U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley and former Rep. Tom Latham scored well in a new index measuring bipartisanship, while Rep. Steve King and former Sen. Tom Harkin trended the other way. The rankings of the Iowa politicians come from the Bipartisan Index, created by the Lugar Center and Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy to show how often members of Congress work across party lines. Read More
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley wants the FBI to reveal more details about its spyware program, which can be used to collect passwords from a targeted computer and pinpoint its location. The Iowa Republican said he is wary of the FBI’s push to obtain more authority to use the spyware, which also has the ability to surreptitiously activate the computer’s camera and microphone, search the computer’s hard drive as well as intercept phone calls, texts and social media messages. Read More
Recent incidents involving mismanagement and inappropriate conduct by employees at the Internal Revenue Service have shaken what little confidence taxpayers had in the agency, according to Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley. “This afternoon, I will announce the introduction of a bill aimed at insuring that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect taxpayers’ rights by preventing IRS abuses,” Grassley says. The IRS has never been and never will be an agency anyone is glad to hear from, but Grassley says taxpayers should at least have the piece of mind they’ll be getting a “fair shake” if there’s an issue. Read More
A program that grants permanent legal residency to immigrants who invest at least $500,000 in U.S. businesses would be reauthorized with increased federal oversight under a bill co-sponsored by U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley. The Iowa Republican has been one of the biggest critics of the foreign investment program known as EB-5. The bill, co-sponsored by Sen. Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, includes several measures to increase federal oversight of foreign investors and the U.S. businesses that take their money. Read More
Sen. Joni Ernst’s motorcycle ride and barbecue got most of the attention last weekend as Republican presidential candidates descended on Iowa, but the state’s senior senator spent plenty of time with the presidential prospects as well. Sen. Charles E. Grassley isn’t expected to have any trouble winning a seventh term, but he’s taking nothing for granted. He told Roll Call last week he anticipates making appearances with other candidates and said there would be more fundraisers for his own political efforts. Read More
After a series of town meetings recently, Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley was left with at least one lingering question: Who was the nice person who gave him the quart of fresh strawberries? That turned out to be more difficult to answer than expected. The berry-gifting moment was captured by Register photographer Michael Zamora. He and columnist Kyle Munson were trailing Grassley to learn how the senator had become a viral Twitter phenomenon. The lawmaker received the fresh strawberries at a town hall meeting Friday, May 29, in Mount Pleasant. Read More
As part of his annual 99-county tour of Iowa, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley stopped at a Davenport hospital's emergency department Thursday and questioned nurses about the effects of the Affordable Care Act, commonly called Obamacare. The longtime Republican member of Congress made a visit to Genesis Medical Center-East Rusholme Street, where he checked out the ER with two trauma physicians, spoke to the nurses, got a quick overview of the $138 million construction project underway on the Genesis campus and hosted a question-and-answer session with hospital employees. Read More
Jennifer Jacobs and Jason Noble, The Des Moines Register – March 31,… Read More
It’s another day, and another tantrum from Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev. But it doesn’t matter how much he jumps up and down and stomps his feet—we aren’t going to let the far left get away with denying the American people the opportunity to be heard. Letting the American people decide this question is the reasonable approach. It’s the fair approach. It’s the historical approach. It’s the approach the other side advocated when the shoe was on the other foot. And it’s what the American people deserve. Read More
DES MOINES – The Grassley Committee today released a new web ad featuring testimonials from Senator Grassley’s colleagues across the country who speak to his work ethic, leadership and commonsense Iowa values. Read More
