Chuck Grassley

=== Religious organizations ===
{{Main|United States Senate inquiry into the tax-exempt status of religious organizations}}
On November 5, 2007, Grassley announced an investigation into the tax-exempt status of six ministries under the leadership of [[Benny Hinn]], [[Paula White]], [[Eddie L. Long]], [[Joyce Meyer]], [[Creflo Dollar]], and [[Kenneth Copeland]] by the [[United States Senate Committee on Finance]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16860611|title=Senator Probes Megachurches' Finances|website=[[NPR]]|first=Kathy|last=Lohr|date=December 4, 2007|access-date=December 10, 2007|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206080710/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16860611|archive-date=December 6, 2007}}</ref> In letters to each ministry, Grassley asked for the ministries to divulge specific financial information to the committee to determine whether or not funds collected by each organization were inappropriately utilized by ministry heads.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/06/cbsnews_investigates/main3462147.shtml|title=Televangelists Living Like Kings?|website=[[CBS News]]|date=November 6, 2007|access-date=September 17, 2007|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109112841/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/06/cbsnews_investigates/main3462147.shtml|archive-date=November 9, 2007}}</ref> By the December 6, 2007 deadline, only three of the ministries had shown compliance with the Finance Committee's request. On March 11, 2008, Grassley and Finance chairman [[Max Baucus]] sent follow-up letters to Kenneth Copeland, Creflo Dollar and Eddie Long, explaining that the Senate reserved the right to investigate the finances of their organizations under federal tax laws.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pgdc.com/pgdc/grassley-baucus-urge-four-ministries-cooperate|title=Grassley, Baucus Urge Four Ministries to Cooperate|publisher=Planned Giving Design Center|date=March 12, 2008|access-date=February 4, 2009|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126121815/http://www.pgdc.com/pgdc/grassley-baucus-urge-four-ministries-cooperate|archive-date=January 26, 2009}}</ref>