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Grassley: Democrats Have Rejected Good Faith Offers on DACA

U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on the floor of the U.S. Senate, discussing the negotiations over the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) said Democrat leaders had rejected good faith offers.

Episode 18: Will Estrada Discusses the Parental Rights Amendment

Shane Vander Hart discusses the Parental Rights Amendment (H.J. Res. 121/S.J. Res. 48) with Will Estrada with the Home School Legal Defense Association.

Republicans Introduce 20-Week Abortion Ban in the Senate

Forty-six Republican Senators backed the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act formally introducing the bill that passed in the U.S. House on Tuesday.

Watch: Joni Ernst Questions Bill Northey at His Nomination Hearing

U.S. Senator Joni Ernst questions Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey during his confirmation hearing for an Under Secretary of Agriculture post.

Ernst and Grassley Call for Senate to Cancel October Recess

U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) to cancel October recess.

Repeal and Replace? No Thanks, Take 2!

G. Keith Smith, M.D.: Americans perceive the contempt that elites have for those on whom they would inflict medical care they would never stand for themselves.

Seven Republican Senators Who Voted Against Obamacare Repeal

U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander, Shelley Moore Capito, Suans Collins, Dean Heller, John McCain, Lisa Murkowski, and Rob Portman voted against Obamacare repeal.

Ted Cruz Dings CNN’s Tweet About His Consumer Freedom Amendment

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) effectively rebutted CNN’s tweet about his amendment to the Senate health care bill with one tweet of his own.

A Timeless Prayer Prayed in the U.S. Senate

Senate Chaplain Peter Marshall prayed a prayer in 1947 in the chamber of the U.S. Senate that we should pray for our elected officials today.

Branstad Confirmed as Ambassador to China

Iowa Governor Terry Branstad was confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to China late Monday afternoon by the U.S. Senate on an 82 to 13 bipartisan vote.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Approves Branstad’s Nomination

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved Iowa Governor Terry Branstad’s nomination as U.S. Ambassador to China setting up a full Senate vote.

Senate Republicans Use the Nuclear Option to Confirm Gorsuch

Senate Democrats let the first partisan filibuster against a nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, the nuclear option was used to allow a majority vote.

Prior to Senate Democrat Filibuster Grassley Defends Gorsuch

U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on the Senate floor before the Senate Democrats’ filibuster of Neil Gorsuch said: “nothing will stick.”

Senate Votes to Allow States to Defund Abortion Clinics

The U.S. Senate voted 51-50 to send a bill reversing an Obama-era rule directing state family planning money to Planned Parenthood to the President’s desk.
The Supreme Court Building in Washington, DC. Photo taken by Tim Sackton (CC-By-SA 2.0).

Sixty Pro-Life Leaders Call for Neil Gorsuch’s Confirmation to SCOTUS

Sixty national and state pro-life leaders signed a joint letter calling on the U.S. Senate to confirm Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley speaking at the Iowa Republican Party's 2015 Lincoln Dinner. Photo credit: Gage Skidmore (CC-By-SA 2.0)

New Grassley Ad Highlights Accomplishments as Senate Judiciary Chair

A new ad in Iowa’s U.S. Senate race Chuck Grassley’s reelection campaign showcases his bipartisan work as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee.