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Top Senate Republican Chuck Grassley, 87, Tests Positive for COVID-19
The powerful Senate Fiance Committee Chairman, Republican Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, announced Tuesday evening he has tested positive for coronavirus.
Grassley, a seven-term Senator and at 87 the second-oldest sitting Senator, is also the President pro tempore, and thus third in line to the presidency, after the Speaker of the House.
I’ve tested positive for coronavirus. I’ll b following my doctors’ orders/CDC guidelines & continue to quarantine. I’m feeling good + will keep up on my work for the ppl of Iowa from home. I appreciate everyone’s well wishes + prayers &look fwd to resuming my normal schedule soon
— ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) November 17, 2020
Grassley, as CNN’s Manu Raju reports, “was in the Senate on Monday and presided over the chamber as it opened and spoke on the floor as well, removing his mask as he spoke. He went into isolation today after being exposed to someone with covid-19.”
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