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Is Chuck Grassley Married?
By Nia J Stanley - Politics DailyChuck Grassley is the incumbent U.S. senator from Iowa and the Republican nominee running for re-election against Democratic nominee Roxanne Conlin. As part of a Politics Daily series about the major candidates in 2010, here are some answers to frequently asked questions about his life. Is Chuck Grassley married? Yes, Grassley is married. Who is Chuck Grassley's wife? Grassley's wife is Barbara Speicher Grassley. How old is Chuck Grassley's wife? Barbara Grassley is in her 70s. A Quad City Times article that addresses the fact that her husband "tweets" and she does not describes her as a ...
Washington in 60 Seconds: Friendly Fire Roils Republicans
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyGood morning Capitolists! Did you feel that slight movement under your feet this morning? It might have been the early signs of a power shift in the country (not to mention the Senate). Read about that and what's happening in Washington in the next 60 seconds: - DeMint is Da Man. Every reporter loves the story of a kingmaker, and after Tuesday's eye-popping primary results, Washington's press corps has anointed South Carolina Republican Jim DeMint the man responsible for taking out eight of the national party's picks for Senate and replacing them on the ballot with Tea Party newcomers. ...
Obama Considering Immigration Moves to Bypass Congress?
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyThe U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services is considering ways to achieve aspects of the White House plan for immigration reform -- including giving some illegals permanent-resident status -- without the approval of Congress, ProPublica reports. Congress appears unlikely to act on the politically sensitive issue this year, meaning the unresolved issue could spill into fall midterm election campaigns. USCIS, a part of the Obama administration, outlines the ideas in a draft memo that includes the possibility of issuing green cards to tens of thousands who entered the country illegally. "In the ...
College Football Shake-Up Has Senators Wary of Impact on State Schools
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyFirst it was the BCS. Now some U.S. senators fear their home state universities may be out in the cold as college football's major conferences move toward realignments that would create a few super conferences, diminishing those schools left behind. In the money-driven shake-up, the University of Nebraska is reportedly on the brink of joining the Big 10 conference and the University of Colorado is headed to the PAC-10. Both are members of the Big 12, which could lose additional schools regarded as football powerhouses. The issue posed by reporters to such senators as Sam Brownback (R-Kan.), ...
Explain This to IRS: Tax Agency Is $32 Billion Short
By Tamara Lytle - AOL News(Jan. 6) -- The Internal Revenue Service suddenly reduced the amount of revenue it reported from delinquent collections by $32 billion, or about 27 percent, providing little information about what happened to the money, according to a report released Wednesday morning. "There is an astonishing lack of transparency as to what is included in these revenue figures and how they are computed," said National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson as part of her annual report to Congress. "The failure to highlight and explain revisions of such magnitude erodes confidence in IRS's data reporting." The IRS ...
Michele Bachmann's Farm Received Over $250,000 in Federal Subsidies
By David Sessions - Politics DailyMinnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann has made herself a prominent face in the Republican Party in 2009, delivering incendiary speeches at Tea Party protests against taxes, bailouts, and other forms of government intervention. Last week, she hosted a rally in Washington against health care reform, which she opposes as a "government takeover." But according to a report by the liberal political Web site Truthdig, Bachmann is not so vociferous about her distaste for "socialized" industry when it comes to her family farm in Minnesota, which accepted over a quarter of a million dollars in federal ...
Senators' Thanksgiving Chores: McCain: 'I'm Frying Two Turkeys!'
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailySenators may have assistants in Washington to do their correspondence and driving, but once they get home, many are more likely to be taking orders than giving them, especially when Thanksgiving dinner needs to get on the table. From three hours of dusting to whipping up a batch of sauerkraut, here are the surprising answers the Capitolist got when we asked senators, "Are you cooking for Thanksgiving this year?" Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.): Yes! I fry turkeys. I fry two turkeys. One you can eat then and one you can eat later. I still haven't burned the porch off. We have a place up in northern ...
Judicial Filibusters and Partisan Hypocrisy
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyRegardless of how it turns out, the confirmation battle over the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor has already highlighted one interesting phenomenon: Democrats and Republicans are swapping arguments. For example, as recently as 2002, Sen. Schumer was advocating judicial filibusters. In fact, he invented the "Schumer Rule" -- which The Hill defines as, "a tactic used by Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) when he opposed judicial nominees because of legal or political ideology." (You might remember all the clamoring from Republicans that judges deserve a fair up or down vote -- well, that was in ...
Sen. Chuck Grassley Files His Own Twitter Entries, Thank You Very Much
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyPoliticians have a complex relationship with the social networking fad-of-the-moment, Twitter.On the one hand you have the tech-savvy younger generation, who have used the microblogging service to do everything from launch a gubernatorial campaign (Gavin Newsom) to declare their heterosexuality (Charlie Crist).On the other hand, you have a bumbling older generation who either has no idea what Twitter is (Jim Bunning) or suddenly remembers that they invented the whole technology and enlists a staffer to "tweet" for them (John McCain).This week, Capitol Hill daily newspaper The Hill made an ...
Best C-Span Clip Evah: Sen. Chuck Grassley Knocks 'em Dead in Budget Committee
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyChuck Grassley is already my favorite GOP trash talker, and he outdid himself today. He serves up a rejoinder to Kent Conrad that's so cold, Conrad doesn't seem to notice: (h/t Caleb Howe)For a change, I have nothing to add. Tommy on: Daily Dose I I TwitterOrder The Audacity of Democracy Starring Tommy Christopher ...
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