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  • Senate Has Become Graveyard of Congress (18 Mar 2010 00:52)

    ... on photo by Rob Kall The U.S. Senate has become the graveyard of Congress! Dozens ... or defeat these bills. Committee chairs like Senators Warren Magnuson, Gaylord Nelson, and Walter Mondale ... Senate without even a hearing. Moreover, Senator Tom Harkin proposed a resolution that would require a ...

  • Ad Wars Ramp Up As Health Bill Vote Draws Near (18 Mar 2010 12:30)

    ... to vote for the bill that the Senate passed in December. This particular version is ... to cite a letter signed by 41 senators who say they want to include a ... like it, I'll vote for it," and Tom Harkin, who says flatly, "I'm for a public ...

  • Hill: Returning the Senate to Majority Rule (17 Mar 2010 20:34)

    ... notion that the majority should rule. If Senate Republicans insist on abusing the quirky rules ... reconciliation process. Reconciliation, which would allow 51 Senators to pass health care legislation, would restore ... to reform the filibuster, as proposed by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa). Harkin would allow the ...

  • Lessons in non-profit governance (17 Mar 2010 11:30)

    ... Skills Iowa, "a special project by Sen. Tom Harkin," according to testimony by the outside auditor ... project is led by association employee Susie Olesen, a longtime friend of Harkin who has ...

  • Plan to rework 'No Child' prompts concerns for rural areas (17 Mar 2010 18:33)

    ... Writer Wednesday, March 17, 2010; 1:09 PM Senate Republicans raised questions Wednesday about whether to ... goals that should invite broad bipartisan agreement," Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), chairman of the Health, Education, Labor ...

  • Leahy launches bill to multiply farm-to-school links (17 Mar 2010 20:45)

    ... the middleman, and scaling up students' nutrition. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has been joined by ... Leahy, the most senior member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry of ... (D-Colo.), Robert Casey (D-Pa.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), ...

  • AIPAC Asks Congress To Back Netanyahu, Not Obama ++ Juan Cole Eviscerates Jeffrey Goldberg (17 Mar 2010 15:35)

    ... Please urge members of the House and Senate to: 1. Make statements in support of ... to go to the Hill and tell Senators and House members to stand with Netanyahu ... (WI), Dick Durbin (IL), Dianne Feinstein (CA), Tom Harkin (IA)and Al Franken (MN) are more open ...

  • Liberals and our Blood Supply by Cliff Kincaid (17 Mar 2010 14:30)

    ... to protect people from deadly diseases, liberal senators led by John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Al ... Feingold, 
Mark Udall, Maria Cantwell, Carl Levin, Tom Harkin, Mark Begich, Roland Burris, and Michael Bennet. ...

  • ESEA blueprint a step forward for public education (Sen. Tom Harkin) (16 Mar 2010 15:06)

    ... blueprint a step forward for public education (Sen. Tom Harkin) This past Sunday I was thrilled to ... in the world. As Chairman of the Senate HELP Committee I look forward to working ...

  • Senators Signal Priorities for Renewal of ESEA (12 Mar 2010 21:41)

    ... first hearing on the subject by the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee gave ... a sense of their priorities. For instance, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., who served as U.S. ... on just a single test score. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, the chairman of the committee, meanwhile, ...

  • Senator McCaskill--Stop Fence Sitting on the Public Option (13 Mar 2010 00:32)

    ... Picket Fence Demands A Straight Answer from Senator McCaskill; Will She Back Robust Public Option? ... refusing to say anything are as follows: Sen. Max Baucus (D) Sen. Evan Bayh (D) ... Sen. Thomas Carper Sen. Kay Hagan Sen. Tom Harkin (D) Sen. Herb Kohl Sen. Mary Landrieu ...

  • Senators push for better food-safety info (16 Mar 2010 08:09)

    ... Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., wants consumers to be ... problems or death. Gillibrand is working with Senate leaders, including Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., ... frequent FDA inspections of food facilities. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, the chairman of the Health Committee, ...

  • Senators reach agreement on dietary supplement legislation (16 Mar 2010 15:18)

    ... Several weeks ago, Senators McCain and Dorgan introduced S. 3002, the ... bill, announcing instead, through a letter to Sen. Tom Harkin, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, that ...

  • Natural Products Association Welcomes Senate Deal on S.3002 (12 Mar 2010 00:20)

    ... Natural Products Association Welcomes Senate Deal on S.3002 Natural Products Association Welcomes ... in a letter to Harkin, Hatch and Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY). The letter proposed incorporating ... "Industry advocates should continue to let their senators know their opposition to S.3002 in order ...

  • U.S. Sen. Harkin announces more than $1.6 million for Iowa biorefineries (16 Mar 2010 13:41)

    ... U.S. Sen. Harkin announces more than $1.6 million for ... million for Iowa biorefineries WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), today announced that a ... program as the former Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. “We ...

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