Charles Grassley

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• The Triage Team

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 741
  This year’s health reform debate has consumed Congress more than any other issue in recent memory. And no figures held more influence in that debate than these ten individuals. Click here to begin slideshow.
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• Batshit Bachmann Has a Farm, E-I-E-I-Oy!

  
  HYSTERICAL RAISINS — Authority: 473
  From Yasha Levine at truth dig : Michele Bachmann has become well known for her anti-government tea-bagger antics, protesting health care reform and every other government “handout” as socialism. What her followers probably don’t know is that Rep. Bachmann is, to use that anti-government slur, ...
  4 days ago

• Batshit Bachmann Has a Farm, E-I-E-I-Uh-Oh!

  
  HYSTERICAL RAISINS — Authority: 473
  From Yasha Levine at truth dig : Michele Bachmann has become well known for her anti-government tea-bagger antics, protesting health care reform and every other government “handout” as socialism. What her followers probably don’t know is that Rep. Bachmann is, to use that anti-government slur, ...
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• Under the radar, Obama pushes for Patriot Act renewal

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 518
  Source: Lake Land Times With key sections of the U.S. Patriot Act set to expire Dec. 31, the Obama administration – essentially tiptoeing through the corridors of Congress and using the raucous health care debate as cover – has quietly maneuvered for renewal of the controversial provisions, which he opposed ...
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• Grassley Whines For UnGreen Biodiesel

  
  That's My Congress — Authority: 433
  Given that biofuels dont provide a genuine green advance in our nations energy, biofuels businesses ought to be left to sink or swim on their own, and the tax credit ought to be allowed to fade away.
  5 days ago

• Mental Health Year in Review: 2009

  
  World of Psychology — Authority: 558
  Another year is over, and so brings us to the close of another year of great stories, great friends, and great insights into the world of psychology — our annual Year in Review of Mental Health. Conflicts of Interest, Lawsuits and Transparency Perhaps 2009 will be noted as the year of reckoning for pharmaceutical ...
  1 week ago

• Grassley: China, U.S. emissions should be equal

  
  Politically Speaking — Authority: 127
  U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said the United Nations Climate Change Conference playing out in Copenhagen (above) should result in a level playing field that puts the U.S. on par with China. The world’s Top Three polluters of carbon dioxide, in order, are China, U.S. and India. “(The goal should be) ...
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• DC City Council Holds Hearings on Area Physicians Relationships with Industry

  
  Policy and Medicine — Authority: 128
  The District of Columbia City Council Committee on Health last month held a hearing regarding various health care related issues .     Included in the hearing was “charges” read out by Health Committee Chairman David A. Catania.   These included reading the names of physicians (top researchers in the ...
  1 week ago

• Health reform: Presents, Lieberman, AARP

  
  Politically Speaking — Authority: 127
  Several pieces of the health care reform effort in Congress to share this morning: (1) The day began with the American Cancer Society making an early delivery to the Sioux City office of U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa. The society used the present delivery as a photo-op to remind Harkin to “give America the best ...
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• Drug-import legislation dies in Senate

  
  Iowa Independent — Authority: 651
  In a big win for the pharmaceutical industry, the Senate on Tuesday killed legislation that would have made it easier for Americans to buy their prescription drugs from abroad, where prices are generally much cheaper. The final tally was 51 to 48 , nine shy of the supporters needed to overcome a filibuster. ...
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• Senate Dems Protect Big Pharma

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 153
  In a big win for the pharmaceutical industry, the Senate on Tuesday killed legislation that would have made it easier for Americans to buy their prescription drugs from abroad, where prices are generally much cheaper. The count was 51 to 48 , nine shy of the supporters needed to overcome a filibuster. Thirty ...
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• Grassley: Terrorists headed to the Heartland

  
  Politically Speaking — Authority: 127
  For much of the afternoon I’d wavered back and forth on whether I’d write a post about the push to get to 60 Senate votes on health care reform and the pressure put on U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson , D-Neb., or rather to address the plan to bring alleged terrorists from Guantanamo to just across the Iowa border in ...
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• Republicans Request New CBO Score of Health Bill

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 153
  Unhappy with all the recent tweaks to the Senate’s health care reform legislation, three top Republicans are asking the Congressional Budget Office to re-score the entire bill. In a Monday letter to CBO, Sens. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), Michael Enzi (R-Wyo.) and Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) argue that “CBO’s complete ...
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• Private Insurance Successfully Fights Obsolescence Through Bribery (As Congress Applies Medicare 55+ Lipstick to the HCR pig)

  
  Corrente — Authority: 636
  [I am actually posting this on libbyliberals behalf, since shes now on vacation. --lambert] http://www.harpers.org/archive/2009/12/0082740 The present challenge to health care reform in the United States is not an intellectual or logistical one. It is an ethical one. The medical industrial complex has resorted to ...
  2 weeks ago

• White House working to crush drug importation amendment

  
  Corrente — Authority: 636
  Huffington Post : The White House, aided by Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), is working hard to crush an amendment being pushed by Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) to allow for the reimportation of pharmaceutical drugs from Canada, Senate sources tell the Huffington Post. As a result, the Senate health care debate has come to a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Fox News Anchors Debunk Lefty Claim Network’s an Organ of GOP in Grilling Grassley, Schock for Earmarks

  
  Jeff Poor's blog — Authority: 655
  One of the favorite talking points that often comes from Fox News detractors is the claim that the News Corp (NASDAQ: NWSA ) cable news is somehow an organ of the Republican Party. Its a claim that former White House Communications Director Anita Dunn made , along with countless other accusations from prominent ...
  2 weeks ago

• Popular drug-import proposal threatened by White House?

  
  Political Fix — Authority: 597
  WASHINGTON –  It has the backing of a strong coalition of senators from both political parties and support from lawmakers in  Missouri  and  Illinois .  Barack Obama supported it as a senator and a presidential candidate. It would save Americans billions in prescription costs and lop…
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• Sad When They Don’t Quit in Time. Case in point: Senator Grassley

  
  The Sirens Chronicles — Authority: 133
  It is hard to let go, to release one’s grasp on power and privilege. Sometimes a top athlete holds on for additional seasons of declining performance; fans watch sadly–and with some embarrassment–for the player who did not leave with their game intact. The same holds true for political leaders. Senator ...
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• It’s the Contrarian’s Fault–I Swear!

  
  A Feather Adrift — Authority: 126
  As any smart married woman knows, when something inexplicable happens and things are all fuggled up, it’s the husband’s fault! And so of course, I feel perfectly fine in pointing a finger toward the Contrarian for my current lapse in brain function. For the second day in a row, nothing much seems to be rattling ...
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• Grassley Questions Legitimacy of EPA Greenhouse Gas Finding

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 153
  Yesterday, it was Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) citing “ Climategate ” as reason to doubt the legitimacy of the EPA’s recent  finding that greenhouse emissions threaten public health. Today it’s Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) offering the same critique. In a call with reporters, Grassley said Congress never ...
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