Weekly report card
Iowa · week of Nov 9, 2026
This week so far. Updated every night; some items appear 1–3 days after they happen.
Where Congress is in its 2026 schedule
Schedules as each chamber published them: Senate.
R
ErnstJoni Ernst
Senator for Iowa · Republican
This weekNov 9–15
November so farNov 1–15 · 0 days with votes
No recorded Senate votes this week.
Days the Senate met
Filled: met and voted. Ring: met with no recorded votes, such as a short pro forma session. From the Congressional Record.
On the Senate floor
- RECOGNIZING THE GOOSE · Mon
- RECOGNIZING NATURAL FERTILIZER · Mon
- RECOGNIZING TOP NOTCH FIREWORKS · Mon
Committees · 1 meeting this week
- Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology
- Rural Development, Energy, and Credit · Chairman
- Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety
- Personnel
- Emerging Threats and Capabilities · Chairman
- Cybersecurity
- Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census
- Border Management, Federal Workforce, and Regulatory Affairs
- Open Hearing: Hearings to examine the nominations of Gregory Ibach, of Nebraska, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade... · Tue
The number is meetings each committee held this week. Neither chamber records who attends, so this shows the committees' meetings, not the member's attendance.
Worked with most this Congress
Number of bills where one sponsored and the other cosponsored, since Jan 3, 2025. A count, not a rating.
This Congress: 100 bills introduced, 208 cosponsored, 155 floor speeches. Full record
R
GrassleyChuck Grassley
Senator for Iowa · Republican
This weekNov 9–15
November so farNov 1–15 · 0 days with votes
No recorded Senate votes this week.
Days the Senate met
Filled: met and voted. Ring: met with no recorded votes, such as a short pro forma session. From the Congressional Record.
On the Senate floor
Bills Grassley cosponsored
Committees · 3 meetings this week
- Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade
- Rural Development, Energy, and Credit
- Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research
- Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy · Chairman
- Taxation and IRS Oversight
- International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness
- Open Hearing: Hearings to examine the nominations of Francis Browne, of the District of Columbia, to be an Under Secretary, and... · Tue
- Open Business Meeting: Business meeting to consider S.5289, to protect the right to the free exercise of religion, and the nominations of... · Tue
- Open Hearing: Hearings to examine the nominations of Gregory Ibach, of Nebraska, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade... · Tue
The number is meetings each committee held this week. Neither chamber records who attends, so this shows the committees' meetings, not the member's attendance.
Worked with most this Congress
Number of bills where one sponsored and the other cosponsored, since Jan 3, 2025. A count, not a rating.
This Congress: 97 bills introduced, 250 cosponsored, 333 floor speeches. Full record
Counts and official vote codes from House and Senate records, with no scores. Not Voting is the chamber's own code; it doesn't say why. Shows the members serving today.