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20 hrs ago | Bloomberg

Governor Tim Pawlenty Criticizes Health-Care Legislation in Iowa Speech

Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty criticized health care legislation in Congress as he appeared in what may be an early audition for a 2012 presidential bid.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Iowa, Tim Pawlenty, US Governors, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, 2008 Presidential Election

Saturday | Hawk Eye

Aide: Conlin running in 2010

An aide said Friday lawyer Roxanne Conlin intends to seek the Democratic nomination for Senate in 2010 and the right to oppose Republican Sen.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Iowa, Iowa Government

Saturday | KGAN

H1N1 Cat Concerns Pet Owners

People are worried about their parents, their chilren, and themselves. Now, other members of the family could be in danger of getting the H1N1 virus.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Medicine, Influenza, Iowa State University, Pets, Ferrets, Cedar Rapids Metro

Thu Nov 05, 2009

HorsesAss.Org

Nuttsackgate and Charles Grassleya s Lack of Nutsack

There've been two news items this week that have shown us one of the uglier aspects of the drug war - attempts to censor science and expert opinion in order to maintain the status quo.

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Related Topix: Drugs, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Jim Webb, Democrat

Wed Nov 04, 2009

BusinessWeek

Health-Care Reform's Hidden Taxes

As a candidate and President, Barack Obama has had one core message for the middle class: I won't raise your taxes.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, Tax, US Senate, Republican

Tue Nov 03, 2009

KLEM-AM Le Mars

Iowa News

Attention has been focused on Governor Chet Culver's plans to cut $565 million from the state's budget, but legislators say they'll probably have to make an equally large cut to the following year's budget.

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Related Topix: Tom Harkin, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Democrat, Iowa Government, Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, Waterloo Metro

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Airport Business

Southeast Iowa Regional Airport in Burlington Gets New Carrier, Destinations

Senator Chuck Grassley said today that the U.S. Department of Transportation has announced that the Southeast Iowa Regional Airport in Burlington will be getting a new carrier and flight destinations.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, West Burlington, IA, Des Moines County, IA

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Chronicle.com

Senator Grassley Presses NIH Over Corporate Payments to University Doctors

When questioned last week by The Chronicle, the National Institutes of Health declined to comment on the cases of 14 university-affiliated physicians who took money from the drug maker Merck as part of the company's plan to promote its controversial anti-cholesterol drug Vytorin.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican

Wed Oct 28, 2009

KTIV-TV Sioux City

Budget cuts dominate GOP gubernatorial debate

U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, of Iowa, may face a primary challenge from a northwest Iowa man, who says his platform would be to legalize marijuana.

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Related Topix: Iowa Government, Iowa, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Sioux City, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Wedding, Chet Culver, US Governors

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Fox News

Immigration Loophole

Does health care legislation really shut the door on coverage for illegal immigrants? This is a rush transcript from "Hannity," October 22, 2009.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, Illegal Immigration, US Politics, Joe Wilson, Republican, US House of Representatives, Barack Obama, US Senate

Sun Oct 25, 2009

U.S. PIRG Consumer Blog

Professor: Wall Street pay not a problem. Hunh?

Sunday's Washington Post will feature a column 5 myths about Wall Street pay days by Professor Roy Smith.

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Related Topix: Washington Post, Publishing, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican

Sat Oct 24, 2009

The Gazette

Conlin enters Senate race, seeks to challenge Grassley

Roxanne Conlin's entry into the race for the Democratic Senate nomination may excite the party's Des Moines powerbrokers, but not the party base, according to a pair of candidates she is joining on the campaign trail.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, 2008 Presidential Election, John Edwards

Fri Oct 23, 2009

The Gazette

Iowa reps tout Medicare breakthrough

Changes that will reward Iowa providers of low-cost, high-quality Medicare services have been included in the final legislative language of a health-care reform bill the U.S. House is expected to vote on this fall.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Leonard Boswell, Representative Bruce Braley, Healthcare Law, Law, Medicare, Health, Tom Harkin, US Senate, Republican

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Think Progress

Rep. Weiner Identifies 55 Republicans On Medicare Who...

Rep. Anthony Weiner's office today released an internal study showing that 151 members of Congress "currently receive government-funded; government-administered single-payer health care - Medicare." Of those 151 members, 55 are Republicans who also happen to be " steadfastly opposed [to] other Americans getting the public option, like the one they ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Anthony Weiner, Democrat, Medicare, Health, Peter King, Republican, US Senate, Jon Kyl

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Iowa Independent

Grassley slams Justice Departmenta s medical marijuana decision

The decision this week by the U.S. Justice Department not to prosecute people using, prescribing or distributing marijuana in states where it is legal is a step towards legitimizing drug use, U.S. Sen.

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Related Topix: Drugs, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Iowa Government, Iowa

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Fox News

Opponents: Medicare 'Doctor Fix' Adds $247B to Debt

Democratic senators and a coalition of interest groups are pushing for a so-called "doctor fix" -- a 10-year $247 billion measure to block a planned 20 percent cut in Medicare reimbursement fees to doctors mandated by a 1997 federal law.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, US News, US Politics, US Senate, Debbie Stabenow, Democrat, Orrin Hatch, Republican

Mon Oct 19, 2009

Reuters

Not "naive" on healthcare

Grassley, speaking at the 2009 Reuters Washington Summit on Monday, says the legislation has moved "more leftward" and the "rug has been pulled out from under the bipartisan negotiations." Speaker: Sen.

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Related Topix: US Senate, Republican, US Politics, US News

WOWK-TV

Rockefeller Introduces Legislation for Energy-Efficient Windows

U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, have introduced legislation that would make it easier for consumers to take advantage of a tax break in the stimulus package intended to encourage the purchase and manufacture of energy-efficient doors, windows, and skylights, according to a news release.

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Related Topix: US Senate, Republican, US Politics, US News, West Virginia, West Virginia Government

Sun Oct 18, 2009

The Baltimore Chronicle

The Politics of the Public Option

That is why the issue of the public option, a less expensive government-run insurance plan, has been so central to both the policy and political debates.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Healthcare Law, Law, US Senate, Republican

Sat Oct 17, 2009

Tribune/Sunday Ledger Tribune

HOWEY: The GOPa s health political calculation

"It's all been about politics." The day after she became the only Republican in Congress to vote for a health care reform bill, U.S. Sen.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Mike Pence, 2008 Presidential Election, US Senate, Olympia Snowe, Mitt Romney, Opinion

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