Concurring Opinions (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
It appears that Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) has pulled his amendment (that I blogged about on Tuesday here) to the National Criminal Justice Commission Act that would have prevented the commission from even discussing the decriminalization or legalization of any controlled substance. Grassley was asked about the amendment by a reporter yesterday during a conference call. He did...
Dispatches from the Culture Wars (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Sen. Charles Grassley was asked by a reporter about his amendment that would prohibit a proposed commission to recommend ways to reform the criminal justice system from even discussing the possibility of decriminalizing any drugs currently considered illegal. He proceeded to defend his amendment. Kinda. In fact, he babbled incoherently. The only barely discernible argument among this...
HorsesAss.Org (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... (ACMD), and two other members of the council quit after the firing. Here in the US, Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa is going even farther than that. In response to a bill introduced by Senator Jim Webb of Virginia to establish a blue-ribbon commission to study how to fix our criminal justice system, Grassley tacked on an amendment that would prohibit the commission members from considering...
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The National Criminal Justice Commission would be prohibited from considering drug legalization or decriminalization even for medical purposes under an amendment proposed by Iowa Republican Sen. Charles Grassley. Grassley submitted the amendment last week as part of a bill that was on the Senate Judiciary Committee agenda. [...]
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Last night’s election wins in Virginia and New Jersey show Obama’s endorsements didn’t work, Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley said today. “It doesn’t say that people are against Obama but is sure says it doesn’t do much good to have him campaign for you,” Grassley said to reporters. Bob [...]
Policy and Medicine (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
In a speech given from the United States Senate floor on Monday, Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) firmly asserted that the health care reform bills especially the one passed by the HELP committee at present are nothing more than a government...
Dispatches from the Culture Wars (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Sen. James Webb of Virginia is working to pass a bill that would establish a commission to look at our entire criminal justice system, top to bottom, and make recommendations for reform; Sen. Charles Grassley is trying to make sure that commission can't even consider the possibility of decriminalizing or legalizing any currently illegal substances. Grassley has proposed an amendment...
Iowa Independent (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... of drugs. And they’re lining up with amendments to prevent that from happening. U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), for example, has been weighing a provision that would prevent the newly formed commission from even studying the effects that drug legalization would have on the criminal justice system. “The point is, for them to do what we tell them to do,” Grassley said Wednesday...
Unqualified Offerings (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... from even discussing legalization or decriminalization. The censorship amendment, authored by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), could be voted on as soon as this Thursday, Nov. 5. If adopted during the Judiciary Committee markup for Sen. Jim Webb’s National Criminal Justice Commission Act (S. 714), the rider would ban the commission from conducting any activities that “involve, support,...
PharmaGossip (Free subscription) | yesterday
Notes on a scandal. Charles Nemeroff, an Atlanta psychiatrist who was the subject of a Senate investigation concerning huge sums he received from drug companies, has been named chairman of the psychiatry department at the University of Miami. Last year Nemeroff, as the top psychiatrist at Emory University, was the focus of an investigation by Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, who...
Horserace (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Analysis by a Nonpartisan Group Backs Up Sen. Grassley's Claim that a Health and Human Services Web Site Could be Inappropriately Pushing Support for Health Care Reform
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Charles Nemeroff, an Atlanta psychiatrist who was the subject of a Senate investigation concerning huge sums he received from drug companies, is being named chair of the psychiatry department at the University of Miami medical school.
Human Rights Watch (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The bipartisan legislation, introduced by Senators Al Franken (D-MN), Charles Grassley (R-IA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and Orrin Hatch (R-UT), would require the federal government to collect data on untested sets of evidence, known as rape kits, in police and crime lab storage facilities and prioritize testing this evidence in federal DNA funding programs.
FailedMessiah.com (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
After plant had ignored several warnings from Feds, Rubashkin legal team tried to cut deal to avoid "disruption." Sholom, Aaron, Yossie and Heshy Rubashkin with US Senator Charles Grassley in Sholom's home during a Grassley Campaign fundraising event. As you...
Dangerous Intersection (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Jim Webb introduced a bill to "create a blue-ribbon commission to look at every aspect of our criminal justice system with an eye toward reshaping the process from top to bottom." How shall we proceed? A recent amendment to Webb's bill by Republican Senator Charles Grassley would bar the commission from "considering" "legalization" of presently controlled...
