BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | yesterday
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has signed on to an amendment to health reform legislation that would make it legal for U.S. consumers to buy prescription drugs from other countries. U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa (Lauren Victoria Burke/WDCPIX.COM) “I’ve always considered [...]
Furious Seasons (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
Earlier this year, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) demanded that the National Alliance on Mental Illness reveal details of its funding by pharma companies. Now, the senator has gone many steps further and has demanded similar disclosures from 32 medical advocacy...
POGO Blog (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Yesterday, Senator Charles Grassley sent a letter to the President of the University of California (UC) System, calling on him to respond to allegations of financial discrepancies at the University of California at San Francisco’s School of Medicine (UCSF). Shortly...
Iowa Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has signed on to an amendment to health reform legislation that would make it legal for U.S. consumers to buy prescription drugs from other countries. “I’ve always considered this a free-trade issue,” Grassley said. “Imports create competition and keep domestic industry more responsive to consumers. If Americans could legally access...
NewsInferno (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) has set his sites on 33 non-profit medical groups in his investigation into the the ways industry money influences the practice of medicine. According to The New York Times, the American Medical Association, American Cancer Society and the Alzheimer’s Association are just few of the groups Senator [...]
soulful sepulcher (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Senator Charles Grassley asks questions, again:From the NYTimes"A top Republican senator, Charles E. Grassley, has sent letters to the American Medical Association, the American Cancer Society and 31 other disease and medical advocacy organizations asking them to provide details about the amount of money that they and their directors receive from drug and device makers.Such...
Iowa Independent (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Iowa’s largest gay-rights group is asking U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley to speak out against a bill being considered in the in Ugandan parliament that would criminalize homosexuality.
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
With thanks to Peter Hansen for this information below. If there was any doubt that Sen. Charles Grassley has compelling reasons to deny a public health care option, the information below will certainly add more. *For Grassley, insurance is a family business – two of his children are [...]
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
The Onion, a farce news Web site, has reported that Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley has “perhaps irrevocably” damaged the ability of his Republican peers to pick up women at bars. Grassley, this week, answered a question about his participation in federal farm subsidy programs on C-SPAN as [...]
Democralypse Now (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is no stranger to saying ridiculous things about that terrible Barry man via his rather loose mouth or fast-flying Twitter-trained fingers. Ol' Grassley also never passes up an opportunity to use his favoritest word "tit" whenever he humors sniveling, snot-faced journalists with his distinct oratory talents. Like on C-SPAN's Washington Journal this...
Personal Injury and Social Security (Free subscription) | yesterday
As reported in the New York Times, Republican Senator Charles Grassley has sent letters to the American Medical Association, the American Cancer Society and 31 other disease and medical advocacy organizations asking them to provide details about the amount of...
!! omg blog !! (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
... performance [ dlisted ] OMG who would blackmail John Stamos ? [ l.a. rag mag ] Iowa Senator Charles Grassley is part of a group promoting homosexual executions in Uganda [ towleroad ] Britney Spears may soon be free from her daddy's control [ superficial ] Why hasn't Tiger Woods shown his teeth in public since the incident? [ yeeeah ] Rihanna wants to make gay assassin love to Megan...
RealClearPolitics (Free subscription) | yesterday
... price concessions from the pharmaceutical companies. The most ambidextrous of the bunch is Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa. He has staunchly opposed the public option, twittering last May: "Public option (backdoor to Canada health system). Scares me." More germane to the bill that would permit re-importation of pills from Canada -- and more curious -- is Grassley's 2007 vote...
War On You (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Sen. John McCain Loses Temper On Senate Floor, Reprimands Sen. Max Baucus by Joe Coscarelli | 4:23 pm, December 5th, 2009 » 19 comments During the knock-down-and-drag-out 2008 election we heard all about Sen. John McCain’s infamous temper. At the time, it was the story of way back 1992 and Charles Grassley: “‘There was some shouting and shoving [...]
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
... care reform." Coburn and Vitter will be joined in this more expansive amendment by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and Richard Burr (R-N.C.). A Coburn spokesman said that Democrats were encouraged to join the GOP on this amendment. Coburn, a medical doctor, said that his amendment isn't a gimmick, but rather a serious attempt to mitigate the harms he believes would come about...
