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Grassley Secures Additional Funds for Agriculture Iowa Senator Advances Amendment to Help Farmers in This Crop Year ? Sen. Chuck Grassley today won approval of his amendment to significantly increase spending for agriculture in the budget under consideration by the U.S. Senate. Grassley's proposal would provide an additional $5 billion for farmers before...

Grassley Releases Witness List for Tax Schemes Hearing Description:Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, released the following witness list for a hearing on Internet-based or -augmented schemes promoting tax avoidance. Witness List A panel consisting of: Aaron Bazar, former seller of tax scams for the Institute for Global Prosperity...

Grassley Secures Funds to Strengthen Medicare, Add Prescription Drug Benefit ? Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, won passage of an amendment to the budget resolution this afternoon to provide funding and maximum flexibility for lawmakers to craft a responsible Medicare reform and prescription drug proposal. The Senate voted 51 to 50...

Grassley Works to Improve Health Options for Older Americans ? Medicare's managed care option requires significant reforms to provide desired access to more older Americans, Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, said today. "Congress introduced managed care to Medicare to give older Americans more health care options," Grassley said....

Presidential Appointment of Jim Moseley Sen. Chuck Grassley issued the following comment regarding President Bush's appointment today of Indiana farmer Jim Moseley to serve as the Deputy Secretary of USDA. "I'm glad to see a farmer and Midwesterner nominated by the Bush Administration for deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It was...

Grassley Comments on The Tax Executives Institute This is my first opportunity as chairman of the Finance Committee to directly address the tax concerns of the corporate business community. As I'm sure you have observed, the primary focus of the President's tax proposal is tax relief for individual taxpayers. As individual taxpayers, most of you should be...

Grassley Works for Action Against Price Fixing by OPEC ? Sen. Chuck Grassley supports congressional action on a bill that would let the federal government take action against price fixing by OPEC, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. The 11-member organization supplies 77 percent of the world's crude oil reserves. "The protected price-fixing...

GAO report on Free Trade Area of the Americas Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today released a General Accounting Office report, "Free Trade Area of the Americas/Negotiations at Key Juncture on Eve of April Meetings" and made the following comment on the report. Note: The report will also be available at http://finance.senate.gov/...

Word On: Long Term Care   Q: How do you propose to mobilize more Americans to prepare for their long-term care needs? A: Unless you have faced a family situation where a loved one requires hands-on care around-the-clock, it’s more than likely you have not given long-term care a second thought. And if you’re under age 30 or married with young children,...

Weeding the Tax Code By Sen. Chuck Grassley, of Iowa   As the nation at large keeps a collective eye upon falling stock prices on Wall Street, merchants on Main Street are taking stock of consumer confidence and spending behavior. As Iowa’s senior U.S. senator, I make it my job to keep tabs on the public’s pulse as closely as I watch over the public’s...

Grassley Announces Hearing on Medicare and Managed Care Dr. Murray N. Ross, Executive Director, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Washington, D.C . Victor E. Turvey, Regional CEO, United Healthcare of the Midwest, Maryland Heights, Mo. Kevin W. McCarthy, Health and Welfare Benefits Consultant, Towers Perrin, Pittsburgh, Penn. Dr. Thomas C. Buchmueller,...

Grassley Announces Hearing on Medicare and Managed Care Dr. Murray N. Ross, Executive Director, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Washington, D.C . Victor E. Turvey, Regional CEO, United Healthcare of the Midwest, Maryland Heights, Mo. Kevin W. McCarthy, Health and Welfare Benefits Consultant, Towers Perrin, Pittsburgh, Penn. Dr. Thomas C. Buchmueller,...

Grassley Announces Hearing on Tax Schemes, Scams and Cons Hearing:"Taxpayer Beware: Schemes, Scams and Cons" Date/time:Thursday, April 5, 2001, at 10 a.m. Location:215 Dirksen Senate Office BuildingDescription:The Internet provides an ideal venue for con artists to promote schemes aimed at tax avoidance. Both tax practitioners and the Internal Revenue...

Grassley Announces Hearing on Medicare and Managed Care Dr. Murray N. Ross, Executive Director, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Washington, D.C . Victor E. Turvey, Regional CEO, United Healthcare of the Midwest, Maryland Heights, Mo. Kevin W. McCarthy, Health and Welfare Benefits Consultant, Towers Perrin, Pittsburgh, Penn. Dr. Thomas C. Buchmueller,...

IRS Says Grassley is Right About Taxpayer Review, Audit Rates ? Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, has received an acknowledgment from the Internal Revenue Service that the agency does indeed subject millions more taxpayers to review than it has maintained. The text of the letter from IRS Commissioner Charles Rossotti, Grassley's...

Grassley Urges Tax Relief for Family Farms, Small Businesses ? Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today said providing tax relief and fairness for family farmers and small business owners is a key ingredient in any recipe for an economic stimulus. "Wall Street gauges the economic slowdown by stock prices," Grassley said. "Main Street...

IRS Says Grassley is Right About Taxpayer Review, Audit Rates ? Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, has received an acknowledgment from the Internal Revenue Service that the agency does indeed subject millions more taxpayers to review than it has maintained. The text of the letter from IRS Commissioner Charles Rossotti, Grassley's...

Jordan Free Trade Agreement Sen. Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, issued the following comment today regarding the Jordan free trade agreement. "Our country's relationship with Jordan is important, and I want to enhance that relationship. A trade agreement is a critical factor for the economy in Jordan and political stability in...

Grassley Adds Tax Calculator to Website ? Sen. Chuck Grassley has added a new feature to his website. A tax calculator allows visitors to simulate some key elements of President Bush's tax plan and how those changes will affect you. To use this calculator, Iowans are invited to visit Sen. Grassley's home page, grassley.senate.gov, and link to the Heritage...

Grassley Announces Hearing on Treasury Nominees Hearing:to consider Department of Treasury Nominees Date/time:Thursday, March 29, 2001, at 11:30 a.m. Location:215 Dirksen Senate Office Building Description: Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, will convene a hearing to hear testimony regarding the nominations of Kenneth W. Dam of...