 'form':20 'hand':44 'larg':12 'page':55 'rais':11 'becom':32 'bleed':1,52 'chuck':36 'front':54 'money':15 'quick':16 'senat':5,35 'third':50 'conlin':3,9 'expect':8 'assembl':4 'million':41 'quarter':51 'campaign':6,22 'committe':23 'competit':33 'grassley':37 'heartland':2,53 6604231 false true google blog Bleeding Heartland - Front Page http://www.bleedingheartland.com/ OK http://www.bleedingheartland.com/diary/3374/conlin-assembling-senate-campaign 300048 Person senator Fri Nov 06 22:23:30 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 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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'us':9 'sen':19 '150k':13 'blog':46 'fund':42 'iowa':18 'mile':1 'stop':6 'ting':8 'took':22 'chuck':20 'donat':30 'insur':16,34 'pleas':5 'third':27 '154350':24 'accord':36 'action':41 'bullsh':7 'health':15,33 'pelosi':4 'public':39 'receiv':12 'quarter':28 'speaker':3 'campaign':29,40 'grassley':11,21,43 'industri':17,35 'mogulescu':2 'third-quart':26 6604236 false true google blog The Blog http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theblog/ OK http://www.huffingtonpost.com/miles-mogulescu/speaker-pelosi-please-sto_b_348690.html 300048 Person congress Fri Nov 06 22:23:30 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 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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