The House passed a measure to eliminate all state regulation of artificial intelligence for a decade. The last line of defense may be legislation from Sen. Chuck Grassley.
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How Washington Bargained Away Rural America
Every five years, the farm bill brings together Democrats and Republicans who are normally at each other’s throats. The result is the continued corporatization of agriculture.
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Booze, Women, and Movies: Chuck Grassley Couldn’t Be More Wrong about Taxpayers
Grassley’s characterizations of ordinary Americans are not only callous, but also patently false.
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Chuck Grassley Has Done Enough.
After spending the last year as the Lucy to Max Baucus’ Charlie Brown, Senator Chuck Grassley is now expressing his opinions on Financial Regulation. They don’t make a ton of sense, and, unsurprisingly, Grassley thinks the process will take much longer than people believe. Thank goodness Grassley is not on the relevant committee. This is […]
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Quote of the Day: Chuck Grassley Edition.
As expected, the Senate Finance Committee just rejected the Rockefeller amendment to include a public option in its health reform bill. During the debate, Chuck Grassley said: The government is not a fair competitor. It’s a predator. The argument that the public option will kill the private insurance market is bunk: The public option would […]
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Giving Up on Grassley, and What Comes Next for Health Care Reform.
Ezra has a good catch with this fundraising letter [PDF] sent out by Senator Chuck Grassley, ostensibly the chief Republican negotiator on health care reform: I had to rush you this Air-Gram today to set the record straight on my firm and unwavering opposition to government-run health care. … And ask your immediate support in […]
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GRASSLEY’S LECTURE ON BIPARTISANSHIP.
Via Greg Sargent, following the news that the Democrats are going to start playing hardball, Sen. Chuck Grassley is telling the president how to do bipartisanship: In recent days, however, some Democrats have accused Grassley of trying to undermine the reform effort, for example by refusing to debunk rumors that the Democratic health bills would […]
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IS CHUCK GRASSLEY A PLOTTING, CONNIVING, BACK-STABBING TWO-TIMER? OR JUST A SENATOR?
I don’t really understand the framing of this Hill story. “Grassley plots backup healthcare plan?” Plots? Seriously? The basic story is that Chuck Grassley, the ranking Republican on the Finance Committee, is working with Max Baucus on a bipartisan bill. He’s also working with the Republicans on their alternative bill. Is he — gasp! — […]
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CHUCK GRASSLEY’S MUSICAL CHAIRS.
Over at the Iowa Independent, Mike Lillis takes a look at the changed incentives for Chuck Grassley now that Arlen Specter has ditched the party. Grassley is currently the Ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee. That’s a big job. A powerful job. It makes him key to health reform and taxes and Social Security […]