Texas trial lawyers open checkbooks for Braley’s Senate run

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – It seems U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley’s past remarks warning that a “farmer” could be the next chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee reached the ears of Texas trial lawyers.

Seeking financial backing for his U.S. Senate bid, Braley, D-Iowa, told a group of trial lawyers at a Corpus Christi fundraiser in January he’s “someone who’s been fighting tort reform for 30 years” and needs their “help” to stop Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley – an Iowa farmer prior to launching his extensive career in Congress – from becoming the next chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee.