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• Conlin/Braley schedule roundtable press events

  
  Des Moines Register Staff Blogs Iowa Politics Insider — Authority: 144
  Roxanne Conlin, a Democrat challenging Sen. Charles Grassley, and U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley will hold roundtable events in Davenport and Waterloo on Monday. The events will focus upon health care and jobs. The first event will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, local 431 ...
  22 hours ago

• Miller-Meeks to again challenge Loebsack

  
  Des Moines Register Staff Blogs Iowa Politics Insider — Authority: 144
  Ottumwa doctor Mariannette Miller-Meeks on Monday will officially announce a second run against Dave Loebsack for Iowa’s 2 nd Congressional District. Miller-Meeks, 54, a Republican, will make a series of stops in the 15-county district located in eastern and southern Iowa.  Barbara Grassley, Iowa Sen. Charles  ...
  1 day ago

• Eight Years Later, Still No Appetite to Share the Burden of War Funding

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 750
  Here’s an interesting response from Sen. Charles Grassley (Iowa), senior Republican on the Finance Committee, when asked by a reporter this morning whether Congress intends to pay for the wars its launched, or continue to borrow the money and pile onto federal deficits. Defending America is a number one ...
  3 days ago

• Senators Thanksgiving Chores: McCain: Im Frying Two Turkeys!

  
  Politics Daily — Authority: 807
  Filed under: The Capitolist Senators may have assistants in Washington to do their correspondence and driving, but once they get home, many are more likely to be taking orders than giving them, especially when Thanksgiving dinner needs to get on the table. From three hours of dusting to whipping up a batch of ...
  3 days ago

• U.S. Sen. Grassley: Grassley seeks information about impact of proposed Medicare tax increase

  
  Coralville Courier — Authority: 514
  WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Senator Chuck Grassley said today that he’s asked for information from the Joint Committee on Taxation about which taxpayers would be impacted by the Medicare payroll tax increase in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009. “If Democratic leaders want to increase Medicare ...
  3 days ago

• The Height of Disingenuity

  
  The League of Ordinary Gentlemen — Authority: 677
  As some of you know, Sen. Grassley has put forth an amendment to prevent a proposed panel on criminal justice reform from engaging in any discussion regarding the propriety of decriminalization or legalization of any drugs.  Jacob Sullum (h/t: Popehat ) notes Grassley’s mind-boggling rationale for this ...
  3 days ago

• GOP Group Undermining Robo-Call Laws Has Ties To DCI

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 772
  American Future Fund (AFF), the shadowy conservative advocacy group thats working to undermine state laws against robo-calling , has ties to DCI Group, a Republican lobbying firm with a reputation for dirty tricks and shady clients. And a closer look at AFF suggests the group has been designed to carry out political ...
  3 days ago

• GOP accuses Conlin of flip-flopping on lobbyist donations

  
  Iowa Independent — Authority: 653
  The National Republican Senatorial Committee is calling foul on Democrat Roxanne Conlin, saying she is trying to have it both ways on the issue of taking donations from lobbyists and political action committees. Conlin has repeatedly said she will not accept donations from lobbyists or PACs, and Tuesday called on ...
  3 days ago

• Grassley goes after proposed high-income payroll tax increase

  
  Iowa Independent — Authority: 653
  It was inevitable that conservatives would attack the Senate health care reform legislation over the proposed 0.5 percent hike in Medicare’s payroll tax for the country’s highest earners. Now they’re drilling down into the specifics. Sen. Chuck Grassley, senior Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, has ...
  4 days ago

• Conlin calls on Grassley to reject PAC money

  
  Iowa Independent — Authority: 653
  One of three Democrats vying to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley is calling on the veteran lawmaker to decline all contributions from federal lobbyists and political action committees (PACs). Des Moines attorney Roxanne Conlin said in an e-mail to Grassley that the senior senator has accepted millions ...
  4 days ago

• Grassley Goes After Proposed Medicare Payroll Tax Increase

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 156
  It was inevitable that conservatives would attack the Senate health care reform legislation over the proposed o.5 percent hike in Medicare’s payroll tax for the country’s highest earners. Now they’re drilling down into the specifics. Sen. Charles Grassley (Iowa), senior Republican on the Senate Finance ...
  4 days ago

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  Bildungblog — Authority: 451
  "Get lost, Chuck! Theres room for only ONE mummy in this goddam pyramid!"
  4 days ago

• Putting a Cork in It

  
  The New Republic - The Plank Feed — Authority: 151
  Nate Silver makes the sharp observation that all the public hand-wringing by red state Democrats about how they wont vote for the health care reform bill in its current form may not do them much good with their voters: Take a look, for instance, at some evidence from Montana, where we have a bit of a controlled ...
  4 days ago

• New documents: White House scrambled to justify AmeriCorps firing after the fact

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 174
  Just hours after Sen. Charles Grassley and Rep. Darrell Issa released a report Friday on their investigation into the abrupt firing of AmeriCorps inspector general Gerald Walpin, the Obama White House gave the lawmakers a trove of new, previously-withheld documents on the affair. It was a twist on the now-familiar ...
  5 days ago

• U.S. Senate confirms Rose, Klinefeldt for U.S. Attorney posts

  
  Iowa Independent — Authority: 653
  Although the big news out of the U.S. Senate over the weekend was that Democrats garnered enough votes to bring health care reform legislation to the floor for debate, something else that happened might have a more immediate impact on Iowa. Nick Klinefeldt & Stephanie Rose Saturday, the full Senate voted on ...
  5 days ago

• Rethugs, I hope this gives you some cloture…I mean, closure

  
  HYSTERICAL RAISINS — Authority: 468
  From POLITICS DAILY : With no votes to spare, Democratic senators moved health care reform past its first major hurdle Saturday night, with a party-line, 60-to-39 vote to begin consideration of the 2,000-plus page bill that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled this week. …snip… The bill that senators ...
  5 days ago

• Health bill moves ahead on partyline vote

  
  Politically Speaking — Authority: 130
  The perceived wariness of a few U.S. Senate moderate Democrats on moving forward the health reform bill cobbled together by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid dissipated yesterday. All 58 Democrats and the two independents who typically vote with the majority party Dems held together and passed the bill (with an $858 ...
  5 days ago

• Grassley: Senate healthcare bill is another big government spending plan

  
  Coralville Courier — Authority: 514
  Senator Chuck Grassley issued the following comment about his opposition to the motion to proceed to H.R. 3590, the legislative vehicle for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009.  “This proposal is another big government spending plan, and after the bailouts for Wall Street and Detroit, a ...
  6 days ago

• Harkin votes to push ObamaCare, ducks constituents

  
  Coralville Courier — Authority: 514
  Despite voter objection, Senate votes 60-39 to push government takeover of health care In a late Saturday night vote, Harry Reids 2,074 healthcare reform bill secured the 60 votes needed in the US Senate allowing debate to begin when Senators return on November 30. Three Democrat senators whose support for the ...
  6 days ago

• Letter from Douglass Kinan to Senator Lieberman re: Ongoing Government Corruption

  
  Whistleblower Support Blog — Authority: 100
    TIME SENSITIVE REQUEST Via fax: 202-224-9750/860-549-8478/866/317-2242 & US Mail 34 Glenburnie Road Boston, MA 02132 November 13, 2009 Honorable Senator Joseph Lieberman ATTN: Clarine Nardi-Riddle, Chief of Staff 706 Hart Office Building Washington, DC 20510 RE: REQUEST TO BE AN EXPERT GOVERNMENT ...
  6 days ago

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