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U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Tom Harkin are supporting a newly introduced bill that would ban most meatpackers from owning livestock. The measure was introduced Wednesday by Iowa Republican Grassley and North Dakota Democrat Kent Conrad. Iowa Democrat Harkin and South Dakota Republican Tim Johnson were original co-sponsors. The bill does not impact packers too [...]

On Wednesday, U.S. Senators filed to the floor in order to speak about an amendment offered by Missouri Republican Roy Blunt to a highway bill — although the offering has nothing to do with the many billions of dollars being debated for roadways. Blunt’s amendment hopes to give employers carte blanche refusal of payment or [...]

In July 2011, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican who serves as ranking member on the Judiciary Committee, recorded and posted the following video regarding the upcoming reauthorization of the 1994 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA): At that time, at least based on this weekly address, Grassley was concerned about oversight and accountability in [...]

Over the past weeks the middle class has been held hostage by Chuck Grassley and his Republican colleagues in the Senate. Why? To stand with millionaires and billionaires. While thousands of Iowans braced for not only an immediate loss of unemployment benefits, but a tax increase in the new year, Republicans used them to get [...]

I have many fond memories of my first few years in Iowa. And — no surprise — a few of them are attached to politics. The first two politicians I met after moving here were my local state representatives at the time, Iowa Sen. Mary Lundby and Iowa Rep. Rosemary Thomson. I had not yet [...]

Everyday in Cedar Rapids it seems there is a house being torn down as the owner stands by with tears in their eyes.  This morning, someone stayed away because they “might be a problem if they showed up”. Has anyone seen a picture of any candidate for office that any of us on the west [...]

Elena Kagan was confirmed by the U.S. Senate today on a 63 to 37 vote. Iowa’s senators, Chuck Grassley and Tom Harkin, split with Harkin voting in favor. Will add to this list as more are received… I know I join many Iowans in congratulating Elena Kagan on her confirmation to the Supreme Court, she [...]

It’s the first time I have ever gone into a voting booth and not marked a circle beside the name of at least one of the candidates in all of the categories.  I always would mark the lone candidate just so the Party and the candidate would know what sure support was there before the [...]

Few have forgotten the idiocy of August 2009 when U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley and other conservatives falsely proclaimed that health reform legislation would include “death panels.” “In the House bill, there is counseling for end of life,” Grassley said at a town hall meeting held in mid-August. “You have every right to fear. You shouldn’t [...]

Roxanne Conlin was the first woman in Iowa history to serve as a U.S. Attorney, and now she is poised to give Iowa woman another first. Conlin wants to be the first Iowa woman elected to serve in Congress. In order to complete that task, she’ll first have to battle in a Democratic Primary against [...]