Chuck Grassley

White House Bows To Grassley On Ethanol Tariffs

The Wall Street Journal | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

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Washington runs on political leverage, and at the current moment few people have more of it than Chuck Grassley. President Obama is desperate to have ...

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Health Care Discussed At Fundraiser For GOP Senators On Finance Committee

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

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Members of the Senate Finance Committee -- the last committee still wrangling over health care reform legislation -- have raised eyebrows lately with ...

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Grassley Uses Kennedy's Brain Tumor To Spread Fear Of Rationing

thinkprogress.org | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), ranking member on the Senate Finance Committee, has taken the lead role in negotiating the health care reform bill for the...

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Grassley: Obama Too Inexperienced To Understand How Congress Works

The Hill | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

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President Obama is too inexperienced in national politics to really understand the legislative process, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said Wednesday. ...

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A Message To America's Wingnuts: Hey, Slow Down! (VIDEO)

Lee Stranahan | Posted 09.05.2009 | Comedy

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Summertime and the Republicans are crazy. I mean, literally crazy in a way that usually gets people kicked off public transportation.

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Top Finance Committee Members Rake In Health Care PAC Money

Paul Blumenthal | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

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The duo of Max Baucus and Chuck Grassley, raised $219,000 from health and insurance political action committees (PACs) from April to June of this year.

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American Plutocracy: Corruption Is in the Eye of the Beholder

Stuart Whatley | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Most police officers in America do not require greased-palms for their services. But if one wishes to attend a chicken cordon bleu dinner with Senator Max Baucus of Montana, it will cost him $10,000

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"Say on Pay" Draws Heavy GOP Opposition

The Big Money | Mark Gimein | Posted 08.30.2009 | Business

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Imagine you are a shareholder in a company that, year in and year out, gives its chief executive 10-figure pay packages. You're unhappy about this, an...

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Health Policy Hashed Out In Senate Over Unhealthy Food

The New York Times | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

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On the agenda is the revamping of the American health care system, possibly the most complex legislation in modern history. But on the table, in a con...

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These Health Care Numbers Could Make a Man Sick!

Rick Horowitz | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

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Not only do the various plans now being considered fail to "bend the curve" of health care spending downward, every one of the plans would send the curve still higher.

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Say What? White House Uses Twitter, FTW!

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 08.31.2009 | Media

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In a first that should be noted in the presidential archives, the White House on Friday used the Twitter feed to announce to more than 726,000 followers that Obama is holding a press conference Wednesday night.

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Sen. Grassley: Obama Health Care Speech A "Waste Of TIme"

Huffington Post | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) twittered President Obama's afternoon remarks on health care, calling them a "Waste of time." Obama speech on healthCareRe...

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At Sotomayor Hearings, Some Like it Simple

Rick Horowitz | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

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Any judgment that differs from mine, to the extent it differs from mine, does not reflect reality. I am White Guy.

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Grassley Cracks Sex Joke At Hearing: "People Always Say I Have The Ability To Turn People On"

Huffington Post | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

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Congratulations to Senator Chuck Grassley for cracking what may be the best one-liner so far at the Sotomayor confirmation hearings; best of all, it w...

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Why Can't We Have Health Benefits as Good as Chuck Grassley?

Jason Rosenbaum | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

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Grassley told an Iowa citizen that if they wanted better health care they should get a job with John Deer (which recently laid off hundreds in Iowa) or with the federal government.

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Chuck Grassley: If You Want Good Health Insurance, Work For The Government (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has a brilliant plan for fixing the health care system: If you want quality coverage, "go work for the Federal government...

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Grassley Hosting Fundraiser With Mortgage Industry Lobbyist, Months After Opposing Cramdown

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

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In late April, the U.S. Senate rejected an amendment to the housing bill that would have allowed bankruptcy judges to provide relief for troubled home...

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Grassley Stands By His Tweet: Obama Took Cheap Shot

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.15.2009 | Politics

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The Senate's most notorious tweeter, Chuck Grassley, stood by a recent post he made in which he harshly rebuked Barack Obama. The Iowa Republican argu...

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Grassley: Obama's "Got Nerve" To Push Lawmakers From Paris

AP | ERICA WERNER | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley says that President Barack Obama "got nerve" to go sightseeing in Paris while telling lawmakers it's...

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Republican Senator: Sotomayor Will Be Confirmed (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) said on C-SPAN Wednesday morning that Judge Sonia Sotomayor would be confirmed by the United States Senate and become a...

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Obama's Supreme Pick: No Drama, No Bomber

Rick Horowitz | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

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when Republicans actually come face-to-face, or even voice-to-voice, with the actual Obama, they can't help but be reassured -- or is it disappointed? -- that he's not the bogeyman they've made him out to be.

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Handwritten Notes Show Fed Oversight Bill Neutered On Senate Floor

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

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Legislation to give Congress greater oversight of the Federal Reserve was severely watered down on the Senate floor Wednesday in private negotiations ...

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Senate-Passed Bill Would Bring Sunlight To Fed

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

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A last-minute amendment to the bankruptcy reform bill passed in the Senate Wednesday opens the Federal Reserve to congressional scrutiny. The amendm...

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Grassley, Kyl, Sessions Could Take Specter's Powerful Judiciary Committee Post

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.03.2009 | Politics

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One of the key, as yet undetermined factors in whether Barack Obama will get his Supreme Court pick seated is which Republican will take over as ranki...

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Senators Get Nasty: "You're Good" ... "Your Wife Said The Same Thing" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics

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Marking up budget legislation can be a brutal affair, often beginning early and lasting long into the night. But buried within the hours of debate...

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