Chuck Grassley

Why the President Has Been Losing on Health Care, and What He Needs to Say

Drew Westen | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics


Drew Westen

At this historic moment, the White House has determined that the best way to win the center is to tack right. But sometimes, the best way to win the center is not to move to the center, but to move the center.

The 3 Lost Lessons of Healthcare History: Will Obama Re-Learn Them in Time?

John Neffinger | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics


John Neffinger

The New York Times recently reported that the Obama administration is heeding a list of six lessons from previous efforts to reform health care. Unfortunately, the three most crucial lessons were left off the list.

Treasury Backs Down In Clash With Bailout Watchdog

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department has decided not to challenge the independence of the government watchdog agency that Congress created to ov...

Gang Of Six Back In Action: Giving Bipartisanship One More Try

POLITICO | Carrie Budoff Brown | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics


Most top Democrats, including senior White House advisers, may no longer expect a health care deal out of the bipartisan "Group of Six," but the senat...

'Auto-Tune The News' Takes On Chuck Grassley Over Health Care Metaphors (VIDEO)

Posted 10.19.2009 | Comedy


Michael and Andrew Gregory are back with their EIGHTH installment of "Auto-Tune the News." So far they've taken on Sean Hannity in a gorilla costume, ...

Treasury Retreats From Standoff With TARP Watchdog

The Wall Street Journal | EVAN PEREZ and DEBORAH SOLOMON | Posted 10.18.2009 | Business


The Treasury Department backed away from a standoff over the independence of the special government watchdog appointed to scrutinize how last year's $...

Passion and Anger Are Potent Weapons in the Hands of the Calm and Collected

Trey Ellis | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics


Trey Ellis

The most corrosive effect of Democratic passivity in response to lunatic right wing charges is to the masses. It's like watching your big, strapping dad get beat up by your scrawny weasel of a next-door neighbor.

Grassley Says Health Care Talks Still On, Fires Back At White House

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will deliver a major prime-time health care address to Congress next week, opening an urgent autumn push to ...

The Death Panels Are Real

D. Brad Wright | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics


D. Brad Wright

Throughout Congress there are men and women who are making decisions right now that will mean putting some people to death. Sen. Grassley is the ranking member of the Early Grave Commission.

Schumer: Idea That Grassley And Enzi Are Negotiating In Good Faith "Pretty Much Gone"

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics


I'm surprised this one passed unnoticed, because it's a pretty stark declaration from a key Dem leader that bipartisanship is dead. A Republican forw...

Lefty Groups Raise $60,000 -- In One Day -- For Ad Attacking Grassley

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics


Here's the latest sign that the public option, and the specter of GOP obstructionism, remain powerful motivators of the liberal base: Two progressive...

Grassley: No Public Option In Health Care Reform

AP | MIKE GLOVER | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics


DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Republican Sen. Charles Grassley said Monday he remains hopeful a limited health care reform measure can be negotiated, ...

Chuck Grassley Fundraises Against Health Care Reform

Washington Post | Ezra Klein | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics


Chuck Grassley is facing a potentially difficult primary challenge in 2010. As such, he's been working hard to cover his right flank. That would all b...

Sam Stein

Grassley Criticized By Longtime Iowa Republican In New Health Care Ad

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics


Two progressive groups launched a hard new television ad on Monday, using the testimony of a longtime Iowa Republican voter to attack Sen. Chuck Grass...

Grassley 'Getting Reamed Out' By GOP On Health Care

Washington Post | Ezra Klein | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics


Most of the commentary on Chuck Grassley's truculence and back-pedaling has focused on his potential primary challenge and fear of the Iowa electorate...

Healthcare Reform Named After Ted Kennedy Must Not Suck

Bob Cesca | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics


Bob Cesca

If they're going to name the final healthcare reform bill after Senator Kennedy, we ought to be making legislative demands with voices as powerful and booming as the late senator's.

Chuck Grassley Does Not Believe in the Threat of Anthropogenic Climate Change

David Roberts | Posted 09.26.2009 | Green


David Roberts

Do you believe there's a global warming threat or don't you? Conservative legislators and pundits should be nailed down on this question.

Your Friendly Neighborhood Death Panel Advisors (VIDEO)

Posted 09.26.2009 | Comedy


Turns out Chuck Grassley was right--DEATH PANELS ARE REAL! It took the muckrakiest folks at Funny or Die to uncover them, but here they are, caught on...

Sam Stein

Grassley: Bipartisanship On Health Care Likely Impossible

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics


Senator Chuck Grassley, (R-Iowa), one of three key Republicans negotiating health care reform in the Senate, declared the prospects of getting a bipar...

Kumbaya, Not Kevorkian, Will Kill Grandma

Marty Kaplan | Posted 09.24.2009 | Media


Marty Kaplan

I don't know which is more dispiriting: the New York Times' failure to call Betsy McCaughey a liar, or Barack Obama's failure to call Chuck Grassley a liar.

Howard Dean: Grassley's Health Care Distortions "Despicable ... Awful" (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics


Howard Dean criticized the Republican Party Sunday morning for picking up false rumors about health care reform started by the far right. Asked about...

Sam Stein

Grassley Reverses Course: No Death Panels In Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics


Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) acknowledged on Sunday that the claims he made two weeks ago -- that Democratic health care legislation would allow th...

Why the Gang of Six Is Deciding Health Care for Three Hundred Million of Us

Robert Reich | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics


Robert Reich

We have a Democratic president. Democrats control sixty votes in the Senate, enough to overcome a filibuster. Democrats control the House. So why does the fate of health care rest in Grassley's hands?

Senator Grassley: Putting Party Before the People on Health Care

Rep. Bruce Braley | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics


Rep. Bruce Braley

During his nearly thirty years serving in the Senate, Senator Grassley has earned a reputation as a "straight shooter". That's why his recent behavior has been so disappointing.

You Thought That Was Bad? 22 More Reasons to Fear Health-Care Reform

Rick Horowitz | Posted 09.20.2009 | Comedy


Rick Horowitz

On page 311 of the health care reform bill: Forced "sterilization" of all surgical tools. One more step toward forced sterilization of everyone.