The news: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said "tit" on national television earlier today. (Also, he admitted to enjoying government ... ; But, c'mon: "tit"!!) The transcript of Grassley talking farm subsidies with a caller on C-SPAN's Washington Journal today (h/t ThinkProgress): GRASSLEY: For the first 16 years I made $3,000 every other year as ...

... everyone’s favorite wacky Iowan coot, Senator Chuck Grassley, ever since the Senate Finance Committee passed its health care bill without any help or input whatsoever from the “chief Republican negotiator ... So today your sentimental editor went to the YouTube and searched “grassley” in the off-chance he’d been up to anything recently. First result, boom.

I’ve lived off the public tit all these years GRASSLEY: For the first 16 years I made $3,000 every other year as a state legislator. Now do you expect me to live on $3,000 every other year? No I was a factory worker for 10 years and I was a farmer for that period of time and I farm with my son now. So if you’re trying to make a case that I’ve lived off the public tit all these years, I ...

... in the Senate's peripatetic politics. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) (Photo: CNN) The ... climate change." And on a conference call with reporters today, the Finance panel's senior Republican, Chuck Grassley (IA), gave a reluctant but upbeat assessment of ... to surmount a Senate that's dominated by smaller, rural states -- such as Baucus' and Grassley's.

... its latest Iowa poll by Selzer and Co., and Senator Chuck Grassley's approval rating was 57 percent ... the year with. Political independents and Democrats have been responsible for much of Grassley's slide since January. He made up little ground with ... autumn of 2010, Democrats will need to build a case against Grassley that goes beyond his double-dealing on that issue. Even if Democrats run a ...

Senator Chuck Grassley, initially the face of constructive GOP cooperation on health care, is not showing any pretense ... “care” about the health of the U.S. economy. Grassley made the claim on a conference call with Iowa reporters ... ;t follow along then we’re going to ruin our economy,” Grassley said. He added that he didn’t see any signs of “consideration” ...

... results from its latest Iowa poll by Selzer and Co., and Senator Chuck Grassley's approval rating was 57 percent, the ... he began the year with. Political independents and Democrats have been responsible for much of Grassley's slide since January. He made up little ground with them this ... 's Research 2000 poll of Iowans found Grassley leading Conlin by a much narrower margin, 51 percent to ...

Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley took in $154,350 in third-quarter campaign donations from the health insurance industry, ... the Public Campaign Action Fund." Grassley has stated that he will not support reform legislation that includes a public option. ... and Medicaid and Social Security, which are already bankrupt," Grassley said in October. "Can we afford any more entitlements?" ...

... an avid defender of CME, he is also a vociferous critic of Chuck Grassley, the Senate Republican who is investigating various pharma issues, ... his living. In any event, Sullivan does enjoy hounding Grassley. In this blog post, he says the Senator seriously overreaches in probing academic ... ’shameful,’ and he recently compared Grassley to a class bulley. Curiously, Sullivan implies that ...

... health debate will center around GOP ideas, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) suggested Wednesday. Grassley, ... topics of debate will probably be centered on Republican alternatives," Grassley said in a conference call with Iowa reporters. "And we ... in the chamber have said they hope to finish the bill by Christmas. Grassley said the GOP amendments would likely involve medical malpractice reform, ...