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“I think the fact that the president hasn’t met with the leaders of the House and the Senate on a bipartisan basis until now is pretty telling,” he said.
Cornyn, however, said how the meeting turns out is up to Biden and that Republicans are willing to cut a deal, although on a package costing only a fraction of what the White House has proposed.
“If he’s willing to work with us, we’re willing to work with him, but so far it’s been ‘my way or the highway,’” he added.
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Biden and McConnell have only spoken twice since the Jan. 20 inauguration, aides note. Biden called McConnell in late March to talk about infrastructure, and the two leaders spoke in February about the situation in Myanmar.
Chuck Grassley is the 80-something everyone s waiting on
If Iowa s incumbent senator runs for reelection in 2022, the seat is safe for Republicans. If he retires, they ll have a battle on their hands.
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley is under pressure to save his party from defending yet another open seat as it labors to retake the majority. | Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images
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OSSIAN, Iowa Chuck Grassley still gets up at 4 a.m. every day and often goes for a 2-mile run. The 87-year-old does push-ups, too.
“You want me to do 35 for you?” he responded when asked about his regimen as he waited for a burger at Bambino’s, a haunt in this town of about 800 people.
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All eyes are on Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa as the Republican Party aims to win back the Senate majority in 2022.
One of the biggest questions hovering next year s midterms is whether the 87-year-old Grassley will run for an eighth six-year term in the Senate.
The senator is remaining mum. I ll be making that decision sometime this fall, he has repeatedly said so far this year as he points to an announcement sometime likely in October or November. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, listens during a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Washington. (Al Drago/Pool via AP)
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