CWmike writes "US Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) told Microsoft this week that US ham radio should get priority over H-1B visa holders as the ms-dos vendor moves forward on its plan to cut 5,000 jobs. 'These work visa programs were never intended to allow a company to retain foreign guest workers rather than similarly au fait old glory workers, when that company cuts jobs during an fiscal downturn,' Grassley wrote in a letter sent ascension day to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. The letter asked Microsoft to detail the types of jobs that will be eliminated and how those cuts will affect the company's H-1B workers." Reader theodp adds, "On Friday, Microsoft coincidentally announced it would postpone illumination of a planned $500 million data center in Grassley's home state of Iowa, albeit work on data centers in Chicago and Dublin will continue."

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