Chuck Grassley

== Political positions ==
=== Abortion ===
Grassley has said that he considers himself [[pro-life]] and has expressed concern about the potential for abortions to be paid for with federal funds.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://globegazette.com/news/local/north-iowans-ask-grassley-questions-on-health-care-reform/article_08a1711c-3dbe-11df-84ab-001cc4c03286.html|title=North Iowans ask Grassley questions on health care reform|date=April 1, 2010|work=GlobeGazette.com|access-date=September 27, 2015|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115074021/http://globegazette.com/news/local/north-iowans-ask-grassley-questions-on-health-care-reform/article_08a1711c-3dbe-11df-84ab-001cc4c03286.html|archive-date=November 15, 2016}}</ref> In December 1981, he voted for a proposed constitutional amendment by [[Orrin Hatch]] that would allow both Congress and the states to ban or regulate abortion.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/17/us/anti-abortion-bill-voted-4-0.html|title=Anti-Abortion Bill Voted, 4-0|date=December 17, 1981|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=July 26, 2018|archive-date=July 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726201946/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/17/us/anti-abortion-bill-voted-4-0.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, he co-sponsored reintroducing the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/|title=The Voter's Self Defense System|website=Vote Smart|language=en|access-date=March 4, 2019|archive-date=May 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523182305/https://votesmart.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> Grassley approved of the 2022 [[Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization|overturning of ''Roe v. Wade'']], saying it empowered people through their elected representatives to make "commonsense policy decisions".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Grassley |first1=Chuck |title="For many today's decision is about far more than correcting Roe it means that the rights of the unborn are no longer in jeopardy This ruling empowers the ppl thru their elected reps to make commonsense policy decisions It takes policymaking out of the hands of unelected judges" |url=https://twitter.com/ChuckGrassley/status/1540343189781024768 |website=[[Twitter]] |access-date=24 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

=== Agriculture ===
In April 2019, Grassley was one of seven senators to sign a letter led by [[Debbie Stabenow]] and [[Joni Ernst]] to [[United States Secretary of Agriculture|United States secretary of agriculture]] [[Sonny Perdue]] urging the Agriculture Department to implement conservation measures in the 2018 Farm Bill "through a department-wide National Water Quality Initiative, which would build off the existing initiative housed at the Natural Resource Conservation Service".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hoosieragtoday.com/senators-urge-department-wide-usda-initiative-prioritize-farm-bill-water-quality-improvements/|title=Senators Urge Department-Wide USDA Initiative to Prioritize Farm Bill Water Quality Improvements|date=April 17, 2019|publisher=hoosieragtoday.com|access-date=July 7, 2019|archive-date=November 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113030227/https://hoosieragtoday.com/senators-urge-department-wide-usda-initiative-prioritize-farm-bill-water-quality-improvements/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Antitrust ===
In October 2021, Grassley and Senator [[Amy Klobuchar]] introduced the [[American Innovation and Choice Online Act]] (S.2992) .<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |title=Klobuchar, Grassley, Colleagues to Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Rein in Big Tech |url=https://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2021/10/klobuchar-grassley-colleagues-to-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-rein-in-big-tech |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar |language=en}}</ref> The legislation aims to prevent [[Big tech companies|Big Tech companies]] from engaging in [[anti-competitive behavior]] by "self-preferencing" their products.<ref name="Ghaffary">{{Cite web |last=Ghaffary |first=Shirin |date=2021-06-11 |title=What you need to know about the House's opening bid to rein in Big Tech |url=https://www.vox.com/recode/22529779/antitrust-bills-house-big-tech |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=[[Vox (website)|Vox]] |language=en}}</ref> Grassley voted to confirm [[Jonathan Kanter]] as [[United States Assistant Attorney General|Assistant Attorney General]] for the [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]] [[Antitrust Division]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Feiner |first=Lauren |date=2021-11-16 |title=Senate confirms Big Tech critic Jonathan Kanter to lead DOJ Antitrust Division |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/16/senate-confirms-jonathan-kanter-to-lead-doj-antitrust-division.html |access-date=2022-03-13 |website=[[CNBC]] |language=en}}</ref>

=== Energy and environment ===
Grassley has expressed concern about the impact of regulations by the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|Environmental Protection Agency]] on farming.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2014/05/24/chuck-grassley-wants-meeting-epa-agriculture-rules-environment/9530119|title=Grassley wants to meet with EPA over agriculture rules|work=[[The Des Moines Register]]|date=May 23, 2014|access-date=September 27, 2015}}</ref> He said the EPA has a "public relations problem" with "the ethanol industry, corn farmers and [himself]",<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Eller|first1=Donnelle|title=After playing 'footsie with big oil companies,' EPA has a 'public relations problem' with farmers, Grassley says|url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2019/10/22/grassley-says-epa-has-big-public-relations-problem-farmers/4063027002/|newspaper=[[Des Moines Register]]|date=October 22, 2019}}</ref> and that the EPA has "screwed" farmers with 31 biofuel exemptions.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Grassley says EPA 'screwed' farmers with biofuels exemptions|url=https://www.keyc.com/2019/08/16/grassley-says-epa-screwed-farmers-with-biofuels-exemptions/|website=[[KEYC-TV|keyc.com]]|date=August 16, 2019|access-date=December 25, 2019|archive-date=December 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225203041/https://www.keyc.com/2019/08/16/grassley-says-epa-screwed-farmers-with-biofuels-exemptions/|url-status=live}}</ref> On December 19, 2019, after the EPA withdrew a new [[Renewable Fuel Standard (United States)|Renewable Fuel Standard]] (RFS) rule, Grassley criticized the EPA for "playing games and not helping President Trump with farmers".<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Crampton|first1=Liz|title=EPA backing off from new RFS rule|url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-agriculture/2019/12/20/epa-backing-off-from-new-rfs-rule-783932|website=[[Politico]]|date=December 20, 2019|access-date=December 25, 2019|archive-date=December 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225203039/https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-agriculture/2019/12/20/epa-backing-off-from-new-rfs-rule-783932|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1992, Grassley authored [[Energy Policy Act of 1992|EPACT 1992]], which created the federal wind energy tax credit.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wind Energy Production Tax Credit|url=https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/wind-energy-production-tax-credit|website=senate.gov|access-date=April 29, 2020|archive-date=June 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615222218/https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/wind-energy-production-tax-credit|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2005, Grassley authored the tax title of [[Energy Policy Act of 2005|EPACT 2005]] when he was chairman of the [[United States Senate Committee on Finance|Senate Finance Committee]].<ref name=GrassleySenateGov>{{Cite web|title=Grassley Advances Alternative Energy Production Tax Priorities|url=https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-advances-alternative-energy-production-tax-priorities-0|website=senate.gov|date=June 19, 2007|access-date=December 25, 2019|archive-date=December 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225204712/https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-advances-alternative-energy-production-tax-priorities-0|url-status=live}}</ref> On June 28, 2005, he voted for the bill.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Roll Call Vote 109th Congress - 1st Session|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00158|website=senate.gov|date=June 28, 2005|access-date=December 25, 2019|archive-date=December 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215193421/https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00158|url-status=live}}</ref> On June 19, 2007, Grassley helped expand tax incentives that produces energy from alternative sources including ethanol, wind, biomass, and biodiesel.<ref name=GrassleySenateGov/> On June 21, 2007, Grassley voted for the [[Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007]], which expanded other energy tax incentives through 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Roll Call Vote 110th Congress - 1st Session|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00226|website=senate.gov|date=June 21, 2007|access-date=December 25, 2019|archive-date=November 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116233918/https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00226|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=GrassleySenateGov/>

In September 2015, Grassley received the Dr. Harold D. Prior "Friend of Iowa Wind Energy" award from the Iowa Wind Energy Association for his commitment to supporting wind energy development in Iowa.<ref>{{cite news|title=Grassley named a Friend of Iowa Wind Energy|url=http://www.kmaland.com/ag/grassley-named-a-friend-of-iowa-wind-energy/article_0995c98a-523d-11e5-9c10-8fddffcce744.html|access-date=September 27, 2015|publisher=KMA Land|archive-date=July 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731184439/https://www.kmaland.com/ag/grassley-named-a-friend-of-iowa-wind-energy/article_0995c98a-523d-11e5-9c10-8fddffcce744.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2017, the [[Environmental Working Group]] stated that Grassley received $367,763 in grain commodity subsidies over 21 years.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Eller|first1=Donnelle|title=Grassley netted nearly $370,000 in farm subsidies, environmental group says|url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2017/12/08/grassley-netted-nearly-370-000-farm-subsidies-environmental-group-says/932067001/|newspaper=[[Des Moines Register]]|date=December 8, 2017|access-date=April 29, 2020}}</ref>

Grassley supports federal [[ethanol]] subsidies.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/23/AR2010112306921.html|title=Grassley's ethanol challenge|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=November 24, 2010|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115074148/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/23/AR2010112306921.html|archive-date=November 15, 2016}}</ref>

In 2017, of the [[Paris Agreement]], Grassley said, "unequal terms put the U.S. economy at a significant disadvantage while letting large economies like China’s and India’s off the hook".<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Tysver|first1=Robynn|title=Iowa and Nebraska lawmakers stand by Trump on Paris climate accord|url=https://www.omaha.com/news/state_and_regional/iowa-and-nebraska-lawmakers-stand-by-trump-on-paris-climate/article_12ab754f-3390-5176-9e34-f2c82aaf11e1.html|newspaper=[[Omaha World-Herald]]|date=June 3, 2017|access-date=December 25, 2019|archive-date=December 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225204705/https://www.omaha.com/news/state_and_regional/iowa-and-nebraska-lawmakers-stand-by-trump-on-paris-climate/article_12ab754f-3390-5176-9e34-f2c82aaf11e1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He also said he didn't like that the Senate had not voted on the agreement.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Boden|first1=Sarah|title=Grassley Fields Questions On Healthcare, Paris Agreement At Town Hall|url=https://www.iowapublicradio.org/post/grassley-fields-questions-healthcare-paris-agreement-town-hall#stream/0|website=[[Iowa Public Radio]]|date=June 2, 2017}}</ref>

=== Estate taxes ===
Grassley is in favor of repealing the [[Estate tax in the United States|estate tax]], which is a tax on inherited assets above $5.5 million for individuals and $11 million for couples.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/finance/363039-grassley-ending-estate-tax-recognizes-people-that-are-investing-not-spending/|title=Grassley: Ending estate tax 'recognizes people that are investing,' not 'spending every darn penny'|last=Samuels|first=Brett|date=December 3, 2017|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|access-date=December 3, 2017|archive-date=December 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204014826/http://thehill.com/policy/finance/363039-grassley-ending-estate-tax-recognizes-people-that-are-investing-not-spending|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2017/12/02/tax-reform-iowa-farmers-estate-tax/906946001/|title=Despite lawmakers' warnings, few Iowa farmers face estate tax|author=Noble, Jason|work=[[Des Moines Register]]|access-date=December 3, 2017|language=en}}</ref> He has argued that the estate tax is potentially ruinous for farmers and small business owners.<ref name=":0" /> According to the ''[[Des Moines Register]]'', Grassley's argument does not "match the reality found in federal tax data – particularly for Iowa. The estate tax applies to around 5,000 taxpayers across the entire country each year, and very few of them come from Iowa. Of the Iowans subject to the tax, only a fraction are actually farmers, and a vanishingly small number of them face a tax bill requiring them to sell off farmland or other assets... The number of small businesses impacted by the estate tax is similarly small."<ref name=":0" />

=== Gun law ===
[[File:Chuck Grassley 1979 congressional photo.jpg|thumb|Grassley during his time in the U.S. House of Representatives]]
In 2010, Grassley had an "A" rating from the [[NRA Political Victory Fund]] (NRA-PVF),<ref name="Vote Smart1004G">{{cite web|title=The Voter's Self Defense System|url=https://votesmart.org/interest-group/1324/rating/5589#.WdUz0RNSxE4|website=Vote Smart|access-date=October 4, 2017|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005000427/https://votesmart.org/interest-group/1324/rating/5589#.WdUz0RNSxE4|archive-date=October 5, 2017}}</ref> rising to "A+" ratings and endorsements in 2016 and 2022.<ref name="nrapvf-2016">{{cite web |title=VOTE FREEDOM FIRST ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER 8TH – VOTE CHUCK GRASSLEY FOR U.S. SENATE! |url=https://www.nrapvf.org/emails/2016/iowa/nra-pvf-endorses-chuck-grassley-for-us-senate/ |website=nrapvf.org |publisher=NRA-PVF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115210045/https://www.nrapvf.org/emails/2016/iowa/nra-pvf-endorses-chuck-grassley-for-us-senate/ |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |language=en-US |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=NRA-PVF - Grades - Iowa |url=https://www.nrapvf.org/grades/iowa |website=nrapvf.org |publisher=NRA-PVF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108112323/https://www.nrapvf.org/grades/iowa |archive-date=November 8, 2022 |language=en-US |url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref name="nrapvf-2022">{{cite web |title=Vote Freedom First. Vote Chuck Grassley for U.S. Senate! |url=https://www.nrapvf.org/campaigns/2022/vote-chuck-grassley/ |website=nrapvf.org |publisher=NRA-PVF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009182925/https://www.nrapvf.org/campaigns/2022/vote-chuck-grassley/ |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |language=en-US |url-status=live}}</ref> According to a source from [[Splinter News]], Grassley received $9,900 from the NRA during his 2016 election.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Schwartz|first1=Rafi|title=Every Member of Congress Who Took Money From the NRA and Tweeted 'Thoughts and Prayers' to Las Vegas|url=https://splinternews.com/every-member-of-congress-who-took-money-from-the-nra-an-1819059582|website=Splinter News|date=October 10, 2017|access-date=December 22, 2019|archive-date=December 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222204428/https://splinternews.com/every-member-of-congress-who-took-money-from-the-nra-an-1819059582|url-status=live}}</ref>

Grassley is a staunch believer that gun laws will not prevent gun deaths or gun-related violence without improved mental health care.<ref name="Shabad1004G">{{cite web|last1=Shabad|first1=Rebecca|title=Grassley: Gun control ineffective until mental issues are addressed|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/182744-grassley-gun-control-ineffective-until-mental-issues-are-addressed/|website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|access-date=October 4, 2017|date=September 18, 2013|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005100653/http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/323037-grassley-gun-control-ineffective-until-mental-issues-are-addressed|archive-date=October 5, 2017}}</ref> Grassley opposed the Manchin-Toomey gun control amendment, and instead proposed alternative legislation to increase prosecutions of gun violence and increase reporting of mental health data in background checks.<ref name="Ed Tibbetts"/>

In 2016, one month after the [[Orlando nightclub shooting]], Grassley proposed legislation to expand state-to-state access to background check data and to make it illegal for government officials to sell criminals guns as part of sting operations. Both proposals were rejected by the Senate.<ref name="Lejeune1004G">{{cite web|last1=Lejeune|first1=Tristan|title=Senate rejects gun control background check measures|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/284182-senate-rejects-first-background-check-bill/|website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|access-date=October 4, 2017|date=June 20, 2016|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004013116/http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/284182-senate-rejects-first-background-check-bill|archive-date=October 4, 2017}}</ref> Additionally, he voted against the Democrats' Feinstein Amendment, which would make it illegal to sell guns to individuals on the terror watchlist and a Republican-sponsored bill that expanded funding for background checks.<ref name="APDMR1004G">{{cite web|title=Ernst, Grassley vote with GOP on gun control|url=http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/21/ernst-grassley-vote-gop-gun-control/86164366/|website=[[Des Moines Register]]|access-date=October 4, 2017|language=en}}</ref>

In early 2017, Grassley sponsored legislation that expanded access to firearms by mentally disabled individuals, claiming that the previous ban against mentally ill individuals purchasing guns "mistreats disabled Americans".<ref name="Benen1004G">{{cite web|last1=Benen|first1=Steve|author-link1=Steve Benen|title=Senate Republicans vote to expand gun access for mentally impaired|url=https://msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/senate-republicans-vote-expand-gun-access-mentally-impaired|website=[[MSNBC]]|date=February 15, 2017 |access-date=October 4, 2017|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003193943/http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/senate-republicans-vote-expand-gun-access-mentally-impaired|archive-date=October 3, 2017}}</ref> In response to the [[2017 Las Vegas shooting]], he said it was unlikely that gun laws would change in the wake of the shooting due to Congress being Republican-dominated.<ref name="Noble1004G">{{cite web|last1=Noble|first1=Jason|title=Grassley: Las Vegas shooting unlikely to move Congress on gun control|url=http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2017/10/04/las-vegas-shooting-congress-gun-control-chuck-grassley/731971001/|website=[[Des Moines Register]]|access-date=October 4, 2017|language=en}}</ref> A day after the [[Douglas High School shooting]] in [[Parkland, Florida]], Grassley said the government had not done enough to prevent individuals with a mental illness from obtaining firearms.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/15/politics/grassley-guns/index.html|title=Grassley: Gov't needs to do better on mental health and guns|author=Sarah Mucha|website=[[CNN]]|date=February 15, 2018 |access-date=January 25, 2019|archive-date=January 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104072858/https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/15/politics/grassley-guns/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Health care ===
Grassley opposes the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act|Affordable Care Act]] and has voted to repeal it.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/6/16/15810524/senate-ahca-explain-please|title=We asked 8 Senate Republicans to explain what their health bill is trying to do|last1=Golshan|first1=Tara|date=June 16, 2017|work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]|access-date=June 17, 2017|last2=Scott|first2=Dylan|last3=Stein|first3=Jeff|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616215038/https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/6/16/15810524/senate-ahca-explain-please|archive-date=June 16, 2017}}</ref> Before its passage, he had supported the individual mandate in health care reform.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Grassley: I Supported The Individual Mandate Before I Realized It Was Unconstitutional|date=March 25, 2010 |url=https://archive.thinkprogress.org/grassley-i-supported-the-individual-mandate-before-i-realized-it-was-unconstitutional-6374557f50af/|access-date=2021-03-05|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Pecquet|first=Julian|date=2012-01-09|title=Lugar haunted by past support for individual mandate|url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/102212-lugar-haunted-by-past-support-for-individual-mandate/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Grassley backtracks on individual mandate - Live Pulse - POLITICO.com|url=https://www.politico.com/livepulse/0909/Grassley_backtracks_on_individual_mandate.html|access-date=2021-03-05|website=[[Politico]]}}</ref> Grassley engaged in lengthy negotiations with the Obama administration, as it sought health care reform with support from Republican members of Congress. These negotiations produced nothing that Grassley would support, leading Democrats to characterize Grassley's efforts as intended to delay or scupper health care reform rather than produce compromise legislation.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Is Grassley Abandoning Bipartisan Health Bill?|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112044867|access-date=2021-04-08|website=[[NPR]]| date=August 20, 2009 |language=en| last1=Halloran | first1=Liz }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-29|title='Played' by GOP in the Obama era, wary Democrats and Biden go big on their own|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-01-29/democrats-and-biden-go-big-learning-from-obama-era-frustrations-with-republicans|access-date=2021-04-08|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Haberkorn|first=Jennifer|title=This time, Grassley hears pro-Obamacare voices|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/chuck-grassley-obamacare-town-hall-235232|access-date=2021-04-08|website=[[Politico]]|date=February 21, 2017 |language=en}}</ref> In Obama's memoir, he describes an exchange between him and Grassley in the Oval Office as he sought to reach a compromise with Grassley. Obama asked, "If [[Max Baucus|Max [Baucus]]] took every one of your latest suggestions, could you support the bill?... Are there ''any'' changes—any at all—that would get us your vote?", to which Grassley responded, "I guess not, Mr. President."<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Obama|first=Barack|title=Barack Obama Looks Back on His Toughest Fight|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/11/02/barack-obama-new-book-excerpt-promised-land-obamacare|access-date=2021-04-08|magazine=The New Yorker|language=en-us}}</ref>

In July 2017, Grassley said that Senate Republicans should be ashamed of not having repealed the ACA, and that this could result in a loss of their majority in the 2018 elections.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/341152-grassley-republicans-will-lose-senate-majority-without/|title=Grassley: GOP will lose Senate majority without healthcare reform|author=Byrnes, Jason|date=July 8, 2017|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|access-date=August 24, 2018|archive-date=August 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825002457/http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/341152-grassley-republicans-will-lose-senate-majority-without|url-status=live}}</ref>

In August 2018, Grassley was one of ten Republican senators to cosponsor legislation intended to protect ACA provisions for people with preexisting conditions.<ref name=":3">{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/403459-ten-gop-senators-introduce-bill-aimed-at-preserving-obamacares-pre-existing/|title=GOP senators introduce bill to preserve ObamaCare's pre-existing conditions protections|author=Hellmann, Jessie|date=August 24, 2018|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|access-date=August 24, 2018|archive-date=August 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824200326/http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/403459-ten-gop-senators-introduce-bill-aimed-at-preserving-obamacares-pre-existing|url-status=live}}</ref> Health experts said the bill did not prevent insurers from excluding coverage for people with preexisting conditions.<ref name=":3" />

=== Marijuana legalization ===
In 2015, Grassley voiced his opposition to a bipartisan senate bill, [[Cannabis in the United States#Federal|the Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States Act]], that would move [[cannabis]] from Schedule I to Schedule II. This bill would allow states with [[medical cannabis]] laws to legally prescribe it and allow for more research into its medical efficacy.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Leys|first1=Tony|title=Grassley opposes medical marijuana rescheduling|url=http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/health/2015/03/11/chuck-grassley-medical-marijuana/70170440/|publisher=[[Des Moines Register]]|access-date=March 11, 2015|archive-date=May 20, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150520204634/http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/health/2015/03/11/chuck-grassley-medical-marijuana/70170440/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, along with Democratic U.S. Senators [[Dianne Feinstein]] and [[Brian Schatz]], Grassley introduced the Cannabidiol and Marijuana Research Expansion Act, which would expand research into medical marijuana.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Live updates: Largest Nevada county still tallying mail votes |url=https://www.ketv.com/article/national-updates-and-results-presidential-race-and-us-voting/34561805 |access-date=November 5, 2020 |work=KETV |date=November 5, 2020 |language=en |archive-date=November 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104050447/https://www.ketv.com/article/national-updates-and-results-presidential-race-and-us-voting/34561805 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Military ===
Grassley has voiced objections to the [[Special Immigrant Visa|Special Immigrant Visa program]], which resettles translators and their family members who face risks to their lives due to their work with the U.S. Military.<ref>{{cite news |last= Lawrence |first= J.P. |date= October 27, 2022|title= GOP critic of visa program for Afghans has veterans groups fretting over its future |url=https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-10-27/afghanistan-interpreters-grassley-7827439.html |work= [[Stars and Stripes (newspaper)|Stars and Stripes]]|location= |access-date= November 4, 2022}}</ref>

=== Israel Anti-Boycott Act ===
In April 2017, Grassley co-sponsored the [[Israel Anti-Boycott Act]] (s. 720), which would make it a federal crime for Americans to encourage or participate in boycotts against [[Israel]] and [[Israeli settlement]]s in the [[West Bank]] if protesting actions by the Israeli government.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/720/cosponsors|title=Cosponsors - S.720 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): Israel Anti-Boycott Act|date=March 23, 2017|website=www.congress.gov|access-date=September 24, 2019|archive-date=June 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621142604/https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/720/cosponsors|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/senate-bill-would-make-it-a-federal-crime-to-boycott-israel.html|title=43 Senators Want to Make It a Federal Crime to Boycott Israeli Settlements|last=Levitz|first=Eric|date=July 19, 2017|website=[[New York (magazine)|New York Intelligencer]]|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2019|archive-date=July 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727013113/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/senate-bill-would-make-it-a-federal-crime-to-boycott-israel.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, Grassley was one of 14 Republican senators to sign a letter from [[Marco Rubio]] that involved condemning the [[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions|BDS movement]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Vlahos|first1=Kelley|title=Israel Boycott Exposes Serious Rifts in the Democratic Party|url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/israel-boycott-exposes-serious-rifts-in-the-democratic-party/|newspaper=[[The American Conservative]]|date=March 5, 2019|access-date=December 25, 2019|archive-date=December 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225195452/https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/israel-boycott-exposes-serious-rifts-in-the-democratic-party/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== LGBT rights ===
In 2015, after the Supreme Court ruled same-sex marriage bans unconstitutional in [[Obergefell v. Hodges]], Grassley released a statement saying he believed marriage was between one man and a woman and criticized the court for not leaving the issue up to the states. But in 2022, he said in a statement that he supports same-sex marriage. Despite this, Grassley voted against the [[Respect for Marriage Act]], citing religious liberty concerns and calling the legislation unnecessary.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Akin|first1=Katie|title=Chuck Grassley votes to block same-sex marriage bill, cites concern over religious liberty|url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2022/11/16/chuck-grassley-votes-against-federal-same-sex-marriage-bill/69651970007/|newspaper=[[Des Moines Register]]|date=November 16, 2022|access-date=March 18, 2013}}</ref>

=== Retirement planning ===
In 2019, Grassley was one of the lead Senate co-sponsors of the SECURE Act of 2019. This bill, which became law as part of the [[2020 United States federal budget|fiscal year 2020 federal appropriations law]] signed in late December 2019, was intended to incentivize retirement planning, diversify the options available to savers, and increase access to tax-advantaged savings programs including 529 plans.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/12/23/new-law-is-bringing-big-changes-retirement-savers-especially-parents|title=A new law is bringing big changes for retirement savers, especially parents|last=Singletary|first=Michelle|date=December 23, 2019|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=December 30, 2019|archive-date=December 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230190906/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/12/23/new-law-is-bringing-big-changes-retirement-savers-especially-parents/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Russian interference in 2016 elections ===
{{Main|Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections|Foreign electoral intervention}}
In February 2017, Grassley said that while Russian interference in U.S. elections was "bothersome", the United States did not have clean hands and had, for instance, interfered with the [[1948 Italian general election|1948 Italian election]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://qctimes.com/news/local/government-and-politics/grassley-u-s-hands-aren-t-clean/article_23acf094-e58a-580a-8351-46610d0d5c70.html|title=Grassley: U.S. hands aren't clean|last=Tibbetts|first=Ed|newspaper=The Quad-City Times|access-date=February 15, 2017|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215212302/http://qctimes.com/news/local/government-and-politics/grassley-u-s-hands-aren-t-clean/article_23acf094-e58a-580a-8351-46610d0d5c70.html|archive-date=February 15, 2017}}</ref> In May 2017 after Trump [[dismissal of FBI Director James Comey|fired FBI director James Comey]], Grassley advised people suspicious of the [[Presidency of Donald Trump|Trump administration]] to "Suck it up and move on."<ref>Fox & friends (foxandfriends).  [https://twitter.com/foxandfriends/status/862279059404865537 .@ChuckGrassley's message to those calling Comey's firing 'Nixonian': 'Suck it up and move on.'"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109175006/https://twitter.com/foxandfriends/status/862279059404865537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vox.com%2Fpolicy-and-politics%2F2017%2F5%2F10%2F15609606%2Fgrassley-nixon-trump-comparisons-reaction |date=November 9, 2017 }} May 10, 2017, 5:12 a.m.  Tweet.</ref>
On October 31, 2017, while a group of Republicans were facing questions from reporters concerning recent indictments, Grassley ignored the questions and left the room.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Barrett|first1=Ted|title=Top Republicans (literally) dodge questions on Trump aide indictments|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/30/politics/chuck-grassley-exit/index.html|website=[[CNN]]|date=October 31, 2017 |publisher=[[CNN]]|access-date=October 31, 2017|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171031012244/http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/30/politics/chuck-grassley-exit/index.html|archive-date=October 31, 2017}}</ref>

In January 2018, and in the first known congressional [[criminal referral]] in the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, Grassley, along with [[Lindsey Graham]], recommended charges against [[Christopher Steele]], one of the people who sought to expose Russian interference.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/05/us/politics/christopher-steele-dossier-judiciary-committee.html|title=Republican Senators Recommend Charges Against Author of Trump Dossier|last1=Fandos|first1=Nicholas|date=2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=January 5, 2018|last2=Rosenberg|first2=Matthew|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=January 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105191310/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/05/us/politics/christopher-steele-dossier-judiciary-committee.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Grassley and Graham said that they had reason to believe that Steele had lied to federal authorities.<ref name=":1" /> According to ''The New York Times'', "It was not clear why, if a crime is apparent in the F.B.I. reports that were reviewed by the Judiciary Committee, the Justice Department had not moved to charge Mr. Steele already. The circumstances under which Mr. Steele is alleged to have lied were unclear, as much of the referral was classified."<ref name=":1" />

In January 2018, when Grassley and Judiciary Committee Republicans were refusing to release the full transcript of an August 2017 ten-hour interview that the Judiciary Committee had conducted with [[Glenn R. Simpson|Glenn Simpson]], Senator [[Dianne Feinstein]], the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the full transcript unilaterally.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/09/feinstein-releases-transcript-of-interview-with-fusion-gps-co-founder-329573|title='Human source' in Trump orbit contacted FBI, Fusion GPS co-founder told senators|author=Cheney, Kyle|work=[[Politico]]|date=January 9, 2018|access-date=January 10, 2018|archive-date=January 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109184549/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/09/feinstein-releases-transcript-of-interview-with-fusion-gps-co-founder-329573|url-status=live}}</ref> Simpson is the co-founder of the political opposition research firm [[Fusion GPS]], which produced the so-called [[Steele Dossier]] on alleged connections between Trump and Russia. Grassley condemned Feinstein, saying that her decision was "confounding" and that it deterred future witnesses in the Russia 2016 investigation.<ref name=":2" /> Simpson himself had requested that the full transcript of his interview be released, saying that Republicans had selectively leaked portions of the testimony to conservative media outlets in order to portray Simpson in a negative light and discredit the Steele dossier.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/09/sen-dianne-feinstein-unilaterally-releases-fusion-gps-testimony.html|title=Senate Democrats just released the full testimony on the Trump-Russia dossier. Here's what's in it|last=Breuninger|first=Kevin|date=January 9, 2018|work=[[CNBC]]|access-date=January 10, 2018|archive-date=January 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110010358/https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/09/sen-dianne-feinstein-unilaterally-releases-fusion-gps-testimony.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Trade ===
In January 2018, Grassley was one of 36 Republican senators to sign a letter to President Trump requesting he preserve the [[North American Free Trade Agreement]] by modernizing it for the economy of the 21st century.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/finance/371492-senate-republicans-call-on-trump-to-preserve-nafta/|title=Senate Republicans call on Trump to preserve NAFTA|date=January 30, 2018|first=Vicki|last=Needham|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|access-date=January 6, 2019|archive-date=December 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223164034/https://thehill.com/policy/finance/371492-senate-republicans-call-on-trump-to-preserve-nafta|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Whistleblowers ===
The author of the [[Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989]], Grassley has campaigned to increase protection and provide support for "[[whistleblowers]]". He has supported a number of FBI whistleblowers, including [[Coleen Rowley]], [[Sibel Edmonds]], and [[Jane Turner (FBI whistleblower)|Jane Turner]], although not supporting Department of Defense whistleblower Noel Koch.<ref name="DoD whistleblower Noel Koch">{{cite news|url=http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=noel_koch_1|title=1983: Neoconservative Arrives at Pentagon, Allegedly Acts as Israeli Agent within Defense Department|date=February 24, 2004|newspaper=Counterpunch|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115073633/http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=noel_koch_1|archive-date=November 15, 2016}}</ref>

Grassley received a lifetime achievement award on May 17, 2007, from the [[National Whistleblower Center]].
In April 2014, Grassley announced plans to create a caucus in the Senate dedicated to strengthening whistleblower protections.<ref name="Whistleblower Protection Caucus">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2014/04/10/sen-charles-grassley-plans-new-whistleblower-protection-caucus/|title=Sen. Charles Grassley plans new whistleblower-protection caucus|last=Hicks|first=Josh|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=April 19, 2014|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416084711/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2014/04/10/sen-charles-grassley-plans-new-whistleblower-protection-caucus/|archive-date=April 16, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/grassley-grilled-on-snowden-views-at-whistleblower-talk/article_9e12d84e-af92-5518-989c-ac5115e874af.html|title=Grassley grilled on Snowden views at whistleblower talk|author=Christina Crippes |website=Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier|date=January 23, 2014 |access-date=January 25, 2019|archive-date=January 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126001330/https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/grassley-grilled-on-snowden-views-at-whistleblower-talk/article_9e12d84e-af92-5518-989c-ac5115e874af.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Grassley defended the whistleblower in the [[Trump–Ukraine scandal]], breaking with his party line, when he declared on October 1, 2019, that the whistleblower "appears to have followed the whistleblower protection laws and ought to be heard out and protected".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/chuck-grassley-defends-ukraine-whistleblower-breaking-gop-trump-n1060871|title=Chuck Grassley defends Ukraine whistleblower, breaking with GOP and Trump|last=Gregorian|first=Dareh|newspaper=[[NBC News]]|access-date=October 2, 2019|archive-date=October 13, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20191013112638/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/chuck-grassley-defends-ukraine-whistleblower-breaking-gop-trump-n1060871|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/01/grassley-trump-whistleblower-014715|title=Grassley breaks with Trump over protecting whistleblower|last=Everett|first=Burgess|newspaper=[[Politico]]|date=October 1, 2019|access-date=October 2, 2019|archive-date=October 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002004503/https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/01/grassley-trump-whistleblower-014715|url-status=live}}</ref>

After whistleblowers Colonel [[Alexander Vindman]] and Ambassador [[Gordon Sondland]] testified against Donald Trump and were subsequently fired, Grassley defended Trump's firing of both whistleblowers on the grounds that their firing was not retaliatory.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Coltrain|first=Nick|title=Sen. Chuck Grassley rejects retaliation claim in Trump removing impeachment witnesses|url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2020/02/12/chuck-grassley-donald-trump-impeachment-witnesses-no-retaliation-alexander-vindman-gordon-sondland/4736099002/|access-date=October 31, 2020|website=[[Des Moines Register]]|language=en-US}}</ref>

===Donald Trump===
On May 28, 2021, Grassley voted against creating an independent commission to investigate the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack]].<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=May 28, 2021 |title=Which senators supported a Jan. 6 Capitol riot commission |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/january6-commission-senators-vote/}}</ref> Later that year, Grassley campaigned with Donald Trump.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Trump holds fast to his election lies as the GOP establishment hugs him tighter|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/09/trump-holds-fast-to-his-election-lies-as-the-gop-establishment-hugs-him-tighter-515752|access-date=2021-10-10|website=[[Politico]]|date=October 9, 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Gruber-Miller|first=Brianne Pfannenstiel and Stephen|title=Former President Donald Trump endorses Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley: 'A great American patriot'|url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2021/10/09/former-president-donald-trump-iowa-rally-endorses-u-s-senator-chuck-grassley-reelection/5947269001/|access-date=2021-10-10|website=[[Des Moines Register]]|language=en-US}}</ref>