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About
Chuck Grassley is a Republican U.S. Senator from Iowa who serves as the president pro tempore of the Senate and is the longest-serving Republican in congressional history.
Background
Chuck Grassley was born on September 17, 1933. During the 1950s, he worked as a farmer and held factory jobs in Iowa as a sheet metal shearer and assembly line worker. He also spent time in education, teaching at Charles City College from 1967 to 1968.
Political career
Chuck Grassley began his political career in the Iowa House of Representatives, where he served from 1959 to 1975, before winning a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives and serving there from 1975 to 1981. A member of the Republican Party, he was first sworn into the U.S. Senate in 1981 and has served as the senior senator from Iowa for over four decades. During his tenure, he has held several leadership roles, including serving as the president pro tempore of the Senate from 2019 to 2021 and again starting in 2025.
Current focus
Grassley, Chuck represents the state of IA in the U.S. Senate. Grassley, Chuck currently serves on the Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade, the Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research, and the International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness. They have sponsored 446 bills in the current Senate, including S. 4639; S. 4556; S. 4460.
Committee Assignments
119th Congress
- Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade
- Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research
- International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness
- Joint Committee on Taxation
- Rural Development, Energy, and Credit
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
- Senate Committee on Finance
- Senate Committee on the Budget
- Senate Committee on the JudiciaryChair
- Social Security, Pensions, and Family PolicyChair
- Taxation and IRS Oversight
- United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control
118th Congress
- Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade
- Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research
- International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness
- Joint Committee on Taxation
- Rural Development, Energy, and Credit
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
- Senate Committee on Finance
- Senate Committee on the Budget
- Senate Committee on the JudiciaryChair
- Social Security, Pensions, and Family PolicyChair
- Taxation and IRS Oversight
- United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control
Legislative Activity
446
Bills Sponsored
10
Recent Votes