Senator Charles Grassley takes on the stimulus bill

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Despite President Obama’s confidence that the stimulus bill will pass the Senate with bipartisan support, Senate Republicans aren’t quite as confident. There are some provisions in the bill that they just aren’t comfortable with and won’t sign off on. Republican Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa joins us to talk about the GOP’s take on the stimulus package.

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