The first thing David Young wants you to know about him is that he’s an Iowan. “I am Iowa,” the Republican U.S. Senate hopeful says. Although he’s flattered that the Iowa Democratic Party has a website devoted to introducing him to Iowa, Young says it’s not necessary. Sure, he’s spent the past 20 years working [...]

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Wednesday a bill to ban so-called assault weapons won’t get through the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he’s the top Republican. He didn’t commit, however, on the question of expanded background checks. On a conference call Wednesday, Grassley, the top Republican on the committee, said the ban is a non-starter. [...]

Are Sen. Chuck Grassley’s actions in 2013 an indicator of his plans for 2016? Iowa’s senior congressional Republican since 1985, Grassley has voted against reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, relief for the Northeast for Hurricane Sandy, and now is threatening to vote to send the U.S. government into sequestration, which is an across-the-board [...]

Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley says the decision by his colleague, Democrat Sen. Tom Harkin, to retire in 2014 hasn’t influenced his thinking about seeking a seventh term in 2016. Although he didn’t declare his candidacy, Grassley says in a C-SPAN “Newsmakers” interview that will air at 9 a.m. Sunday that he plans to do [...]

Sen. Chuck Grassley is staying out of the intra-party fight over the future of the GOP Straw Poll – at least for the time being. Grassley has taken no position on Republican Gov. Terry Branstad’s suggestion the party drop the straw poll fundraiser it holds the August before Iowa’s first-in-the-nation precinct caucuses. Grassley’s concern, he [...]

WASHINGTON — Extending a federal wind energy tax credit that has helped create 75,000 U.S. jobs since 2007 and several thousand in Iowa may seem a safe bet in Congress, even with a $5 billion price tag that is modest by Washington standards. But the issue, which brought Iowa Republicans Gov. Terry Branstad and Sen. [...]

The rocket attack in Libya that killed the U.S. ambassador to that country and three staff members should be treated “like an act of war,” Sen. Chuck Grassley said Wednesday morning. “There ought to be serious implications,” the Iowa Republican said on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal. “Particularly when you get a rocket attack, it’s an act [...]

Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said a recent comment he made suggesting people avoid Coca-Cola was made out of frustration with corporate executives. “I guess that was more a tweet of frustration,” the senator said today. On Saturday, Grassley posted on Twitter that people maybe should think about not drinking Coca-Cola since the company ended its [...]

Sen. Chuck Grassleyis predicting as many as four GOP presidential hopefuls could come out of the Iowa precinct caucuses claiming victory. “I would be surprised if there was a clear winner,” the Iowa Republican said on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal this morning. With three candidates polling between 16 and 25 percent and the race remaining fluid, [...]