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U.S. Senator from Iowa · Class III

Chuck Grassley

Republican 8th term Up 2028 Chair · Judiciary

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$528K raised · top PACs: Faspac Fareway Stores, Axon Enterprise, Dla Piper LLP (US) Political Action Committee (DLA PIPER PAC) Breaks with Republicans most onEconomics and Public Finance: broke on 3 of 168 party-line votes (2%; most Republicans: 1%)
99LoyaltyMed 100
97AttendMed 98
9BipartMed 9
5BreaksMed 2
In office
Senate 1981–now
House 1975–1981
51 years in CongressMore senior than 100% of the Senate
Committees
  • Judiciary Chair
  • Finance 2nd majority
  • Budget 2nd majority
Age
93

Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date8779782489155
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—77624569172

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Government Operations and Politics 32% 6%
Health 9% 19%
Crime and Law Enforcement 15% 28%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Crime and Law Enforcement and Health; bills go to Crime and Law Enforcement and Health.

  • He talks most about: Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Fraud Enforcement (Crime and Law Enforcement), Government Weaponization (Government Operations and Politics), Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Cost of Living (Taxation).
  • 97 bills sponsored, most on Crime and Law Enforcement.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairJudiciary CommitteeFull committee
ChairSocial Security, Pensions, and Family Policy SubcommitteeFinance
President pro temporeU.S. SenateParty leadership · Since Jan 2025
MemberBudget Committee2nd majority

+4 more on Background

Chair of the Judiciary Committee, more senior than 100% of the Senate, in the majority.

  • 51 years in Congress: more senior than 100% of the Senate.
  • Majority: Republicans hold 53 of 100 seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

34% · peer median 19%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Grassley.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

34% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 19%); closest in his party: Armstrong and Lankford.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peerLaw inside another bill

Introduced 67 · expected 50
Action in committee 12 · expected 8
Beyond committee 11 · expected 6.5
Passed Senate 8 · expected 1
Became law 0 · expected 1 · +1 inside another bill
EffectivenessRank 19 of 100 in the Senate

1.45expected 1.11 · average member 1.00

8 of 67 bills passed the Senate; 0 became law; 1 more became law inside another bill; effectiveness 1.45 against a peer median of 1.11.

  • On the move: S. 1133 (out of committee), S. 180 (out of committee), S. 527 (out of committee).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE +0.36

With his party on all 15 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 99% of party-line votes, breaks 5 times (peer median 4).

  • Position: +0.36, outside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 3 of 168, Armed Forces & National Security 2 of 43.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Grassley$528K raised36%20%14%31%
Senate median$3.0M raised23%28%15%19%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

55% of what he raised came from individuals; 36% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 23%).

$528K raised, 14% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 15%).

  • Last election margin: not on file.

7 PACs of the 17 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Taxation, Health and Trade.

  1. Faspac Fareway Stores13% D
  2. Axon Enterprise46% D
  3. Dla Piper LLP48% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

18 bills

Grassley voted Yea on 5, did not vote on 1, and sponsored or cosponsored 12 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.