The Iowa Republican says he was unaware -- until he saw published reports last weekend -- of a PowerPoint presentation outlining how Congress could challenge the 2020 presidential election results, including declaring a national security emergency and seizing paper ballots.
Fact Checker: Sen. Chuck Grassley, who has received campaign contributions from the NRA, blocked a gun control measure days after the deadly Oxford High School shooting, offering an alternative he co-sponsored. Would the provisions of the blocked bill have saved lives?
Inflation continues to squeeze households and businesses and complicates the political environment for Congress and the White House.
Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst voted Wednesday to pass a Senate resolution that would invalidate President Joe Biden’s vaccine or test mandates for private employers.
USDA announces $800 million in aid to producers
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency called for cutting biofuel-blending quotas retroactively for 2020, while outlining targets for this year that track actual consumption as well as a modest increase for 2022.
A federal judge on Monday blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing a coronavirus vaccine mandate on thousands of health care workers in 10 states — including Iowa — that had brought the first legal challenge against the requirement.
At issue is a regulation referred to as “waters of the United States,” or WOTUS, that defines the types of waterways qualifying for federal protection under the Clean Water Act. The regulation has long been a point of contention among environmental advocates, farmers, homebuilders, lawmakers and the courts.
Greenfield, who grew up on a southern Minnesota farm and has worked in real estate and community development, will lead the agency’s efforts to improve the quality of life in rural Iowa.
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley says his vote represented “the people and the needs of Iowans.” He was the only member of Iowa’s congressional delegation to back the trillion-dollar bipartisan infrastructure package.
It’s “absolutely wrong to depict violence against another member of Congress ... There's no excuse or justification for that behavior and I won't defend that behavior.”
Iowa will receive roughly $5 billion over five years in new federal funding under the recently passed bipartisan infrastructure bill.
Kyle Kuehl is first Republican to announce bid in Iowa’s new 1st District
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted an emergency stay of the requirement by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration that those workers be vaccinated by Jan. 4 or face mask requirements and weekly tests.
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