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Chuck Grassley

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    November 9, 2011

    Iowa Still Ground Zero on Gay Marriage

    ​More than two years before New York got its shit together last summer, the über-progressive state of Iowa made same-sex marriage legal in 2009. The decision came from the state's Supreme Court, which drew from their state constituion's long history of being way ahead of the curve on civil ri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    "Nobody Likes Cathie Black": This Week's Score Card

    ​Cathie Black, Mayor Bloomberg's Schools Chancellor appointee that nobody likes, is getting less popular with each passing day -- so unpopular, in fact, that she was given a big "thumbs down" by the panel chosen to evaluate her. Several groups, including city councilmen, state assemblymen, par ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2010

    Cathie Black, That Cosmo Girl, Deserves a Chance. For Now.

    ​Granted, it's hard to see how the tools for putting out Cosmopolitan (this month's lead article: "First, Take Off His Pants") and Seventeen ("Amazing Hair") instantly translate into running the nation's largest and most troubled public school system. But for the moment anyways, it might be wo ... More >>

  • News

    August 18, 2010

    Inside Rick Lazio's Biggest Wall Street Deal—The Chummy E-Mails

    Diverting nearly a billion in retiree benefits into subprime risk? Oh, just watch him work the e-mail.

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2009

    Liveblogging the Obama Health Care Speech

    ​ 8:05. The look of surprise Hillary Clinton uses when she greets people in crowds makes her look like she's trying to wake herself up. We wonder if she has a callous on her cheek from getting kissed. Whoops, Brian Williams said "death panels" was bogus! Liberalmediabias! Do a shot! 8:11. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2009

    Sotomayor Approved by Judiciary Committee

    Sonia Sotomayor's appointment to the Supreme Court has just been approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee en banc. All the Democrats (Herb Kohl, Dianne Feinstein, Russell Feingold, Chuck Schumer, Benjamin Cardin, Dick Durbin, Al Franken, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy Klobuchar, Ed Kaufman, Arlen Specter ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    Sotomayor Hearings Spark Yelling, Levity, Odd Constituent Tweets

    Sotomayor was just explaining her eminent domain decision to Charles Grassley when someone started yelling about abortion again. The dour Grassley's comment: "I always said I had the ability to turn people on." He's been waiting to use that joke a long time, we expect. Our favorite tweet of the he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2009

    Obama's Inspector General Problem

    Hmmm, does the Obama administration have a problem with the watchdogs assigned to keep an eye on federal agencies? We ask because the Chicago Tribune is reporting that Obama's Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner [pictured] is embroiled in a dispute with an inspector general overseeing the government fin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2009

    Another Probe for Another Ex-Giuliani Aide

    There's a blast from the Giuliani past sitting atop the fold on Page B1 of the Times' business section this morning in the form of a photo of Charlie Millard, Rudy's former top economic aide who ran the city's Economic Development Corporation in the Giuliani era. The story about him includes the mos ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2009

    AIG Blame Gets Passed Around

    Everyone remains angry at AIG, but as the first rage-wave subsides, some parties are looking to affix blame on persons rather than initials. Some notice that Chris Dodd did not end the bonuses in the terms of the bailout legislation. But as that directive came from Treasury, blame also falls on Secr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2009

    Everyone Mad at AIG, Some Murderously So

    With Bernie Madoff safely locked away, the nation is turning its righteous indignation toward AIG, which has been taking our tax dollars and giving them to other failed businesses and its own failed executives. Charles Grassley of the senate finance committee suggested those excecutives kill thems ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2008

    Caroline Kennedy in the Senate? Gag me with a silver spoon.

    With Bernie Madoff safely locked away, the nation is turning its righteous indignation toward AIG, which has been taking our tax dollars and giving them to other failed businesses and its own failed executives. Charles Grassley of the senate finance committee suggested those excecutives kill thems ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2008

    Daily Flog: Feds bail out Citibank, automakers. You're still at the end of the bread lines.

    With Bernie Madoff safely locked away, the nation is turning its righteous indignation toward AIG, which has been taking our tax dollars and giving them to other failed businesses and its own failed executives. Charles Grassley of the senate finance committee suggested those excecutives kill thems ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2008

    Rotten Tomatoes: Republicans Defeat Windfall Oil Profits Tax

    With Bernie Madoff safely locked away, the nation is turning its righteous indignation toward AIG, which has been taking our tax dollars and giving them to other failed businesses and its own failed executives. Charles Grassley of the senate finance committee suggested those excecutives kill thems ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2008

    TABLOIDED: The Post and Obama: Strange Bedfellows

    With Bernie Madoff safely locked away, the nation is turning its righteous indignation toward AIG, which has been taking our tax dollars and giving them to other failed businesses and its own failed executives. Charles Grassley of the senate finance committee suggested those excecutives kill thems ... More >>

  • News

    September 11, 2007

    Shock and Awe

    The stunning comeback of electroshock and other harrowing treatments for the mentally ill

  • News

    September 27, 2005

    Abandonment Issues

    Bush gives hurricane victims that familiar sinking feeling

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2005

    Why Do You Think They Call Him Dope?

    Bush gives hurricane victims that familiar sinking feeling

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2005

    Morning Report 2/15/05
    Parliament? Funkadelic!

    Bush gives hurricane victims that familiar sinking feeling

  • News

    November 23, 2004

    At a Loss for Words

    FBI's translation scandal heats up; more whistle-blowers emerge

  • News

    July 6, 2004

    Speechless

    Ashcroft again screws down the lid on whistle-blower Sibel Edmonds

  • News

    May 18, 2004

    This Made Ashcroft Gag

    Translator keeps blowing 9-11 whistle on FBI; U.S. Keeps shutting her up

  • News

    April 6, 2004

    FBI Whistle-Blowers Go Unheard

    9-11 Commission disregards survivor families' interests

  • News

    February 17, 2004
  • News

    February 3, 2004

    Briefly Noted

    U.S. Intelligence Questioned

  • News

    April 15, 2003

    Ashcroft's New Ally

    Senator Schumer Pushes to Make Covert Surveillance Easier

  • NYC Life

    February 11, 2003

    Dinky's I.N.S. Techno-cality

    Senator Schumer Pushes to Make Covert Surveillance Easier

  • News

    December 24, 2002

    Nation

    Senator Schumer Pushes to Make Covert Surveillance Easier

  • News

    June 26, 2001

    Kind Bud

    Uncle Sam's Medical Pot Project Is Light on Research, Heavy on Compassion

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