Radio Iowa (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Senator Chuck Grassley, the Republican from Iowa, announced today he is a vlogger. Read the release below. It reads in parts a bit like a re-election announcement... Keeping in Touch: Grassley invites Iowans to use new websiteBy U.S. Senator Chuck...
Iowa Independent (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Although Nate Silver’s status as a political forecaster was cemented by this year’s presidential election, I take issue with his suggestion that Sen. Chuck Grassley is a lock to retain his seat in 2010. Briefly, here’s why: Grassley has not had a truly difficult race in some time. Some might argue he has not faced an [...]
Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Responding to complaints from a Niles woman who said she received an experimental heart device without her consent, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is asking questions about the safety of the device, which has been implanted in some heart patients at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Grassley, a ranking member of the Senate Finance Commtitee, said he had "received troubling allegations"...
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
... by issue basis. At , Nate Silver ranks those Republicans (and Dems that we may lose), and rates Chuck Grassley as Vote #66: " Up for re-election -- although he'll probably win easily if he doesn't retire. Still, something like an aging Supreme Court justice, Grassley has moderated in recent years, particularly on good government issues. Iowa is turning bluer."A fun toy: ranks...
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | yesterday
Writing today about the Senate elections of 2010, Marc Ambinder casually added , But... more Republican retirements are expected, including at least two in blue states (Chuck Grassley of Iowa and George Voinovich of Ohio. (A Voinovich spokesperson denies the retirement rumor.)) Anyone know why Ambinder would seem so sure Chuck Grassley [...]
Pharmalot (Free subscription) | yesterday
... clinical study to collect data in support of an application to the FDA for approval, according to Chuck Grassley, who is the ranking Republican on the committee. The allegations were made by Nalini Rajamannan , an associate professor and valve director of the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and Antonitsa Vlahoulis, who received...
Jack and Jill Politics (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) has said that he supports Holder despite his role in the Rich pardon. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), another member of the Judiciary Committee, told reporters last month that he tends to give deference to a presidential Cabinet appointment, particularly for new administrations, and he praised Holder’s credentials. But the article does not to allow us to forget...
Corrente (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Thanks to DCblogger [many, many thanks] we all know that Chuck Grassley and Max Baucus are members of the Senate Finance Committee, and will therefore have some say in what happens to our efforts to get HR 676 passed. Read more…
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Nate Silver is handicapping the 2010 U.S. Senate races at Fivethirtyeight.com and had this to say about Iowa's seat , held by five-term incumbent Chuck Grassley: Grassley will be 77 in 2010 and could retire, in which case the race probably leans Democrat. Absent a retirement, a kamikaze mission by someone [...]
The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
... a "but." But... more Republican retirements are expected, including at least two in blue states (Chuck Grassley of Iowa and George Voinovich of Ohio.)
Pharmalot (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
... failing to disclose at least $1 million in consulting fees from drugmakers ( back story ). Chuck Grassley, the ranking Republican on the committee, has introducd a bill to require drug and device makers to divulge payments made to doctors. In a statement given the Times, he praised the clinic’s move: “Patients deserve easy access to information about their doctors’ relationships with...
Iowa Independent (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
At his popular election blog FiveThirtyEight.com, Nate Silver says Sen. Charles Grassley’s seat would most likely fall to a Democrat if he retires in 2010. Otherwise, he’s a safe bet for re-election. The prediction came during his periodic series ranking the seats in the senate currently known to be contested in 2010. Grassley’s ranks 17 out [...]
On Our Radar Today (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Consensus for Universal Health Care Coverage Appears To Be ... Kaiser network.org, DC - 12 minutes ago Senate Finance Committee ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said, "Increasing access for the uninsured ...
Pharmalot (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
... drugs have been overblown. Yet the trio’s ties to pharma were never disclosed. Then, 10 days ago, Chuck Grassley, the ranking Republican on the US Senate Finance Committee, revealed that Goodwin, a former director of the National Institute of Mental Health, also has substantial ties to several drugmakers. Since 2000, Glaxo, for instance, paid him more than $1.2 million in speaking...
