The Iowa Republican is running an article about the frustrations Iowans are feeling with Chuck Grassley and talking about mounting a primary fight against him for the 2010 election cycle. Not only has Grassley been the most popular politician in Iowa for the last 14 years but the Iowan Republican Party would do well to not worry about the candidates that are in office, but rather focus on the races Republicans can win.

Any attempt to take on Grassley will fail and should fail. He may not cast all the votes or support all of the things I care about, but I am more worried about Chet and the gang being removed from office rather than Grassley’s couple votes. If there is a candidate strong enough to challenge him, then bring him on against Harkin.

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United States Senator, Charles Grassley of the great state of Iowa, has provided a preliminary analysis of the stimulus program. Senator Grassley requested the analysis which showed that each worker’s Gross Domestic Product is $100,000 making the stimulus number 3 times that.

“There’s been a lot talk about bang for the buck, but there’s no talk about actually making sure it happens so that Americans get the help they need,” Grassley said. “Before Congress spends another $1 trillion, we ought to make sure we are getting our money’s worth. Congressional leaders should postpone a final vote on the stimulus bill until the Senate has had the opportunity to carefully review a full analysis of the Congressional Budget Office.”

Here is the article from the Republican Party of Iowa

The ranking GOP member of the Senate Finance Committee wants Congress to reconsider new funding to the National Science Foundation amid allegations that top staffers spent long stretches of their day surfing the Internet for pornography.

Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, sent a letter to the foundation’s Office of Inspector General on Tuesday seeking all documents it has related to the inappropriate use of the foundation’s network.

The foundation is the major source of federal backing in fields such as mathematics, computer science and social sciences.

Grassley told The Associated Press on Thursday he wants Congress to reconsider $3 billion in NSF funding that is included in the current stimulus bill until his questions are answered.

“I think they ought to. I think they need to,” he said.

The senator said he sought the information after a team of staffers led by his finance committee aide discovered numerous investigations into the misuse of the Internet by science foundation employees. The investigations were buried inside a semiannual report on NSF’s activities, he said.

According to the report, one senior staff member spent as much as 20 percent of his time during a two-year period at lurid sites and in sexually explicit chat rooms. That time cost taxpayers more than $40,000, the report stated.

Other employees were also alleged to have watched, downloaded and e-mailed porn.

Agency spokesman Jeff Nesbit said the foundation takes the report and Grassley’s inquiry seriously. He said the foundation is cooperating and has already taken steps to address the inspector general’s report.

“NSF immediately implemented additional IT systems controls to focus in particular on enforcement of the foundation’s long-standing policy prohibiting the use of its IT systems to access sexually explicit, gambling and other inappropriate Web sites,” Nesbit said in a written statement.

He said several employees were disciplined and at least three staffers were fired because of their inappropriate use of the Internet.

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