Sen. Charles E. Grassley

Share this page	Nickname: known as "Chuck" Birthdate: b. 09/17/1933 Birthplace: New Hartford, IA District: represents IA Political Party: Republican Religion: Baptist Education: Doctoral Studies, University of Iowa, 1957-1958 MA, Political Science, University of Northern Iowa, 1956 BA, University of Northern Iowa, 1955. Last elected in 2004 receiving 1,038,175 (70.0%) votes. Official website
Capitol Word Frequency →  tax (1980) health (438) percent (431) income (405) policy (397)
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $883,029 (#203) Spent 31% (#568) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 36% (#428) From PACs 51% (#196) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 173 (#20) Total cost $666,651,500 (#33) Received 148 (#21) Total cost $324,912,220 (#41) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 42% right-wing (#143) Predictable 81% (#455) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 51 times (#5) Avg. length 1,975 words (#38) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 1,070 (#251) Introduced 409 (#8) Debated 96 (#6) Enacted 25 (#8) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement U.S. Chamber of Commerce 20% (1/5 votes) More interest groups → Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.
Top Contributors Individuals reporting the same zip code who have donated to a lawmaker's political campaign. Use with caution: based on raw FEC data. 1 Dean A Rosen $4,600 on June 12, 2007 2 William N Goodwin $4,500 from July 3, 1998 to April 5, 2007 3 Michael Mccloskey $4,114 from December 17, 2007 to December 31, 2007 4 Salvatore J Zizza $4,000 on September 19, 2007 5 Mark Falb $4,000 on July 24, 2003 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Contributor Employers Campaigns disclose the employers of their contributors; this list aggregates them. Use with caution: this list is based on raw FEC data 1 Self $31,365 2 Amgen $20,800 3 Davita $8,000 4 Mehlman Vogel Castaghetti $7,900 5 Clark Consulting $6,350 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Lobby Contributors New rules require lobbyists to disclose their giving, and giving by the PACs they control. Use with caution: This data compiled from raw filings 1 Christian Shalgian - American College Of Surgeons Professional Association $5,000 2 George Nichols - New York Life Insurance Company $5,000 3 Ms. Crystal Childs - American Hospital Assn $5,000 4 Mr. Robert D. Foreman - The Kidney Care Council $5,000 5 Mrs. Barbara Greenan - American College Of Cardiology $5,000 More lobby contributors → Source: Senate Office of Public Records LD-203 disclosure database; data from 2008.
Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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Also known as: 300048 (GovTrack), N00001758 (OpenSecrets), G000386 (Congressional Bio), 14226 (ICPSR), 53293 (Vote Smart), S0IA00028 (FEC)