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Chuck Grassley

RepublicanIn office

Iowa · House 1975–1981 · Senate 1981–present

  • President Pro Tempore of the Senate (2019–2021)
  • President Pro Tempore of the Senate (2021–2021)
  • President Pro Tempore of the Senate (2025–present)
19753 House terms · 8 Senate terms — lighter bands are House, solid are Senatepresent

Voting record by issue

Where this member landed on each issue across their entire career, and how consistent that position stayed over time. Open an issue to see every vote behind the score.

Health Care 576 votes · 75.5/100 consistent
Expand coverageRestrict coverage
Immigration 246 votes · 51.1/100 consistent
ExpansiveRestrictive
Guns 43 votes · 50.5/100 consistent
Gun restrictionsGun rights
Abortion & Contraception 140 votes · 75.2/100 consistent
Expand accessRestrict access
Climate & Energy 241 votes · 48.6/100 consistent
Climate actionFossil fuel priority
Taxes 635 votes · 73.1/100 consistent
Raise revenueCut taxes
Labor & Wages 318 votes · 63.8/100 consistent
Worker priorityEmployer priority
Defense & War Powers 989 votes · 76.3/100 consistent
Military restraintMilitary expansion
Civil Rights 132 votes · 49.9/100 consistent
Broaden protectionsNarrow protections
LGBTQ Policy 14 votes · 51/100 consistent
Broaden protectionsNarrow protections
Voting & Elections 25 votes · 32.1/100 consistent
Expand accessRestrict access
Criminal Justice 266 votes · 66.4/100 consistent
Reform-orientedPunitive
Financial Regulation 268 votes · 58.6/100 consistent
RegulateDeregulate
Trade 257 votes · 35.6/100 consistent
ProtectionistFree trade

Not a left/right axis — both parties split on this issue.

Education 293 votes · 48/100 consistent
Expand federal roleReduce federal role
Spending & Budget 3,498 votes · 76.7/100 consistent
Fiscal expansionFiscal restraint

Money & lobbying ties

Political committees that gave to this member’s principal campaign committee.

45 committees, $106,000 total (cycle 2024). Source: FEC Schedule A, line 11C. A contribution is a documented financial relationship — it is not evidence that any vote was influenced by it. Conduit committees such as ActBlue and WinRed appear here as the FEC records them, but they forward earmarked donations from individuals rather than giving money of their own.

CommitteeCycleAmount
TRUE NORTH PAC2024$10,000
NATIONAL STRUCTURED SETTLEMENTS TRADE ASSOCIATION PAC2024$5,000
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS PAC (AANP-PAC)2024$5,000
ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY-ADM PAC2024$5,000
SYNGENTA CORPORATION EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE2024$5,000
ASHA PAC2024$5,000
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS SEPARATE SEGREGAT2024$5,000
VANGUARD COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT2024$3,500
AMERICAN FINANCIAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION PAC- AFSA2024$3,000
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TOYOTA/LEXUS PAC)2024$3,000
ALLIANT ENERGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEE'S POLITICAL ACTION COMM2024$2,500
EXPERIAN NORTH AMERICA, INC PAC (EXPERIAN PAC)2024$2,500
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES PAC (PA PAC)2024$2,500
AMERICAN NURSES ASSOC PAC2024$2,500
CENCORA INC. PAC2024$2,500
REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION PAC2024$2,500
HEIDELBERG MATERIALS US INC PAC2024$2,500
CLEAN FUELS ALLIANCE AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE2024$2,500
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE2024$2,500
HY-VEE INC EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE2024$2,500
ZOETIS INC. PAC2024$2,500
DAY & ZIMMERMAN INC FEDERAL PAC2024$2,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHAIN DRUG STORES, INC. PAC2024$2,000
REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. PAC2024$2,000
THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOC., INC. PAC2024$2,000

Industry rollups are not shown

This would be powered by OpenSecrets, which this project does not use. It moved behind a paid subscription, and no free source codes contributors by industry. Rather than guess an industry from a committee name, the filings are shown exactly as the FEC records them. It would otherwise show these committees grouped into industries and sectors.

Committee assignments

  • Joint Committee on Taxation
  • Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
  • Senate Committee on Finance
  • Senate Committee on the Budget
  • Senate Committee on the JudiciaryChairman
  • United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control
  • Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade
  • Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research
  • International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness
  • Rural Development, Energy, and Credit
  • Social Security, Pensions, and Family PolicyChairman
  • Taxation and IRS Oversight

Full term history

YearsChamberStatePartyCongress
1975–1977HouseIA-3Republican94–95
1977–1979HouseIA-3Republican95–96
1979–1981HouseIA-3Republican96–97
1981–1987SenateIARepublican97–100
1987–1993SenateIARepublican100–103
1993–1999SenateIARepublican103–106
1999–2005SenateIARepublican106–109
2005–2011SenateIARepublican109–112
2011–2017SenateIARepublican112–115
2017–2023SenateIARepublican115–118
2023–presentSenateIARepublican118–121