Grassley Attends Secret Miami Fundraiser And Touts Opposition To Obama Health Care Plan

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http://thinkprogress.org/2009/09/05/grassley-secret-fundraiser/

The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein reported recently that Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), who is up for reelection in 2010, sent a fundraising letter asking donors to give him money to help him “defeat ‘Obama-care.’” Grassley is currently locked in negotiations with a small group of Senate Finance Committee members, reportedly working on a possible bipartisan health care proposal.

As we previously reported, ThinkProgress attended a closed-door health care town hall forum in Hialeah, FL, this past Tuesday, where Sens. Mel Martinez (R-FL), John McCain (R-AZ), and Mitch McConnell (R-KY) discussed their opposition to Obama’s health reform plan. After the event, the three senators took a trip across town to the ritzy Biltmore hotel in Miami where they attended a fundraising reception sponsored by the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

ThinkProgress attended the closed-door reception. Upon arriving at the venue, we were surprised to see a conference room that was marked as a fundraising reception room for Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA). Grassley was not listed on the official invitation. Minutes later, Grassley arrived, where he joined his fellow colleagues McConnell and McCain. In his remarks, Grassley told the wealthy Republican activists that he was committed to fighting Obama’s health care plan.

ThinkProgress tried repeatedly to contact Grassley’s office for comment, but they refused to get back to us.

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1. That's why Iowa needs to vote that SOB out of office next year

And send him back to his farm to mow his fucking lawn!

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2. That SOB. Grassley was waiting across town in Miami for the other three to join him.

Son. Of. A. B.


Exclusive: Grassley Attends Secret Miami Fundraiser And Touts Opposition To Obama Health Care Plan, September 4, 2009

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As we previously reported, ThinkProgress attended a closed-door health care town hall forum in Hialeah, FL, this past Tuesday, where Sens. Mel Martinez (R-FL), John McCain (R-AZ), and Mitch McConnell (R-KY) discussed their opposition to Obama’s health reform plan. After the event, the three senators took a trip across town to the ritzy Biltmore hotel in Miami where they attended a fundraising reception sponsored by the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

ThinkProgress attended the closed-door reception. Upon arriving at the venue, we were surprised to see a conference room that was marked as a fundraising reception room for Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA). Grassley was not listed on the official invitation. Minutes later, Grassley arrived, where he joined his fellow colleagues McConnell and McCain. In his remarks, Grassley told the wealthy Republican activists that he was committed to fighting Obama’s health care plan.

Here is the story from the Miami Herald earlier this week, just mentioning McConnell, McCain and Martinez only.

GOP senators to hold `frank discussion' on healthcare in Hialeah (FL), September 1, 2009



People, this is all going to blow sky high. There's no way to stop it.