Senate Majority Leader John Thune on Wednesday rejected President Donald Trump’s call to disregard a Senate tradition to ...

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley said he was "surprised" and "offended" to see Republican President Donald Trump criticize him on ...

President Trump had demanded that Grassley, an Iowa Republican, find the “courage” to end the blue-slip practice.

The president fumed over the Democratic Party’s ability to block his “Highly Qualified Judges and U.S. Attorneys” through the ...

President Donald Trump called for the end of the Senate’s “blue slip” policy on Tuesday, renewing debate on the 108-year-old ...

Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley won't do away with "blue slip" practice despite the president calling for its end to ...

Iowa, judiciary committee chairman, determines whether to allow consideration for confirmation of a federal attorney or ...

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) bristled at President Donald Trump‘s calls to abandon a bipartisan tradition on judicial nominees, ...

The blue slip, a longstanding Senate tradition that gives lawmakers a mechanism for weighing in on White House judicial ...

President Donald Trump has railed against Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) for maintaining the customary use of blue slips in ...

Lawmakers have long abided by the practice as a mechanism for giving senators a say on judicial nominees for their home ...

The blue slip began as an information-gathering tool used to detect filibusters. As one important study points out, its first recorded use was in 1913—four years before the Senate adopted the ...