![Photo of Sen. Charles “Chuck” Grassley [R-IA]](/static/legislator-photos/300048-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2020 Report Card for Grassley.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Grassley is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the Senate positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Grassley has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to May 19, 2022. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Charles “Chuck” Grassley sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Grassley was the primary sponsor of 97 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- S. 1511: Protecting America’s First Responders Act of 2021
- S. 409: A bill to provide for the availability of amounts for customer education initiatives and non-awards expenses of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Whistleblower Program, and for other purposes.
- S. 935: Rural Health Clinic Protection Act
- S. 831: EB–5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2021
- S. 2258 (116th): Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act of 2019
- S. 3607 (116th): Safeguarding America’s First Responders Act of 2020
- S. 4091 (116th): Emergency Aid for Returning Americans Affected by Coronavirus Act
Does 97 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Grassley sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Crime and Law Enforcement (32%) Health (14%) Government Operations and Politics (13%) Education (11%) Finance and Financial Sector (9%) Commerce (7%) Immigration (7%) Families (7%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Grassley recently introduced the following legislation:
- S. 4240: A bill to amend section 2441 of title 18, United States Code, to …
- S. 4254: A bill to amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to clarify a …
- S.Res. 643: A resolution designating the week of May 15 through May 21, 2022, as …
- S. 4235: A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to fix a technical error …
- S.Res. 639: A resolution congratulating Ames Laboratory on 75 years of outstanding service.
- S.Res. 634: A resolution recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness …
- S. 4151: Stop Pills That Kill Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 1981 to May 2022, Grassley missed 46 of 14,272 roll call votes, which is 0.3%. This is better than the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
- Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
