Sen. Chuck Grassley’s slipping ratings were dismissed this week by a spokesperson from his office, Beth Levine, who said the numbers were “[s]elective leaks from a partisan group with a partisan agenda… The White House and its paid political activists are trying to manufacture interest where it’s clearly not a defining issue.” The poll was […]
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Poll: Grassley support slipping over stalled Supreme Court hearing
Sen. Chuck Grassley is taking heat for the stall tactics of the Senate Judiciary Committee he chairs. Grassley has made a vow not to find a replacement for late Supreme Court Justice Atonin Scalia until a new president is elected. A recent telephone poll, conducted on April 22-24 by Hart Research Associates, shows his favorability […]
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Chuck Grassley defends his Clinton email probe
Sen. Chuck Grassley had another highlight reel week. He continued to defend his Hillary Clinton private email investigation, won an award, and mulled his travel options for the Republican National Convention (RNC), to be held Jul. 18 – 21. Regarding his Clinton email probe, he responded to criticism from Sen. Harry Reid who questioned Grassley […]
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Chuck Grassley calls out Chief Justice Roberts on Senate Floor
Sen. Chuck Grassley took the Senate floor to call out Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday. “The chief justice is part of the problem,” Iowa’s senior senator said. Ten days before the late Atonin Scalia died in February, Roberts made a speech in which he decried the Senate confirmations, saying, “The process is […]
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Sen. Grassley will meet with Obama next week over Supreme Court selection
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley announced yesterday that he, along with Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, will meet with President Obama next week to discuss a Supreme Court replacement for the late Justice Antonin Scalia. The pair of senators released a joint statement, calling it a “welcome” opportunity to also “further discuss matters of mutual interest, […]
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Trump takes credit for Sanders’ Iowa surge
Donald Trump told a packed house in the Muscatine High School gymnasium that “Bernie Sanders is surging” because of the billionaire’s attacks on Hillary Clinton. Some polls show Sanders edging out Clinton in Iowa. “I was the best thing that ever happened to Bernie Sanders because my attack on Hillary, all of a sudden she […]
