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NEWS ABOUT: Tom Harkin

Tom Harkin stories: 5 news summaries
HEALTH NEGOTIATIONS

Senate Bill Likely to Come Down to Reid, Dodd, Baucus

Baucus, Dodd the only senators with secure seats at negotiating table

Oct 7, 09 11:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Every senator worth their salt is salivating for a seat at the table when Harry Reid merges the Senate’s two competing health care bills—but the vast majority will instead have their noses pressed to the glass. Reid hopes to speed things up by keeping the group small, Politico... More »

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Senate • Harry Reid • Olympia Snowe • Chris Dodd • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • Jay Rockefeller • Max Baucus • Tom Harkin • Kent Conrad • Health, Education, Labor & Pensions

 Harkin: I've Got 
 Votes to Pass 
 Public Option 

Democrats have votes to break filibuster, pass bill, he says

Sep 29, 09 2:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Tom Harkin sees no good reason Democrats can’t pass a health care bill that includes a public option. “I have polled senators, and the vast majority of Democrats—maybe approaching 50—support a public option,” the newly minted Health, Education, Labor and Pensions chairman said today.... More »

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Senate • filibuster • health care reform • Tom Harkin • Health, Education, Labor & Pensions • public option

 Franken Gets 
 Funny Again 



Senator has crowd chuckling at Iowa fundraiser

Sep 14, 09 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - As a latecomer to the Senate this year, Al Franken’s been playing it straight—but he loosened up enough to venture a few jokes at an Iowa fundraiser yesterday, CNN reports. Discussing Sen. Tom Harkin’s new post as head of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee,... More »

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Iowa • politics • Senate • comedy • humor • fundraiser • Al Franken • Tom Harkin • comedian • senator

Feds May Use Food Stamps
to Improve Nutrition

Food stamp and school lunch programs could be revamped to encourage nutrition

Dec 24, 08 1:57 PM CST
(Newser) - The Obama White House may move to revamp food aid so it encourages healthy eating, reports the Washington Post. One idea gaining favor: Double the value of food stamps if they're used to buy fruits and vegetables. While anti-hunger advocates have long objected to such government meddling, opposition is softening... More »

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nutrition • Tom Vilsack • school lunch • Tom Harkin • Department of Agriculture • food stamps • President Obama

Bush Wins War Budget Battle

Senate approves $70 billion in war funds

Dec 19, 07 3:39 AM CST
(Newser) - The White House last night won a major victory in the Senate—securing $70 billion in funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, free of the restrictions linked to troop withdrawals Democrats had insisted on for weeks. In a budget deal that ended months of wrangling, the Senate passed... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Mitch McConnell • Joe Lieberman • budget • Tom Harkin • Roy Blunt • Taxpayers for Common Sense

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