Sponsored
Politician
Politician
Party
Republican
Chamber
Senate
State
IA
In office since
1981
Next election
2028
Votes recorded
890
Total votes
890
Missed
24 (2.7%)
Committees
6
Legislative data from the official House/Senate roll-call record via Voteview (UCLA) and the unitedstates/congress-legislators dataset.
No contradictions identified between Chuck Grassley's stated positions and their recorded votes.
Methodology: stated positions are AI-compiled from cited public sources; conflicts cross-reference them against the official roll-call record. Consistency = 100 − 12 per significant − 6 per moderate − 2 per minor conflict. Severity is editorial-model judgment — every item links its underlying vote so you can decide for yourself.
Prioritizes border security and opposes what he calls 'open borders' and 'mass amnesty,' while raising concerns about illegal immigration's impact on jobs, wages, and public safety.
Sponsored legislation ending unaccountable amnesty and reforming H-1B visas to protect workers.
Raises concerns about visa programs like H-1B potentially displacing American workers and calls for reforms to better protect domestic labor.
Sponsored H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act to protect American workers from displacement.
Supports whistleblower protections and measures to recover funds lost to fraud.
Sponsored CFTC Whistleblower Protection Act to improve accountability and fraud recovery.
Supports requiring proof of citizenship to register and photo ID to vote.
Voted yea on requiring photo identification and proof of citizenship for voter registration.
Supports securing the border and curbing illegal immigration to protect American workers.
Sponsored End Unaccountable Amnesty Act to secure border and curb illegal immigration.
Supports restrictions on abortion, including bans on partial-birth abortion, parental notification requirements, and limits on federal funding for abortion providers.
No votes or sponsored bills address abortion restrictions or funding.
Advocates for reducing federal deficit spending and the national debt, supports a constitutional balanced budget amendment, and opposes what he views as reckless government spending.
Votes on appropriations and nominations do not address deficit reduction or balanced budget amendment.
Supports tax cuts for working families and small businesses, opposed the previous administration's proposed tax increases, and backed legislation providing tax relief on tips and overtime pay.
No recorded votes or bills on tax cuts for families, small businesses, tips, or overtime.
Champions family farmers and rural Iowa communities, supporting infrastructure investment such as roads, broadband, and flood mitigation to benefit agricultural exports.
No votes or bills on farm infrastructure, broadband, or flood mitigation for rural areas.
Criticizes federal spending policies as a driver of inflation and emphasizes need for policy certainty to support economic growth for workers, farmers, and small businesses.
No direct votes or bills on spending-driven inflation or policy certainty for growth.
Supports fiscal responsibility, reducing wasteful spending, debt and deficit.
Procedural votes on continuing resolutions offer no clear stance on waste reduction or debt limits.
Supports saving Medicare and Social Security, which are woven into America’s social fabric.
No votes or sponsored bills on preserving or reforming Social Security and Medicare.
Supports tax cuts for working families and preventing large tax increases.
Record contains no actions on tax relief for working families or blocking increases.
Supports free trade and agreements like USMCA to open markets for Iowa products.
No votes or bills on free trade agreements or market access for agricultural exports.
Supports a five-year Farm Bill and measures to lower fertilizer costs.
No record of support for five-year Farm Bill or fertilizer cost reductions.
Supports advancing clean energy and year-round nationwide E15.
No votes or bills on clean energy advancement or nationwide E15 fuel.
Supports parental involvement in education decisions and programs for gifted students.
No votes or bills on parental involvement or gifted student programs.
Supports lowering prescription drug prices through PBM transparency and protecting rural health care.
No votes or bills on PBM transparency, drug prices, or rural health care protections.
S. 3977 — Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment Act
2026-08-27 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 684.
S. 5161 — CFTC Whistleblower Protection and Program Improvement Act of 2026
2026-07-29 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
S. 3087 — Stop Pills That Kill Act
2026-07-21 · Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 6.
S. 2677 — To expand the sharing of information with respect to suspected violations of intellectual property rights in trade.
2026-04-28 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
S. 3046 — Gang Activity Reporting Act of 2025
2025-12-16 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
S. 3228 — SIMSA Act of 2025
2025-11-20 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.