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Senate strikes compromise on criminal justice reform

A bipartisan group of Senate leaders has reached a deal on criminal justice legislation that would allow well behaved prisoners to earn time off their sentences and effectively reduce long criticized mandatory minimums for non-violent drug offenders. Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Republican Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas), Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) have agreed to a package aimed at making the criminal justice system fairer, particularly for African Americans, following the Baltimore and Ferguson riots. Read More

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Senators push feds to get warrants for cellphone spying

The bipartisan leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee want to expand the government’s commitment to obtaining a warrant before using controversial spying devices that pick up information from people’s cellphones. Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and top Democrat Patrick Leahy (Vt.) on Tuesday asked Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson to follow the Justice Department’s lead and commit to getting a warrant before using the “StingRay” devices. Read More

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Senator Grassley Is On To Something In Student Loans With “Know Before You Owe”

By Stephen Dash- Forbes.com The number of people attending college has grown… Read More

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Grassley Receives “Fueling Growth” Award for Support of Ethanol Industry

Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa on Tuesday received the 2015 Fueling Growth Award from Growth Energy for his work to develop policies that support clean-burning, domestically produced ethanol. Grassley was presented the award at the Growth Energy Advocacy Conference in Washington, D.C., where he spoke about renewable energy and the Renewable Fuel Standard. “I’m honored to receive this award,” Grassley said. “I’ve been an advocate of renewable fuels for a long time, starting with ethanol. Alternative energy sources reduce our dependence on foreign oil, increase national security, and create jobs for American workers in addition to extending our fuel supply and lowering prices at the pump.” Read More

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In recognition: Grassley presents Victory Medals to two local WWII veterans

It has been 65 years since two Plymouth County men saw each other after attending boot camp in Idaho. Wednesday, the two World War II veterans were honored for service to their country. U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley presented Robert L. Taylor, of Westfield, and John Hart, of Le Mars, with a World War II Victory Medal during a brief ceremony. Read More

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Chuck Grassley wants explanation for why State had no permanent IG during Hillary Clinton tenure

The chairman of the powerful SenateJudiciary Committee on Thursday demanded the Obama administration explain why it allowed Hillary Rodham Clinton to be the only Secretary of State in more than a half-century without a permanent independent watchdog to police conduct inside the department. Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican, wrote in a letter to Mrs. Clinton’s successor, John Kerry, that he thinks some of the problems uncovered after the fact about Mrs. Clinton’s tenure, such as improper handling of classified information on a private email server, may have been prevented or detected had President Obama named a permanent inspector general at the State Department much sooner. Read More

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Grassley fields questions at Sibley event

SIBLEY, Iowa — U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley visited Wednesday morning with constituents at the Osceola Community Hospital in Sibley. State Sen. David Johnson, R-Ocheyedan, began the open forum with a question regarding avian flu and federal response. Johnson said Osceola County was one of the hardest hit during the outbreak earlier this year, adding that a faster turnaround was needed on the decision to euthanize infected birds. “We had the largest outbreak at the time in the nation in this county,” Johnson said. “There’s been a lot of people out there. There’s been a lot of equipment moved out there. There’s a lot of questions about how the federal money flows, not only to the contractors for the USDA but to the producers. Read More

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Grassley answers questions

LE MARS -- U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, held a town hall meeting at Floyd Valley Hospital, in Le Mars, Wednesday. During the meeting, Grassley urged Le Mars residents to stand and ask any question they wanted answered. He said he believes town hall meetings are important because they give people a chance to speak with their representatives face to face. Read More

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Grassley pressures EPA on biofuel targets

Higher renewable fuel standards keep demand high in the industries of corn, soybeans and other crops. That’s why trade associations and legislators alike have been publicly encouraging the Environmental Protections Agency to increase its 2016 and 2017 volume objectives before it releases its final target on Nov. 30. U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley spoke with the Newton Daily News about RFS issues in a recent conference call. Grassley said there are number of ways Congress can attempt to persuade the EPA to raise its targets before the final RFS numbers are released. Read More

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Grassley Discusses Field of Republican Presidential Candidates

Carroll, Iowa -- With 20 presidential candidates making appearances on the Des Moines Register soapbox during the Iowa State Fair, Senator Chuck Grassley took a few minutes to provide his impression of the candidates. During a recent press event, Grassley was asked his opinion on Trump and other contenders who traveled to his home state. Grassley said as he looked at the Republican field of candidates, he sees many who are associating their politics to that of a former leader. After nearly two weeks of hearing both Democrats and Republicans espouse their agendas during the fair, Grassley was asked if he would be announcing his support to one of the candidates. Senator Grassley spoke at various town meetings across the region last week, concluding on Thursday in Audubon. Read More

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