Sen. Grassley Set to Become Senate Pro Tempore for 116th Congress
November 14, 2018
November 14, 2018
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- The office of Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release:
Today the Senate Republican majority of the upcoming 116th Congress unanimously nominated Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, who was first elected to serve Iowans in the U.S. Senate in 1980, to be Senate pro tempore, a position that has historically been bestowed upon the most senior member of the majority party in the upper chamber of Congress. Upon his expected election to the posit . . .
Today the Senate Republican majority of the upcoming 116th Congress unanimously nominated Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, who was first elected to serve Iowans in the U.S. Senate in 1980, to be Senate pro tempore, a position that has historically been bestowed upon the most senior member of the majority party in the upper chamber of Congress. Upon his expected election to the posit . . .