WITH REPUBLICANS HOLDING THE MAJORITY IN THE U-S SENATE, IOWA SENATOR CHUCK GRASSLEY IS AGAIN SERVING AS SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEM — MAKING THE 91-YEAR-OLD SENATOR THIRD IN THE LINE OF SUCCESSION TO BECOME THE NATION’S COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
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GRASSLEY SAYS HE UNDERSTANDS HIS RESPONSIBILITIES IF SOMETHING DRASTIC WERE TO HAPPEN, BUT EMPHASIZES IT’S HIGHLY UNLIKELY HE’D WIND UP AS PRESIDENT:
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THE TITLE OF SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEM GOES TO THE LONGEST-SERVING SENATOR FROM THE PARTY THAT HAS A MAJORITY OF SEATS IN THE SENATE.
GRASSLEY’S BEEN IN THE ROLE BEFORE, IN 2019 AND 2020.
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GRASSLEY HAS BEEN A U.S. SENATOR SINCE 1981.
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