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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Iowa Newsletter for Saturday June 21, 2025 ( 7 items )  

ENR Ranking Member Heinrich Releases State-Specific Data on Economic Impact of Republicans' "Big, Beautiful Betrayal" on Republican-Led States
WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on June 20, 2025: * * * ENR Ranking Member Heinrich Releases State-Specific Data on Economic Impact of Republicans' "Big, Beautiful Betrayal" on Republican-Led States WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member on the U.S. Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released a report that outlines the econo  more

Grassley: President Biden Will Have to Answer to History for What Happened the Last Four Years
WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on June 18, 2025: * * * Grassley: President Biden Will Have to Answer to History for What Happened the Last Four Years Prepared Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee Unfit to Serve: How the Biden Cover-Up Endangered America and Undermined the Constitution Wednesday, June 18, 2025 Good morning. I'd like to   more

Higher Prices For Iowans and Higher Costs for Iowa Farmers and Businesses: Brought to You By Miller-Meeks, Hinson, and Nunn-Backed Tariffs
WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Higher Prices For Iowans and Higher Costs for Iowa Farmers and Businesses: Brought to You By Miller-Meeks, Hinson, and Nunn-Backed Tariffs * Des Moines Register : Tariffs cost Iowa businesses $90M in April, new report says, a 304% hike from 2024 New reporting is highlighting how the reckless, cost-raising tariffs enthusiastically supported by Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Ashley Hin  more

ICYMI: Grassley to Washington Post Editorial Board - Politics Shouldn't Overcome Principle in the Debate Over Universal Injunctions
WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on June 18, 2025: * * * ICYMI: Grassley to Washington Post Editorial Board: Politics Shouldn't Overcome Principle in the Debate Over Universal Injunctions WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) highlighted the unconstitutional nature of universal injunctions in a response to the Washington Post Editorial Board. Read his Letter  more

Q&A: Senate Legislates One Big Beautiful Bill
WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Q&A: Senate Legislates One Big Beautiful Bill * Q: How will the Senate version of the One Big Beautiful Bill impact Iowans? A: Based on my county meetings, emails and phone calls, Iowans are paying close attention to the One Big Beautiful Bill moving through Congress. After passing the House of Representatives, the committees of jurisdiction in the Senate are now hammering out policy details o  more

Republicans' Budget Bill Would Devastate Rural Hospitals
DES MOINES, Iowa, June 21 -- The Iowa Democratic Party issued the following news: * * * Republicans' Budget Bill Would Devastate Rural Hospitals American Hospital Association reports proposed budget would lead to a $50.4 billion reduction in federal Medicaid spending on rural hospitals over 10 years * Washington D.C. - The American Hospital Association is warning that the big, bad, budget bill that's now making its way through the U.S. Senate includes provisions that "further undermine the   more

SCOTUS Unanimously Upholds Grassley Law to Secure Justice for American Victims of PLO Terrorism
WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on June 20, 2025: * * * SCOTUS Unanimously Upholds Grassley Law to Secure Justice for American Victims of PLO Terrorism BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) welcomed the Supreme Court's 9-0 ruling today maintaining the constitutionality of the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act of 2019, a la  more