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Senator Grassley warns about potential crisis facing U.S. farm economy

By N. J. Kirk | Sep 26, 2025

Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa has expressed concern about warning signs in the U.S. farm economy, drawing parallels to the 1980s Farm Crisis when many family farms were lost and rural communities suffered lasting impacts. “As a lifelong family...

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Grassley and Durbin question large employers on use of H‑1B visas after mass layoffs

By N. J. Kirk | Sep 25, 2025

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) have sent letters to ten major U.S. companies, questioning their hiring practices after mass layoffs of American workers while simultaneously...

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Grassley joins call for adding phosphate to critical minerals list

By N. J. Kirk | Sep 24, 2025

U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, has joined Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Representative Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), and 65 other lawmakers in urging Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum to add...

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Grassley joins bipartisan effort with senators Risch and Whitehouse on REPO Implementation Act

By N. J. Kirk | Sep 23, 2025

Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), along with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), has introduced the REPO Implementation Act of 2025.

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Grassley pushes legislation aimed at ending recurring federal government shutdown threats

By N. J. Kirk | Sep 12, 2025

Senator Chuck Grassley has reintroduced the Prevent Government Shutdowns Act, aiming to address recurring issues in the federal budgeting process.

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Grassley presses nominees on IRS whistleblower delays and clean fuels tax credit guidance

By N. J. Kirk | Sep 10, 2025

At a Senate Finance Committee nominations hearing, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) questioned President Trump’s nominee for Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Donald Korb, and Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury nominee...

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Senate Judiciary Committee advances judicial and U.S. attorney nominations

By N. J. Kirk | Jun 26, 2025

The Senate Judiciary Committee has moved forward with several judicial and U.S. attorney nominations.