Comments on: Grassley: Iowa Is ‘Fortunate’ To Be Getting Stimulus Funds That I Voted Against

By: essentialestrogen.com » Blog Archive » Grassley: Iowa is ‘fortunate’ to be getting stimulus funds that I voted against

Sun, 12 Dec 2010 17:46:55 +0000

[...] If you’ve been searching for just the right question to ask U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley during one of his public appearances in Iowa this month, the Washington Independent has something you might want to read. [...]

By: Streetsblog Capitol Hill » One More Sign That the Stimulus Traded Infrastructure for Tax Cuts

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:26:37 +0000

[...] to the efforts of Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), who promptly voted against the bill — and later calling his state "fortunate" to be getting infrastructure [...]

By: Ann

Ann — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:06:04 +0000

This is why grandstanding hurts politicians in the long run. They do things to cut of the noses of their constituents, to protect their own faces.
There have been a number of governors that have stated they would only be taking a portion of the alloted monies, then a day or two later quietly accept the entire allotment.
It really is an embarrassment. Let's track these guys to see how they spin it during their next run for re-election cycle.

By: Ann

Ann — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:06:04 +0000