U.S. Senator Joni Ernst , along with the full Iowa delegation, received notice from the U.S. Air National Guard that the RC-26 aircraft will remain based in Iowa at this time. The RC-26 aircraft is designed to counter drug trafficking and assist in counterterrorism efforts, and plays an important role in the Iowa Counterdrug Task Force.
Category: Chuck Grassley
Sessions Saw No Red Flags During Michael Flynn’s Own Scandal
Sen. Claire McCaskill called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign for failing to disclose during his Senate confirmation hearing that as a senator he met twice with the Russian ambassador in 2016. U.S Attorney General Jeff Sessions arrives to attend a speech by President Donald Trump at a joint session of Congress in Washington , February 28. But his former campaign manager, Paul Manafort , has reportedly been investigated for contact with Russian Federation, along with other top Trump associates, and top Trump adviser Michael Flynn already had to resign his position as national security advisor for holding conversations with Kislyak between the election and inauguration.
Senator Grassley holds tense Parkersburg town hall
It’s been an emotional week across Iowa for concerned voters as the came face-to-face with Senator Charles Grassley during his town hall meetings. Like the last three town hall meetings, Senator Grassley asked people what they wanted addressed and wrote down their questions, but not everybody expressed frustration.
Iowa Farmer Warns GOP Senator That Obamacare Repeal Will Create ‘One Great Big Death Panel’
A pig farmer confronted Sen. Chuck Grassley at a town hall meeting early Tuesday morning to warn that Republicans would essentially create a giant death panel if they repealed the Affordable Care Act. Chris Peterson, 62, told the senator that he has diabetes and that he would not be able to afford health insurance if not for the Affordable Care Act.
Jeff Sessions’ team takes over Washington
With the ascension of former Sen. Jeff Sessions to attorney general and several of his former staff installed at the White House and federal agencies, immigration policy experts are sensing a sea change in Washington. Advocates and policy staff of both parties half-jokingly refer to the “Sessions cabal” that has now found power in President Donald Trump’s Washington — a group that for years has found itself outside the mainstream on immigration policy in Washington and faced ire from their Republican and Democratic colleagues for what one sparring partner called “strident” positions.
Tom Kacich: Republicans showing support for Marlin
There’s evidence of Republicans already crossing over to vote in Urbana’s Democratic mayoral primary election, according to Champaign County Recorder Mark Shelden, an elections numbers cruncher who formerly was the county clerk. Shelden said he reviewed the names of about 240 people who have voted early in the three-way Feb. 28 mayoral primary and found that about 25 percent of them were people who had voted in the Republican primary election last March.
Sessions Confirmed as Attorney General After Bitter Fight
Jeff Sessions, as attorney general after more than a day of contentious debate that took an unusual turn when Republicans silenced Democratic Senator Donald Trump’s Cabinet-level picks, a process that has dragged on as Democrats use delaying tactics but aren’t able to thwart the president’s choices. In more than 30 straight hours of debate, Democrats said the Republican from Alabama won’t be independent enough from Trump and won’t protect voting rights and civil rights.
Trump Antitrust Policy Awaits Sessions Vote
The Alabama senator’s confirmation as U.S. Attorney General would allow him to fill senior staff positions at the Department of Justice, including antitrust chief. The nomination of Alabama senator Jeff Sessions for U.S. Attorney General is expected to move forward Wednesday morning when the Senate Judiciary Committee reconvenes to vote on sending his name to the full Senate.
Trump eyes an H-1B visa aimed at ‘best and brightest’
President Donald Trump is considering a new way of distributing the H-1B visa to ensure they go to the “best and brightest.” The phrase “best and the brightest” has long been used by tech industry groups to champion the H-1B program.
Chaffetz, Grassley, want Trump compliance on Obama-era records requests
Just because President Obama ‘s tenure is over, it doesn’t mean that the Trump administration can ignore outstanding requests from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, said Wednesday. Even before President Trump was sworn into office last week, Chaffetz gave White House Counsel Don McGahn “a long list of outstanding requests that we would be making of the administration to fulfill those requests,” Chaffetz said.
First on CNN: Condoleezza Rice endorses Sessions for attorney general
Condoleezza Rice, who served as secretary of state to former President George W. Bush, endorsed former Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions Monday to be President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general. Rice, who is also from Alabama, wrote a letter of appreciation to Sen. Chuck Grassley about Sessions, where she said that Sessions, a “friend,” was someone she admired “greatly.”
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KIMT News 3 – An immigration bill backed by some of Iowa’s U.S. lawmakers is meant to honor the memory of an Iowa woman who was killed in a car accident last year in the state. The man who hit the SUV she was riding in was in the country illegally.
Iowa, Nebraska senators re-introduce immigration hold bill
Senators from Nebraska and Iowa have re-introduced a bill requiring immigration officials to hold in custody anyone who has entered the country illegally and charged with a crime resulting in injury or death of another person. Sens. Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Deb Fisher and Ben Sasse of Nebraska introduced Sarah’s Law in June but it failed to advance.