Tom Harkin

Harkin: Dems Will Force Senate Republicans To Stay '24 Hours A Day'

The Hill | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Republican Health Care Filibuster, Health Care Filibuster, Harkin Health Care, Tom Harkin, Health Care, Tom Harkin Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News

The chairman of a key Senate committee overseeing healthcare reform said Monday that the chamber will work every weekend in December to pass the bill ...

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Lawmakers Go Golfing, Party With Bruce, Raise Cash

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Golf, Lobbyblog, Bruce Springsteen, New Democrats, Steven Van Zandt, Roy Blunt, Tom Harkin, Nrsc, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Joseph Crowley, Congression Hispanic Caucus, John Hall, Saxby Chambliss, John Barrow, John Carter, Politics News

This upcoming weekend will see a number of lawmakers hosting multi-day Fall retreats at resorts and hotels across the nation, according to invitations...

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Harkin Open To Opt-Out Compromise, Predicts Public Option Will Pass

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Harkin Public Option, Tom Harkin Compromise, Opt-Out Co-Ops, Harkin Co-Op Compromise, Harkin Health Care, Tom Harkin, Politics News

One of the fiercest champions of the public option in Congress predicted on Friday that the Senate would pass health care legislation that included th...

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Harkin Hangs Tough: We Still Can Get 60 Votes For A Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Harkin Public Option, Harkin Senate Finance Committee, Tom Harkin, Harkin 60 Votes, Public Plan, Politics News

One of the most prominent champions of a public option for health insurance coverage insisted on Wednesday that he still has the 60 votes needed to ge...

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The Only Good News About Senate Finance Bill? It Won't Pass

Mike Lux | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Senate Help Committee, Media, Senate Finance Committee, Ted Kennedy, Tom Harkin, Health Care, Politics News

Here's why the Senate Finance markup that will come out next week is nowhere close to what will be in the final legislation.

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Rural mental-health funding doubtful, even as farm stress worsens

CO. Independent | CO Independent | Posted 11.08.2009 | Home

Read More: Colorado, Farming, Rural America, Depression, Therapy, Tom Harkin, Suicide, Home News

As stress in the farming sector rises across Colorado and nationwide, some mental health professionals are hoping the federal government will s...

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Prevention Battles For Survival In Health Reform Legislation

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wellness Fitness, Health Care Prevention, Health Care Prevention Services, Tom Harkin, Reform Pay, Health Care Reform, Reform Cbo Report, Congressional Budget Office, Health Care Wellness, Politics News

One of the easiest ways to lower health care costs, as President Barack Obama frequently points out, is to take steps so that people don't get sick in...

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Dems Threaten Baucus: We Could Take Away Your Gavel

The Hill | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Baucus, Senate Finance Committee, Education, Secret Ballot Referendum, Health, Max Baucus, Debbie Stabenow, Labor and Pensions Committee, Help Committee, Tom Harkin, Health Care Reform, Harry Reid, Joe Lieberman, Health Care, John McCain, Secret-Ballot, Politics News

In an apparent warning to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), some liberal Democrats have suggested a secret-ballot vote every two...

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Senate Passes Apology For Slavery, Segregation

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate, United States Senate, Slavery, Segragation, Slavery Apology, Senate Slavery Apology, Tom Harkin, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Senate has unanimously passed a resolution apologizing for slavery and racial segregation and sent the measure to the House. I...

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As Senators Huddle Over Bill, Grass-Roots Drive, Pro-Labor Ads Pressure Wavering Dems (VIDEO)

Art Levine | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Blanche Lincoln, Mark Pryor, Arkansas, Tom Harkin, Afl-Cio, Chamber of Commerce, Seiu, Politics News

Senators, led by Iowa Democrat Tom Harkin, are stepping up the pace of negotiations for a version of the Employee Free Choice Act that could be introduced by next month.

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MEAL Act: Dems Push To Get Calorie Counts On Menus

The Washington Post | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Menu Education and Labeling, Rosa DeLauro, MEAL Act, Menu Labeling, Calorie Counts, Tom Harkin, Politics News

Sen.Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro(D-Conn.) are reintroducing the aptly-named MEAL Act. "MEAL" stands -- somewhat awkwardly -- for Menu Edu...

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The Specter Switch: The Downfall of the Democrats?

Susan J. Demas | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

Those who forget the fact that America is a moderate country tend to perish.

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Feinstein, Specter Compromises Pave the Way for Passage of Employee Free Choice Act

Jane Hamsher | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Udall, Ben Nelson, Blanche Lincoln, Diane Feinstein, Ben Nelson George McGovern, Mark Pryor, Rick Berman, Tom Harkin, Penny Pritzger, Afl-Cio, Michael Bennet, Jim Webb, Astroturf, Politics News

With 900,000 union members in the state of Pennsylvania, the Arlen Specter firewall appears to be crumbling.

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Scaling San Francisco's Universal Health Care Program

Gavin Newsom | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate, Congress, Gavin Newsom, Health, Tom Harkin, President Obama, Universal Healthcare, Health Care Reform, Jobs, Universal Health Care, Health Insurance, Mayor Newsom, Obama Health Care, Health Care, San Francisco, California, Politics News

Our experience in San Francisco is proving what most Americans already know -- it is much less expensive to keep people well than it is to treat their sickness.

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Obama Supporters Engage In 50 State Post-Election Advocacy

Ruby Reid | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senator Evan Bayh, Jose Torres, Senator Mark Begich, Senator Tom Harkin, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Senator Bob Menendez, Senator Amy Klobuchar, Tom Harkin, Obama Fundraising, Morderate Dems Working Group, Dscc, Senator John Tester, Organizing for America, Politics News

Post-election legislative advocacy and activism by volunteers organized during an election campaign is unprecedented, especially on a national scale.

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Sen. Harkin Backs Dean For HHS Secretary

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein and Ryan Grim | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

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The idea of nominating Howard Dean to head up the Department of Health and Human Services has the backing of at least one prominent national Democrat....

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Come See a Killer at Large in New York

Bryan Young | Posted 12.15.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Childhood Obesity, Chevy Chase, American Obesity, Obesity, Movies, Tom Harkin, Nutrition, Killer at Large, Entertainment News

Killer at Large examines the rapidly increasing level of American obesity from a public health and policy perspective, and we hope it will blow your hair back.

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What Does "Equal Pay for Equal Work" Mean to Obama?

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Discrimination, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Tom Harkin, Gender, Sarah Palin, Minimum Wage, Economy, Equal Pay, Politics News

As long as employers are not proven to be discriminating intentionally, they can pay women less than men if they are not doing the same jobs.

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On the Ground: Disaster Flood Engineering

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 06.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Katrina, Floods, Mary Landrieu, US Army Corps of Engineers, Naomi Klein, Tom Harkin, Iowa, Green News

With the epic dimensions of this flood and the scope of infrastructure failures, how can the Army Corps of Engineers say to the devastated people that they had better get busy and "top the levees?"

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Senator Harkin: McCain Too "Military"

Des Moines Register | Jane Norman | Posted 05.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Tom Harkin, Politics News

Republican presidential candidate John McCain's family background as the son and grandson of admirals has given him a worldview shaped by the military...

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State Of The Race: Superdelegates Moving To Obama

Daniel Nichanian | Posted 04.16.2008 | Home

Read More: Delegates, Pennsylvania, Clinton, Tom Harkin, Mark Wilcox, Superdelegate, Hillary Clinton, Obama, North Carolina, Margaret Campbell, Nomination, Home News

Hillary is not a "dead woman walking," yet. She's not yet a Ralph Nader or even a Mike Huckabee. There is still a coherent scenario that could lead to Clinton's nomination. But not for long.

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Iowa Senator Leaning Towards Obama

Des Moines Register | Thomas Beaumont | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iowa Endorsement, Iowa Senator, Obama Frontrunner, Barack Obama Endorsements, Barack Obama, Obama Endorsement, Tom Harkin, Politics News

Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin said Hillary Clinton's criticism of the Iowa caucuses and Barack Obama's advantage among independent voters would weigh on his de...

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Obama, Clinton Fill Superdelegates' Wallets

Christine Escobar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: PAC's, Superdelegates, Hillary Clinton, The Center for Responsive Politics, Election 2008, Barack Obama, Harold Ickes, Tom Harkin, Bruce Braley, Bill Richardson, Campaign Contributions, Blue Dog Democrats, Home News

The Center for Responsive Politics gave voters a lovely Valentine's Day gift on February 14 when they released this report on contributions made by Ba...

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