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Chuck Grassley

Chuck Grassley

President pro tempore of the United States Senate

Appears in 2 stories

Born: September 17, 1933 (age 92 years), New Hartford, IA
Party: Republican Party
Previous offices: Representative, IA 3rd District (1975–1981), Iowa State Representative (1973–1975), Iowa State Representative (1971–1973), and more
Spouse: Barbara Grassley (m. 1954)
Office: United States Senator

Notable Quotes

Tech companies and business groups opposed over 10 years of Grassley-Durbin H-1B reform efforts.

Stories

Trump fires Attorney General Pam Bondi, installs personal defense lawyer as acting head of Justice Department

Rule Changes

Evaluating Lee Zeldin's potential nomination as attorney general

President Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on April 2, 2026, replacing her with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche — the lawyer who defended Trump in his Manhattan criminal trial before joining the Department of Justice (DOJ). The move makes Blanche the fourth person to lead the Justice Department under Trump, following Jeff Sessions, William Barr, and Bondi herself. Within hours of Bondi's removal, Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans signaled they would consider Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Lee Zeldin as a permanent replacement, though legal scholars raised questions about Blanche's ability to simultaneously serve as both acting attorney general and acting Librarian of Congress.

Updated Apr 3

The end of the H-1B lottery

Rule Changes

Co-sponsor of H-1B reform bills since 2007

On December 29, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security formally published its final rule replacing the H-1B lottery with wage-weighted selection in the Federal Register. Starting February 27, 2026, a software engineer offered $150,000 (Level IV wage) gets four entries in the pool; one offered $65,000 (Level I) gets one entry—an 8.5% selection chance versus the prior 25% random odds. The change targets fraud: 758,994 registrations competed for 85,000 slots in FY 2024, with 408,891 duplicate submissions for the same people, up 140% from the year before. Shell companies flooded the system; Disney laid off American IT staff and made them train H-1B replacements paid 40% less. On December 24, a federal judge upheld the separate $100,000 H-1B fee Trump imposed in September, rejecting a U.S. Chamber of Commerce lawsuit.

Updated Dec 29, 2025