Floor Speech of Senator Chuck Grassley on the McCain Tax Credit for Health Insurance
I come to the floor today to talk about the tax treatment of health insurance. Republicans and Democrats who have studied the issue agree that the current tax treatment of health insurance is inequitable. Others believe that our current tax rules increase health care...
Grassley Analyzes Impact of McCain, Obama Tax Plans on Middle Class Part 2
Even if he really did want to provide the tax relief he is promising, would a Democratic Congress let Senator Obama make good on most of his promises that he will provide middle-class tax relief? Also, would a Democratic Congress fight attempts by Senator McCain to enact the...
Grassley: $199,250 to Goodwill Industries of Central Iowa from the Department of Education
WASHINGTON — Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Education has awarded a grant of $199,250 to Goodwill Industries of Central Iowa in Des Moines.
Goodwill Industries of Central Iowa will use the funds to create and expand job and...
Grassley Analyzes Impact of McCain, Obama Tax Plans on Middle Class Part 1
Floor Speech of Senator Chuck Grassley
Senators McCain and Obama’s tax plans – Effects on Middle Class Taxpayers
Delivered Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008
Beginning in the third week of July, I’ve come to the floor to compare the tax plans of Senators McCain and Obama, our two...
Grassley: More Than $1.6 Million to Iowa from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded five grants totaling $1,633,477 to Iowa.
The funds have...
Senate Clears Modified 10-Acre Rule Legislation
Measure also includes technical changes to new Agricultural Disaster Assistance program
WASHINGTON --- The Senate today passed legislation that would suspendfor a year a provision included the 2008 farm bill that the Department of Agriculture...
Grassley: $138,434 Released to Iowa Legal Aid from U.S. Department of Justice
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Justice has released a $79,719 grant to Iowa Legal Aid in Des Moines through the Edward Byrne Memorial Discretionary Grants...
Grassley: Nearly $23 Billion for National Disaster Relief Clears Senate
WASHINGTON – The Senate today approved $23 billion in disaster assistance for victims of the Midwest floods, Hurricanes Ike and Gustav, California wildfires, and other natural disasters this year. The bill...
U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley Honored as Guardian of Small Business by NFIB
WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 26, 2008 – The National Federation of Independent Business, the nation's leading small business association, today named U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley a Guardian of Small Business for his outstanding voting record on behalf of America's small business owners in the...
Senator Grassley comments on report of Inspector General regarding investment bank oversight
The SEC Inspector General has issued two reports on the SEC programs for overseeing the safety and soundness of investment banks. The reports are postedbelow.
Senator Grassley requested these audits by the SEC watchdog in April (included at the end of this...
House Charity Bill on Supporting Organizations Needs Work
Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, wrote a series of charitable reforms that became law in the Pension Protection Act of 2006. The reforms grew out of his oversight of tax-exempt organizations and laws, which had not been updated substantially since 1969. A bill...
Grassley seeks special watchdog to protect taxpayers
WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley today formalized his call for a Special Office of Inspector General to be established as part of any legislation that Congress considers for the financial system to scrutinize subsequent...
Grassley: Up to $600,000 to Iowa Procurement Technical Assistance Center
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the Department of Defense, Defense Logistics Agency has entered into a $1,200,000 Procurement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement with the Iowa Procurement Technical Assistance Center in Ames. The agreement is a cost-share...
Grassley: $88,657 to United Action for Youth in Iowa City
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a grant of $88,657 to United Action for Youth in Iowa City.
“These funds will help provide youth...
Durbin, Grassley Announce Senate Passage of Bipartisan Bill to Combat Meth
[WASHINGTON, DC] – The U.S. Senate today unanimously passed the Methamphetamine Production Prevention Act, introduced by Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA). This legislation makes it easier for pharmacies to use electronic logbook systems to monitor sales of meth...
Grassley: House Disaster Relief Tax Bill is “Measly for the Midwest”
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today said the House of Representatives-passed disaster relief tax package shortchanges Iowa and other Midwestern states that suffered floods and tornadoes this spring. Grassley’s version of Midwestern disaster tax relief passed the Senate 93...
Inspector General Reform Act Clears Senate
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: Reporters and Editors
RE: Inspector General Reform Act Clears Senate
DA: Thursday, September 25, 2008
Senator Chuck Grassley released the following statement after the Inspector...
House is Playing Games with Tax Extenders, Midwest Disaster Tax Relief Part 1
M E M O R A N D U M
To: Reporters and Editors
Re: Tax extenders, disaster tax relief
Da: Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008
Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today made the following comment on...
Grassley: $150,000 to Iowa State University from the National Science Foundation
WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that Iowa State University has received a grant of $150,000 from the National Science Foundation.
The funds will be used to help pay for a genes and genomes research project titled “Collaborative Research:...
