Chuck Grassley

Justice Department nominee Debo Adegbile speaks with the media outside the Supreme Court in Washington in February 2013. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Senate vote on Justice Dept. nomination hinges on decades-old Mumia Abu-Jamal case

Sean Lengell · March 5, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa,ÃÂ wants access to the legal opinions that justify President Obama's plans to step up his use of executive orders. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Chuck Grassley demands legal arguments behind Obama’s ‘pen and phone’ strategy

Susan Ferrechio · February 3, 2014 5:00 am

Henry Waxman, left, and George Miller, both Democratic congressmen from California elected in 1974, are set to retire. (Getty Images File)

The Democratic class of 1974 passes from the scene

Michael Barone · February 2, 2014 5:00 am

Beltway Confidential

In post-nuclear Senate, Obama nominee Jeh Johnson thumbs nose at lawmakers

Byron York · December 18, 2013 5:00 am

The Senate approved a 10-year extension of a ban on plastic guns Monday, but chose not to adopt Sen. Chuck Schumer's proposal to tighten rules on guns created with 3-D printers. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty images)

Senate extends ban on plastic guns, leaves weapons made on 3-D printers untouched

Tim Mak · December 9, 2013 5:00 am

Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, the ranking minority member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, believes DOD's Defense Finance and Accounting Service is producing error-ridden financial statements.ÃÂ (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Chuck Grassley report questions accuracy of Pentagon financial statements

Kelly Cohen · November 26, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. Grassley said many Iowa Republicans "have been dissatisfied with the direction of the Republican Party in Iowa and are prepared to get more involved this time to counter the Tea Party influence. (Steve Pope/Getty Images)

Grassley: Christie would be ‘welcome candidate in Iowa’ in 2016 once state blunts Tea Party clout

Susan Ferrechio · November 8, 2013 5:00 am

President Obama gestures while nominating Patricia Ann Millett, an appellate lawyer, to become a federal judge, during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House on June 4, 2013 in Washington, D.C. If confirmed by the Senate, Obama's three nominees will fill three vacancies on United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty images)

Examiner Editorial: Obama, Harry Reid push liberal court-packing effort

Editorial Writer · October 30, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, walks with security after talking to reporters on Capitol Hill. Cruz led theÃÂ push in the Republican party to shut down the government in an attempt to delay or defund the health care law.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Was Obamacare ‘union fix’ ever considered? Senate GOP, Dems in dispute

Susan Crabtree · October 16, 2013 4:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., is surrounded by reporters after leaving the office of Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ken., on Capitol Hill on Monday, Oct. 14, 2013 in Washington. Reid reported progress Monday towards a deal to avoid a threatened default and end a two-week partial government shutdown as President Barack Obama called congressional leaders to the White House to press for an end to the impasse. "We're getting closer," he told reporters. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Unions may win Obamacare fix in budget deal

Susan Crabtree · October 15, 2013 4:00 am

Children from the Head Start program join supporters and members of Congress to call for an end to the partial federal government shutdown and fund the comprehensive education, health and nutrition service for low-income children, outside Capitol on Wednesday. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Obamacare hurts many but Congress gets reprieve

Timothy P. Carney · October 1, 2013 4:00 am

As Health and Human Services secretary, Kathleen Sebelius faces her biggest test of wills to date -- selling President Obama's signature health care overhaul to a skeptical public.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)

Can Kathleen Sebelius rescue Obamacare?

Susan Crabtree · September 27, 2013 4:00 am