Category Archives: Charles Grassley

Vilsack – Grassley Tussle For Senate?

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Speculation may have been spurred last night on Iowa Press when former governor and current US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said he would not rule out putting his name on a ballot again. From the radioiowa news story: Former … Continue reading →

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2016 Race Opens – Iowans It’s Time To Cut Your Grassley

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Ted Cruz became the first “official” candidate of the 2016 campaign last week with his very uninspiring speech in front of a coerced audience in the very reddest part of red America. Even with all that, Cruz’s speech had the … Continue reading →

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Write Your Letters To The Editor

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Below is a letter to the editor from Muscatine County Democratic chair, Don Paulsen Forty-seven Republican U.S. Senators, including Iowa’s Charles Grassley and Joni Ernst, have shamefully and illegally tried to sabotage negotiations between the United States and Iran. The … Continue reading →

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Joni, Chuck And Their Anti-Iowa Trifecta

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Slightly over 60 days in office for one of our senators, a bit under half a century for our other senator. But there doesn’t seem to be a lick of sense between them at the moment. Joni was never elected … Continue reading →

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Former Grassley Staffer: SCOTUS Killing ACA ‘Would Impact Everyone’

Posted on February 28, 2015 by Dave Bradley

My eye caught the name “Grassley” in the title of this diary on dailykos.com by Joan McCarter. So I peeked in and was astonished to see a former Grassley staffer actually telling the truth about the effects of the SCOTUS … Continue reading →

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Grassley On Social Security – Not Good

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Right after the House changed the rule on money flowing back and forth between the Social Security main fund and the SS Disability Insurance Fund, I wrote my senators and representatives immediately. As I have said here before, I have … Continue reading →

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Keystone XL And The U.S. Senate

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Paul Deaton

During the run-up to the Nov. 18 vote on S-2280, a bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline, I messaged Senators Tom Harkin and Chuck Grassley, asking them to vote no. Harkin voted no, Grassley yes. Senator Grassley sent along … Continue reading →

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Is Ernst The New Palin?

Posted on August 2, 2014 by Dave Bradley

It is beginning to look like Joni Ernst just wants to be another Sara Palin. In case you forget who Palin is, she is the huge mistake John McCain nearly foisted on the US. Mostly known for being a real … Continue reading →

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Thank You, Obamacare!

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Dave Bradley

Since I had written a post telling of my fun with the insurance company I was trying to sign up with through the ACA, I thought I would follow up with a short update. I now have a card and … Continue reading →

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Observations

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Dave Bradley

Observations * I am feeling in a somewhat snarky mood after spending the best part of the past two weeks trying to get my new health insurance in place. You know if we had single payer and everyone was enrolled … Continue reading →

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