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Grassley to Return as Chairman of Senate Judiciary Committee After 2020 Election: Graham

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will take over being chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee if Repu..

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will take over being chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee if Republicans hold the Senate in the 2020 election, current chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Thursday.

Grassley, 86, was chair of the committee from 2015 until the 2018 midterms. He became the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.

Graham, 64, assumed the chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee in the 116th Congress.

Graham told Politico on Thursday that Grassley asked to become chair of the committee again after the next election.

“Love Chuck Grassley. Thats the way the Senate works,” Graham said. “He took the Finance Committee so I could be chairman, and hell come back and fill out his time, and Ill come back, and somebody else will come along.”

Senate Republican rules allow members to chair one committee for six years total, leading to switches. Grassley potentially has two more years under that rule as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Chairman.

Grassley confirmed to Politico that he wants to return to chair the committee and that he spoke to Graham about the request.

The change would come after an underwhelming time as chair for Graham, who has been criticized widely by some conservatives for his perceived lack of action as chair of the committee, especially amid the push to impeach President Donald Trump.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) speaks to the media after President Donald Trump delivered remarks on the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, at the White House in Washington on Oct. 27, 2019. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Graham, who became one of Trumps top allies after Sen. John McCains death, has neglected to follow through on several promises surrounding the probe into the origins of the investigation into the Trump-Russia collusion theory, according to some conservatives.

“From the beginning, Graham promised to use his powers as [Senate Judiciary Committee] chairman—which are substantial—to get to the bottom of the Russia investigation: how did it start, as well as the bottom of other efforts by the AmerRead More – Source

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