Chuck Grassley

Senate rejects move to tie immigration overhaul to border security

2013-06-13 21:05:00

WASHINGTON — In the first and only vote Thursday on the immigration bill, senators turned back a Republican measure that would have delayed a path to citizenship for those in the country illegally until after the border with Mexico is fully secure....

Immigration debate: Border hawks lose first round

2013-06-13 18:27:00

Efforts to gut a key provision of a bipartisan immigration bill failed Thursday, when an amendment by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) stalled. Grassley's amendment would have required that border security benchmarks be met before immigrants who are in...

Amendments to immigration overhaul bill stall in Senate

2013-06-12 19:39:00

WASHINGTON — Enthusiasm in the Senate for the debate over immigration gave way to reality Wednesday as party leaders quarreled to a stalemate over how to consider dozens of proposed amendments. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's move to...

ATF nominee runs into Senate opposition

2013-06-11 23:58:00

WASHINGTON —The acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, who took over the agency in its meltdown with the Fast and Furious gun-tracking scandal, ran into opposition Tuesday when he appeared before the Senate...

ATF nominee runs into GOP opposition in Senate confirmation hearing

2013-06-11 08:31:00

WASHINGTON – B. Todd Jones, the acting director of the ATF who took over the agency in its meltdown with the Fast and Furious scandal, ran into immediate opposition Tuesday as he appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee for consideration as...

To break D.C. logjam, Sen. Reid should revive the 'nuclear option'

2013-06-02 15:53:00

As President Obama prepares to nominate three new judges for what is probably the nation's most important federal appeals court, Republicans in the Senate are escalating their attempts to stand in his way. Last month the Senate unanimously confirmed...

Mayors Against Illegal Guns targets first Democrat

2013-05-24 14:02:00

The Michael Bloomberg-backed group Mayors Against Illegal Guns is following up on its promise to hound Senate Democrats who voted against gun control legislation in April. In an ad that launched Friday, Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) is implored by a...

IRS puts head of problem office on leave

2013-05-24 00:00:00

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service has replaced the head of the office under fire for improperly targeting conservative groups, a day after she invoked the 5th Amendment and refused to answer questions before a congressional committee. Lois...

Senate confirms Obama's first D.C. Circuit Court nominee

2013-05-23 11:48:00

WASHINGTON -- Deputy Solicitor General Sri Srinivasan, a rising star in legal circles, won an easy and unanimous Senate confirmation Thursday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, giving President Obama his first appointee to a...

Obama judicial nominee wins easy confirmation

2013-05-23 19:59:00

WASHINGTON — Deputy Solicitor Gen. Sri Srinivasan, a rising star in legal circles, won an easy and unanimous Senate confirmation Thursday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, giving President Obama his first appointee...

Immigration bill: Gang label amendment goes down

2013-05-20 18:26:00

The Senate Judiciary Committee continued its markup of a bipartisan immigration reform bill Monday, rejecting an amendment by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) that would have barred undocumented immigrants who are merely suspected of belonging to a gang,...

Senate panel focuses on enforcement in immigration bill

2013-05-16 16:55:00

WASHINGTON — Senators kept the bipartisan immigration bill largely unchanged Thursday after dispatching dozens of proposed amendments even as they punted many of the thorniest issues to next week. The day's session at the Senate Judiciary...

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (R) and ranking member Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) debate during a markup session for the immigration reform legislation in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill

2013-05-20 00:00:00

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)on Capital Hill last month. "There is no reason, particularly in this first week, at the beginning of the process, to be blocking our amendments with a 60-vote margin," said Grassley, who is leading the immigration debate for Republicans.

2013-05-20 00:00:00

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt right, and ranking member Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) debate on Capitol Hill during a markup session for the immigration reform legislation.

2013-05-20 00:00:00