After the "60 Minutes" story, the Senate passed a version of the bill in a 96-3 vote. The House passed its own measure 417-2. President Obama already has said he will sign the Stock Act as soon as it reaches his desk. Good news, right? Not so fast. ...

“Additionally, if the legislation before us today were enacted into law, unelected bureaucrats at the DHS could promulgate prescriptive regulations on American businesses — which own roughly 90 percent of critical cyber infrastructure,” said McCain. ...

According to the Journal, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Ia. , refused to attend one such meeting after learning some firms were charging clients as much as $10,000 to set up these meetings. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Ia. , got an amendment into the Senate version of...

Congressmen held multiple hearings. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R. , Iowa) started an investigation into the FCC's decision to grant conditional approval to LightSquared. LightSquared signed up three new lobbying firms in the fourth quarter, including Patton...

In a statement issued after the release of the letter, McConnell accused the Majority Leader of rushing a flawed bill to the floor and pulling the plug on the working groups before the process achieved the intended results.

That is one of the questions fueling the current scuffle between Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley and Smithsonian secretary G. Wayne Clough. Earlier this week, Grassley demanded a review of Clough’s complete travel documents after an online report...

"If you seek information from Congress in order to make money, the American people have a right to know your name and who you're selling that information to," Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa said in congressional debate earlier this month. The idea is...

Coon Rapids in 1959. Pick your own spot on the timeline for where the story of Xis visit this week truly begins: former President Richard Nixons trip to China in 1972 or former Iowa Gov. Bob Ray in his wake or the initial Branstad-Xi connection in 1985.

It also cut a provision that cracks down on officials guilty of taking action on the job to benefit themselves. Many Senate Republicans, including Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) were highly critical of the House actions, with Grassley calling them...

Bennet noted that both Iowa senators, Republican Chuck Grassley and Democrat Tom Harkin, are supporters of the wind power credit. States that have a growing wind power sector, such as Colorado, have bipartisan support for it, he said. Ray Kogovsek,...

Scott Brown is proving he may not have the luck of the Irish. Last week, the Massachusetts Republican told the Boston press that his efforts to expand visas to workers from Ireland were “about to pop.” But Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley seems ready to burst...

The senator wants HUD's Inspector General to undertake a thorough audit of the SSHA, which hasn't been done in 11 years. "The lack of oversight of this housing authority and others around the country is alarming," Grassley wrote. The veteran Republican...

The senator wants HUD's Inspector General to undertake a thorough audit of the SSHA, which hasn't been done in 11 years. "The lack of oversight of this housing authority and others around the country is alarming," Grassley wrote. The veteran Republican...

On January 4, 2012, the Senate was in a pro forma session, which should have prevented President Obama from making recess appointments. But nothing can stop a secular-socialist on a mission. Certainly not that dusty old U.S. Constitution. Despite the...

(Some of the Senators voting in 1990 to authorize these health standards for toxic air pollution from power plants include many Senators still in office, such as Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Richard Lugar (R-IN), John McCain (R-AZ)...

WEST POINT ACCEPTANCE: Three Iowa high school seniors have been selected for admission to the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. Andrew Meyers of Reinbeck, Jindalae Suh of Iowa City, and Sean Steil of Oelwein have been offered places for the...

Rep. Ron Paul. "Let's hear what the objections are, and then pass these bills," said Klobuchar, who along with others, has been taking aim at a group of chemical compounds marketed as so-called bath salts, herbal incense and research chemicals. ...

It may stay that way for a while longer. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has no intentions of lifting his hold on FCC nominees Republican Ajit Pai and Democrat Jessica Rosenworcel, who are caught in the middle of Grassley's beef with how the FCC has...

Federal officers involved in the incident had bulletproof vests but state and local officers did not. The program one of two federal grant programs that help local law enforcement officers purchase body armor has consistently received bipartisan...