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Dave Hackel | Posted 11.03.2009 | Media

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Dave Hackel

Everyday the news is filled with statements that just don't make any sense. I write them down and then I study them later. Many still puzzle me. Maybe you can help me make sense of them.

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House Cuts Health Bill Price To $871 Billion: AP Source

AP | ERICA WERNER and DAVID ESPO | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — House Democrats are aiming to scale back the cost of their health care bill to well below President Barack Obama's preferred price ...

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Treasury Retreats From Standoff With TARP Watchdog

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

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

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White House: Obama May Detail Health Care Goals In Speech, Shift Strategy

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, faced with falling approval ratings and increasingly impatient with Senate negotiations over health care, i...

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Newsweek: Why The GOP Is Gunning For Grandma

newsweek.com | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

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The republicans charge that Democratic health care reform would, in Sen. Charles Grassley's words, "pull the plug on Grandma." According to Sen. Jon K...

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Grassley Cites Town Halls As Reason To Throttle Back

Washington Post | Lori Montgomery and Perry Bacon Jr. | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Charles E. Grassley, a key Republican negotiator in the quest for bipartisan health-care reform, said Wednesday that the outpouring of anger at ...

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Why Is Max Baucus Sticking by Chuck Grassley?

Washington Post | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

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"I walked away from Senator Grassley. I tend to work with Senator Grassley. But there comes a time when you just gotta say, 'Sorry.' These things get ...

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Bloggers Back Obama's Agenda, Not His Strategy (From Netroots Nation)

Ari Melber | Posted 09.17.2009 | Media

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Ari Melber

Netroots Nation also drew a rather unlikely guest: Arlen Specter, the resilient, 79-year-old pol who has now managed to seriously rile the base of both political parties.

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Lunatic Fringe

Lance Simmens | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

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Lance Simmens

The fringe elements, carefully nurtured by fear, hatred, mistrust, and fitful bouts of fantasy are positioning the conservative opposition into a death spiral

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Sen. Grassley: GOP Support For My Plan More Important Than What's In The Plan

Huffington Post | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

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In an interview today On MSNBC Senate Finance Committee ranking member Chuck Grassley -- of recent Death Panel fame -- laid out what was most importan...

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Grassley Clarifies 'Death Panel' Position

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has attempted to clarify his comments on end-of-life care meaning the government could "pull the plug on grandma." He say...

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Grassley Now Claims He Was Pushed Out Of Health Care Negotiations

Politico | LISA LERER | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

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After an intimate White House lunch last week, Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley said he was confident President Barack Obama was working toward a truly ...

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If Medicare Wants to Kill Grandma, Why Hasn't It Done So For 44 Years?

Sandy Goodman | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

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Sandy Goodman

I've never heard of anyone suggesting euthanasia for grandma, grandpa - or me (I'm now 76 and getting progressively more expensive to insure).

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Sam Stein

Grassley Comment Raises Fresh Doubts About Bipartisanship

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Chuck Grassley's endorsement Wednesday of an unfounded, extremist argument that Democratic health care legislation could empower the government t...

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Who Are These People Anyway? The Gang of Six and the Politics of Health Care Reform

Jerome Karabel | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

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Jerome Karabel

With the outcome of perhaps the most significant domestic legislation since Social Security hanging in the balance, the question arises: who are these six senators and whom do they represent?

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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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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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Sen. Grassley Admits To Different Standards For Alito And Sotomayor

Think Progress | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

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During the opening day of confirmation hearings, Judge Sonia Sotomayor came under fire from Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) for stating that her experien...

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Sam Stein

Schumer: With Franken Seated No Need To Compromise On Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

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One of the leading Senate Democrats in the health care reform battle said that the seating of Al Franken has given the party the purpose and direction...

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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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Tweety 3-P

Bob Franken | Posted 07.12.2009 | Media

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Bob Franken

Sometimes they have all the right ingredients: news stories which combine Twitter's vacuousness, with parochial political pandering (known as a "3-P") and media desperate for news on a slow day.

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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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GOP Senator Investigates Porn Abuse In Government

Politico | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

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