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Charles E. Grassley Republican U.S. Senator Of IOWA
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donaldc4  : RT @anthgulino: .@ChuckGrassley English isn't your first language, huh big guy?
2012-05-24T06:55:47Z
corvetteBeth  : RT @KrauseForIowa: "@ChuckGrassley: Stopped at McDonalds for milkshake.Couldnt find Dairy Queen in this part of DSM."//Hmm.#DairyQueen owned by #WarrenBuffett.
2012-05-24T06:10:32Z
corvetteBeth  : RT @JEBocanegra1: @ChuckGrassley She should be the one in your Senate seat, the country might be better off
2012-05-24T06:08:56Z
corvetteBeth  : RT @SouthShoreTwit: .@ChuckGrassley Could you ask your translator to retweet this in English?
2012-05-24T06:08:46Z
corvetteBeth  : RT @anthgulino: .@ChuckGrassley English isn't your first language, huh big guy?
2012-05-24T06:08:35Z
MichaelBarger1  : RT @dcodrea: @ChuckGrassley @DarrellIssa Grassley holds key to bypass balking on Holder contempt charges http://t.co/5kUP5b56 via @sharethis
2012-05-24T06:00:07Z
MichaelBarger1  : RT @beulahgg: RT @dcodrea: @ChuckGrassley @DarrellIssa Grassley holds key 2 bypass balking on Holder contempt charges http://t.co/CRfxcPtA via @sharethis
2012-05-24T05:59:57Z
art_f2001  : RT @SeniorInfo4u: What Has The "Affordable Care Act" Done for Medicare? http://t.co/xSJj9KcG .@chuckgrassley #obamacare #sctweets #ar2
2012-05-24T05:45:40Z
shaylamali  : @senatorsessions @johncornyn @marcorubio @chuckgrassley @senatorburr HOW DARE YOU VOTE YAY FOR THE NDAA!?!?!
2012-05-24T03:40:16Z
ladyisambitious  : RT @SeniorInfo4u: What Has The "Affordable Care Act" Done for Medicare? http://t.co/xSJj9KcG .@chuckgrassley #obamacare #sctweets #ar2
2012-05-24T03:30:55Z
susanbrandon96  : @ChuckGrassley Good! People will learn the benefits &realize it's better than the GOPs "let them die" care.
2012-05-24T03:16:35Z
LadyHuckleberi  : RT @beulahgg: RT @dcodrea: @ChuckGrassley @DarrellIssa Grassley holds key 2 bypass balking on Holder contempt charges http://t.co/CRfxcPtA via @sharethis
2012-05-24T03:13:05Z
missb62  : RT @KrauseForIowa: "@ChuckGrassley: Stopped at McDonalds for milkshake.Couldnt find Dairy Queen in this part of DSM."//Hmm.#DairyQueen owned by #WarrenBuffett.
2012-05-24T03:12:24Z
tahDeetz  : RT @beulahgg: RT @dcodrea: @ChuckGrassley @DarrellIssa Grassley holds key 2 bypass balking on Holder contempt charges http://t.co/CRfxcPtA via @sharethis
2012-05-24T03:10:45Z
DAbitty  : RT @KrauseForIowa: "@ChuckGrassley:PresO has crisis a week(Buffet,War on Women)"//Crises caused by U:BushTaxBreaks 4 wealthy,Anti-Lilly #Ledbetter.#p2 #ialegis
2012-05-24T03:10:31Z
Superman6869  : @ChuckGrassley Tell us the truth, what is O doing? Start bring our military home ....to protect us!
2012-05-24T03:08:27Z
KrauseForIowa  : "@ChuckGrassley: Stopped at McDonalds for milkshake.Couldnt find Dairy Queen in this part of DSM."//Hmm.#DairyQueen owned by #WarrenBuffett.
2012-05-24T03:08:00Z
KrauseForIowa  : "@ChuckGrassley:PresO has crisis a week(Buffet,War on Women)"//Crises caused by U:BushTaxBreaks 4 wealthy,Anti-Lilly #Ledbetter.#p2 #ialegis
2012-05-24T03:05:32Z
AZTanya  : Yup. Repubs have nothing to do with the "nothing" happening in Congress. @ChuckGrassley
2012-05-24T03:00:49Z
AZTanya  : "electirate" has exactly same # of characters as "electorate" - was it a typo? @ChuckGrassley
2012-05-24T03:00:28Z
 
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BIO INFORMATION

Senate Years of Service: 1981-
Party: Republican

GRASSLEY, Charles Ernest, a Representative and a Senator from Iowa; born in New Hartford, Butler County, Iowa, September 17, 1933; attended the public schools; graduated, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls 1955; received a graduate degree from the same university in 1956; pursued graduate work, University of Iowa, Iowa City 1957-1958; engaged in agriculture; part-time university instructor; member, Iowa house of representatives 1959-1974; elected in 1974 as a Republican to the Ninety-fourth Congress; reelected to the Ninety-fifth and Ninety-sixth Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1981); was not a candidate in 1980 for reelection to the House of Representatives, but was elected to the Senate in 1980; reelected in 1986, 1992, 1998 and in 2004 for the term ending January 3, 2011; chair, Special Committee on Aging (One Hundred Fifth Congress), Committee on Finance (One Hundred Seventh Congress [January 20 to June 6, 2001], One Hundred Eighth and One Hundred Ninth Congresses).

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TitleStartEndStateDistrict
U.S. Senator 1981 2010 Iowa
U.S. Representative 1975 1980 Iowa 3

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Washington Address: 135 Hart Senate Office Building
Phone: 202-224-3744
Fax: 202-224-6020
Web site: http://grassley.senate.gov/

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Bill s319
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Bill s27
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Bill s23
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Bill s20
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Bill s18
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Bill sr251
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A resolution commending and expressing thanks to professionals of the intelligence community.
Bill sr185
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Bill sr180
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Bill sr132
A resolution recognizing and honoring the zoos and aquariums of the United States.
Bill sr99
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the primary safeguard for the well-being and protection of children is the family, and that the primary safeguards for the legal rights of children in the United States are the Constitutions of the United States and the several States, and that, because the use of international treaties to govern policy in the United States on families and children is contrary to principles of self-government and federalism, and that, because the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child undermines traditional principles of law in the United States regarding parents and children, the President should not transmit the Convention to the Senate for its advice and consent.
Bill sr87
A resolution designating the year of 2012 as the "International Year of Cooperatives".
Bill sr20
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should immediately approve the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement, the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement, and the United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement.
Bill sc23
A concurrent resolution declaring that it is the policy of the United States to support and facilitate Israel in maintaining defensible borders and that it is contrary to United States policy and national security to have the borders of Israel return to the armistice lines that existed on June 4, 1967.
Bill sc13
A concurrent resolution honoring the service and sacrifice of members of the United States Armed Forces who are serving in, or have served in, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation New Dawn.
Bill sc6
A concurrent resolution commending the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on the occasion of its 102nd anniversary.
Bill sc3
A concurrent resolution honoring the service and sacrifice of Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta, a native of Hiawatha, Iowa, and the first living recipient of the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War.

Committees
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
    Commodities, Markets, Trade and Risk Management

    Jobs, Rural Economic Growth and Energy Innovation

    Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, Marketing and Agriculture Security

Senate Committee on Finance
    Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure

    Health Care Ranking Member

    International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness

Senate Committee on the Budget
Senate Committee on the Judiciary (Ranking Member)
    Administrative Oversight and the Courts

    Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights

    Immigration, Refugees and Border Security

Joint Committee on Taxation
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control

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