In response to Lois Lerner Sought Audit Involving Sen Chuck Grassley: It’s not surprising that the outrage meter pegged on this because the target was a sitting Republican Senator who just happens to be sitting on the Finance Committee. (I
An email has surfaced indicating former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner “sought an audit involving” Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa. Grassley in 2012 after a mix up somehow led to her inadvertently led to her receiving an event invitation meant for Grassley. He also
A KFC owner in Iowa who has been accused of instructing employees not to hire too many black people will host a fundraiser on Friday for Iowa’s presumptive Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate. Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA), who is running
Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA), a candidate for U.S. Senate, was caught denigrating Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley (R) as just a “farmer from Iowa who never went to law school” at a Texas fundraiser and apologized to Grassley after the video
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is aiming to distract from Obamacare’s failures by changing Senate rules to slip through scores of controversial Obama nominees, senior Republicans say. Reid went to the Senate floor on Thursday to make his case to
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley’s Interview with C-SPAN “Newsmakers”…
In Washington D.C., a sparse five residents have been able to enroll in a health insurance plan provided by the Affordable Care Act–making the cost to taxpayers per enrollee a whopping $26.7 million. According to data released by Senators Orrin Hatch
The ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) wants answers from the heads of three federal courts, the 8th, 10th and 11th circuit court of appeals, on why they went forward with conferences at what’s been described as “lavish resorts”
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) believes that Huma Abedin, the Hillary Clinton confidante and wife of New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner, and the State Department are stonewalling his investigation of the undisclosed consulting work Abedin did while on the
Confidential tax records of certain political candidates and campaign donors were “improperly scrutized” according to the Treasury Department. The Department of Justice has refused to prosecute the cases. J. Russell George, the Treasury Department’s inspector general, privately told Senator Chuck
Despite a directive from the Obama administration, the Internal Revenue Service will pay out $70M in bonuses, according to Senator Chuck Grassley. “Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa says his office has learned that the IRS is executing an agreement with
Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said Monday that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has still not answered questions about the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill, despite having more than a month to do so
Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Sen. Chuck Grassley said Tuesday night that the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill is far from a real solution to the nation’s immigration woes. “Coming into the debate, my position was clear,” Grassley said in
An amendment proposed by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to the comprehensive immigration reform bill that clears the path to citizenship for illegal aliens with two convictions for drunk driving has passed. As the Senate committee continues the markup process on
Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is calling on Attorney General Eric Holder to come clean about his role in the Department of Justice’s decision to seize phone records of the Associated Press secretly. In a Monday evening statement, Grassley said the
The “Gang of Eight” immigration bill amends or refers to at least 52 other current laws, Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) noted in his opening statement at Thursday’s committee markup of the bill. “This bill is
Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) came out strongly critical of the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill in his opening statement at the bill’s committee markup on Thursday. Grassley compared the 867-page bill to the 1986 amnesty
Next week, the Senate will vote on Obama’s nominee to Chair the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, David Medine. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, followed up the confirmation hearing with a list of
The effort in the media has begun to paint anyone voicing concern over the handling of the Boston terrorists within the ICE system as in some way “using the terror in Boston” as a means to slow “immigration reform,” and
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) “Our immigration bill has received widespread support and praise…the American people are overwhelmingly in favor of immigration reform, And will not be satisfied with calls for delays and impediments towards the bill. I would say to
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said in light of the Boston Marathon bombings, which were allegedly committed by individuals who immigrated to the US, that the Gang of Eight’s immigration bill should not be rushed because it is a bill that
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) responded to Senate Judiciary Committee ranking GOP member Sen. Chuck Grassley’s concerns about the secrecy of the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” immigration reform deliberations by saying any proposal the group will come up with is intended
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), ranking GOP member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and three of his fellow conservative committee colleagues are demanding the Republican members of the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” take their immigration reform negotiations out of the shadows so
It’s an honor to be visited by a sitting president, but these days security concerns are so overwhelming that it is often very uncomfortable for those residents and businessmen that live nearby. And with Obama’s visit to the Iowa state
The Justice Department’s inspector general found rampant nepotism in Attorney General Eric Holder’s Justice Department. According to The Hill, the inspector general found “at least seven instances of federal employees engaging in illegal attempts to hire family members at the
