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Chuck Grassley

  1. presidential line of succession
    Californians Move Toward Lock on Presidential SuccessionIf Feinstein becomes the next Senate president pro tem, she joins VP Harris and a California House Speaker in the chain of presidential succession.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. politics
    The Midterms Could Give the Senate a MAGA MakeoverRetirements and primary challenges could decimate the Senate’s Establishment Republicans.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. 2022 midterms
    Republican Senator Rob Portman to Retire in 2022The fight for control of the Senate in 2022 is already underway. The key factor could be the kind of Republican divisions evident in Portman’s Ohio.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. impeachment
    Are There Enough Senate Republican Votes to Convict Trump?With the MAGA base still strong and plenty of excuses for Republicans to say no, conviction faces steep odds.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. coronavirus
    Republican Senator Chuck Grassley Tests Positive for COVIDGrassley, the second oldest senator and the lawmaker third in line for the presidency, said he was “feeling good.”
    By Matt Stieb
  6. 2020 elections
    Joni Ernst Bombs on Must-Know Soybean Question in DebateRepublican Ernst became famous for her 2014 ads bragging about her experience castrating hogs on an Iowa farm. She seems to have lost touch.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. donald trump
    Joint Chiefs Chairman Defies Trump on Bases Named After TraitorsGeneral Mark Milley is fine with renaming bases to remove names of those who committed an “act of treason” in a bad cause.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. vision 2020
    Trump Picked the Wrong Hostage in Battle Over Confederate-Named Military BasesSenator Chuck Grassley predicts that Republicans will override Trump if he vetoes the defense bill to block the renaming of military bases.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. coronavirus
    No Plans in Coronavirus-Infected White House for President PelosiIf they’re going to court disaster by eschewing health precautions, Trump and Pence need to plan for what they’ll do if it strikes.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. vision 2020
    What If Trump Tried to Cancel the November Election?Trump can’t really cancel a constitutionally mandated general election, but could make voting difficult and trigger a court fight and a fresh crisis.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. senate
    Grassley Bumping Graham As Judiciary Committee ChairmanIt’s got nothing to do with impeachment, and everything to do with seniority.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. racism
    Republicans Have Tolerated Steve King’s Racism for a Long TimeUntil very recently, his fellow Republicans were happy to express solidarity with King despite his notorious nativism.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. criminal justice reform
    Senate Finally Passes Bipartisan Criminal-Justice Reform BillThe question remains: Is this modest bill the beginning or the end of criminal-justice reform efforts in Congress?
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. criminal justice reform
    Will Mitch McConnell Stand Tall for the Lock-Em-All-Up Racists of His Party?Trump could probably get his son-in-law’s prison-/sentencing-reform compromise through the Senate with a call to McConnell — but he may not even try.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. musical chairs
    Lindsey Graham to Become Senate Judiciary Chairman and Trump Point ManThe formerly independent Graham will now be the point man for Trump in a very sensitive position.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. criminal justice reform
    Trump Finally Supports Kushner’s Compromise Criminal-Justice Reform BillIt’s not a done deal just yet, but Jared Kushner did get his father-in-law across the line after more than two years of delays.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. politics
    Grassley Suggests Women Can’t Handle Judiciary CommitteeHe then claimed in his walk back that women outwork men in the Senate and should dominate the Supreme Court.
    By Chas Danner
  18. the kavanaugh hearings
    Flake Forces Delay in Senate Floor Vote on Kavanaugh; Trump Approves FBI ProbeFlake supported Kavanaugh’s confirmation but successfully pushed for a one-week delay in the Senate vote pending an FBI investigation.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. the kavanaugh hearings
    GOP: We Need More Evidence to Judge Ford’s Claims. Please Don’t Give Us Any.Senate Republicans’ arguments for why the FBI does not need to investigate allegations against Kavanaugh collapse under scrutiny.
    By Eric Levitz
  20. the kavanaugh confirmation
    Chuck Grassley’s Handling of the Ford Hearing Is an Ongoing DisasterIn the high drama of this moment, the 85-year-old farmer is overmatched.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. the kavanaugh hearings
    Senate Dems Deftly Highlighted GOP Insensitivity Toward Christine Blasey FordFeinstein set the hearing’s tone by noting the historic mishandling of sexual-assault claims, while GOP senators looked feckless and uncomfortable.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. the kavanaugh confirmation
    GOP Sticking With Kavanaugh Game Plan Despite New AllegationsIt’s going to be awkward at tomorrow’s hearing for Republicans to pretend Christine Blasey Ford is Kavanaugh’s only accuser.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. the kavanaugh hearings
    GOP Hires Arizona Sex Crimes Prosecutor to Question Kavanaugh and FordUnlike the 11 Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, she’s a woman.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  24. the kavanaugh hearings
    The Right Closes Ranks Behind KavanaughConservative passion for the Supreme Court nominee isn’t rational any more. It’s holy war.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. the kavanaugh hearings
    Kavanaugh Goes to War As New Sexual-Assault Allegations EmergeThe guarded judge of the earlier Senate hearings is gone, as Kavanaugh identifies with his angry defenders.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. garrett ventry
    Aide Who Guided Kavanaugh Strategy Quits Over Sexual Harassment AllegationGarrett Ventry also worked for the PR firm that has been trying to undermine Christine Ford’s credibility.
    By Benjamin Hart
  27. the kavanaugh confirmation
    Grassley Closes, then Reopens Talks with Ford Over TestimonyLooks like Republicans have decided they’ve got the votes to confirm Kavanaugh and will no longer try to look sympathetic to the judge’s accuser.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. the kavanaugh hearings
    Everything That’s Happened During the First Day of Brett Kavanaugh’s HearingsFurious Democrats and protestors defined the early going.
    By Benjamin Hart
  29. the kavanaugh hearings
    Democrats Come Out With Guns Blazing at Kavanaugh HearingMaybe Senate Democrats will roll over eventually, but they aren’t going quietly along with the Kavanaugh confirmation initially.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. john mccain
    GOPers Balk at Honoring John McCain instead of Segregationist DemocratIt’s not Richard B. Russell’s fellow Democrats but Republicans who are hesitant about renaming a Senate building to honor McCain.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. criminal justice reform
    Trump Overrules Kushner, Puts Hold on Criminal-Justice Reform BillIn the end, Trump listened to crime demagogues like Tom Cotton instead of Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley — or his own son-in-law.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. politics
    Can Jared Kushner Talk Trump Into a Sentencing Reform Push?The prospects for a bipartisan sentencing reform bill are looking up now that the president seems supportive and Sessions has been sidelined.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. The GOP Is Setting Up a Narrow Window for the Kavanaugh ConfirmationChuck Grassley says he hopes to wrap it all up by the beginning of October, and his party had better hope he’s not off by much.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. Bracing for a Supreme Court Retirement BombshellAt the end of the term, the focus is on Kennedy, whose retirement could ignite the Senate races. But Thomas’s exit might spark a battle in the GOP.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. Iowa Could Be 2018’s Bellwether for DemocratsThe state that lurched heavily red in 2014 and 2016 could lurch back, and that would be significant given Iowa’s Trump-friendly demographics.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. Can Kushner’s Patchy Prison-Reform Bill Survive the Senate?A House-passed bill backed by the Trump administration at the behest of Jared Kushner could succumb to bipartisan crossfire in the Senate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. Grassley to Aging Supreme Court Justices: Retire NowThe Republican senator says that if any justices are thinking of retiring in the near future, they should do so before this year’s midterm elections.
    By Eric Levitz
  38. 4 GOP Senators Call for Second Special Counsel to Investigate FBIRepublicans still suspect the FBI misused the Steele dossier, despite the dearth of evidence for that charge in Devin Nunes’s infamous memo.
    By Eric Levitz
  39. Senate Votes Down Every Immigration ProposalTrump’s own proposal and a bipartisan compromise that he angrily opposed both went down in the Senate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  40. Will Trump Make or Break an Immigration Deal?The odds of any legislation making it through the abattoir of both houses of Congress is limited at best — unless Trump gives Republicans cover.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. Don Jr.’s Senate Testimony on Trump Tower Meeting Will Be Made PublicThe Senate Judiciary Committee is pulling back the curtain on its investigation into Russian election meddling.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  42. 3 Bombshell Claims in the Leaked Testimony on Trump and RussiaDemocrats just released testimony on the Christopher Steele dossier that Republicans don’t want you to see.
    By Eric Levitz
  43. Grassley: Non-Wealthy People Would Waste Tax Cuts on ‘Booze or Women or Movies’It’s an implicit part of conservative economic theory that investors are the only people who matter. But most GOP pols don’t say it out loud.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. McConnell Pulls Out the Stops to Smooth Path for Trump’s Judicial Nominees.GOP used the “blue slip” tradition that let senators veto home-state judges to thwart Obama nominations. Now they’re denying Democrats the same power.
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. When Two Warring Parties Share a State’s U.S. Senate SeatsThe number of “split” Senate delegations is declining steadily, and with it the phenomenon of voters deliberately choosing a senator from each party.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. Blue-Slip Tradition, Democrats’ Best Weapon Against Right-Wing Judges, in PerilThe century-long tradition of requiring approval of judicial nominees by home-state senators could soon be scrapped under pressure from conservatives.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. Grassley Strongly Implies That Comey Told Him Trump Isn’t Under InvestigationThe Republican senator called on the FBI to say publicly whether it is investigating the president.
    By Eric Levitz
  48. Will Republicans Let Trump Curb the Russia Investigation?There are few ways to pursue an investigation of Russia-Trump ties if the administration fights it, so long as the congressional GOP has Trump’s back.
    By Ed Kilgore
  49. Trump Is Going to Lose It When He Finds Out About This Obscure Senate RuleHe has just nominated ten federal judges. Democratic senators can use the arcane “blue slip” practice to block three.
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. GOP Senator Fans Rumors Trump Will Get Another SCOTUS Pick This YearChuck Grassley raises conservative hopes about a fifth vote against the right to choose.
    By Ed Kilgore
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