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Grassley gets his way with committee assignments

By Chase Martyn 5/4/09

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) faced a committee conundrum last week after news emerged that U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pennsylvania) was defecting from the Republican Party and becoming a Democrat.
Specter’s switch would leave a vacancy in the Ranking Member position on the Senate Judiciary Committee.  Grassley, currently serving the last two years of his term [...]

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