WASHINGTON, D.C. – In the wake of scathing remarks about working-class Iowans and their spending habits, U.S. Senator Charles Grassley has been excluded from the conference committee that will work out the final so-called tax cut bill between the House and Senate.
Senator Grassley made the announcement Thursday morning. Pandering to President Donald Trump, Grassley complained, “@realDonaldTrump I’m the most Senior member of Senate Finance Comm I was dropped as Conferee So I won’t be in front line fighting for what u and I believe to cut taxes.”
Regarding what Senator Grassley “believes” about tax cuts and who deserves a break, his position was made clear days before he was excluded from the committee when he told the Des Moines Register “those that are just spending every darn penny they have, whether it’s on booze or women or movies” were in some way inferior to a tiny percentage of persons who stood to gain from a cut in the estate tax in the proposed tax bill.
Grassley, 84, has been a United States Senator since 1981.
@realDonaldTrump I'm the most Senior member of Senate Finance Comm I was dropped as Conferee So I won't be in front line fighting for what u and I believe to cut taxes
— Chuck Grassley (@ChuckGrassley) December 7, 2017
