H000206 1939-11-19 731 Hart Senate Office Building http://harkin.senate.gov/c/index.cfm 202-224-9369 Thomas 'd':4 'ia':5 'sen':1 'tom':8 'thoma':2,6,9 'harkin':3,7,10 M 300051 Harkin Tom_Harkin Sen. Thomas Harkin [D, IA] Tom N00004207 9310 Democrat 202-224-3254 Roman Catholic IA Tom Thomas Harkin 3.22222222222222 http://harkin.senate.gov/ SenatorTomHarkin 300051 Person congress Sat Nov 07 11:09:51 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...there are the votes in Congress to pass reform that includes insurance offered by the government. So lawmakers — including Sen. Tom Harkin — need to convince more of their colleagues to support a public option for Americans. And instead of more comp 'sen':26 'tom':27 'comp':47 'give':3 'need':29 'pass':14 'view':2 'vote':10 'anoth':1 'choic':6 'insur':18 'offer':19 'salem':48 'govern':22 'harkin':28 'includ':17,25 'lawmak':24 'option':40 'public':39 'reform':15 'convinc':31 'instead':44 'journal':51 'support':37 'american':5,42 'colleagu':35 'congress':12 'statesman':50 'statesman-journ':49 6608481 true true daylife Salem Statesman-Journal http://www.statesmanjournal.com/ OK http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091107/OPINION/911070306/1046 300051 Person congress Sat Nov 07 11:09:51 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Iowa -- Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin said his prediction that a sweeping overhaul of the country's health care system would pass this year was off a bit, but he remains confident Congress will approve the landmark changes. Harkin has had a key role in the healt 'bit':34 'des':55 'key':49 'sen':10 'tom':11 'bill':5 'care':4,25 'iowa':8,9 'kcci':54 'moin':56 'pass':7,28 'role':50 'said':13 'year':30 'chang':44 'healt':53 'sweep':18 'would':27 'approv':41 'confid':38 'harkin':1,12,45 'health':3,24 'remain':37 'system':26 'countri':22 'predict':2,15 'congress':39 'landmark':43 'overhaul':19 6608482 true true daylife KCCI Des Moines http://www.kcci.com/ OK http://www.kcci.com/news/21544749/detail.html 300051 Person senator Fri Nov 06 11:18:09 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...can make it through the terrible system, and only if you can afford it" (Dizikes, 11/4). CQ Healthbeat reports that Sen. Tom Harkin said a critical element of reform is that the "legislation includes an array of measures to increase prevention and guar 'cq':23 'sen':27 'tom':28 '11/4':22 'guar':49 'make':2,8 'news':51 'said':30 'array':42 'dizik':21 'known':6 'medic':50 'posit':5 'senat':1 'today':52 'afford':19 'critic':32 'harkin':29 'health':3 'includ':40 'legisl':39 'measur':44 'reform':4,35 'report':25 'system':13 'element':33 'increas':46 'prevent':47 'terribl':12 'healthbeat':24 6597985 true true daylife Medical News Today http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/ OK http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~3/qaU-meXtjYg/170075.php 300051 Person senate Fri Nov 06 11:18:09 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...for U.S. Attorney for Northern Iowa and Nick Klinefeldt for U.S. Attorney for Southern Iowa. Both were recommended by Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin. The nominations next move to the full Senate. Rose has been a prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Nor '2':6 'ok':4 'des':54 'sen':29 'tom':30 'u.s':10,19,47 'full':38 'give':3 'iowa':8,14,23,28 'moin':55 'move':35 'next':34 'nick':16 'rose':40 'nomin':33 'offic':50 'panel':2 'senat':1,39 'harkin':31 'regist':56 'attorney':11,20,48 'northern':13 'southern':22 'recommend':26 'klinefeldt':17 'prosecutor':44 6597987 true true daylife Des Moines Register http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage OK http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/desmoinesregister/News/~3/uCqiv2ZHNh8/ 300051 Person senate Thu Nov 05 11:20:06 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Senate health committee Chairman Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, asked four of the nations largest health insurers - Aetna, Humana, Wellpoint and UnitedHealth - to explain their pricing policies after small-business owners testified Tuesday that insurance premiums 'd':16 'ask':18 'tom':13 'busi':39 'four':19 'iowa':17 'news':47 'aetna':26 'insur':1,25,44 'medic':46 'owner':40 'price':2,34 'senat':6,9 'small':38 'today':48 'd-iowa':15 'harkin':14 'health':7,10,24 'humana':27 'nation':22 'polici':35 'target':4 'explain':32 'largest':23 'practic':3 'premium':45 'testifi':41 'tuesday':42 'chairman':12 'committe':8,11 'wellpoint':28 'small-busi':37 'unitedhealth':30 6587504 true true daylife Medical News Today http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/ OK http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~3/XU9YR5QCIi0/169914.php 300051 Person senate Thu Nov 05 22:27:29 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...for U.S. Attorney for Northern Iowa and Nick Klinefeldt for U.S. Attorney for Southern Iowa. Both were recommended by Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin in March. The nominations next move to the full Senate for a vote. Rose has been a prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney 'des':53 'sen':27 'tom':28 'u.s':8,17,50 'full':38 'iowa':4,12,21,26 'kcci':52 'moin':54 'move':35 'next':34 'nick':14 'rose':43 'vote':42 'feder':5 'march':31 'nomin':33 'panel':2 'senat':1,39 'approv':3 'harkin':29 'attorney':9,18,51 'northern':11 'southern':20 'recommend':24 'klinefeldt':15 'prosecutor':6,47 6593705 true true daylife KCCI Des Moines http://www.kcci.com/ OK http://www.kcci.com/politics/21533365/detail.html 300051 Person senate Thu Nov 05 22:27:30 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...to the Senate Health, Education, Health and Pensions Committee hearing on health insurance, as invited by U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa. Art Cullen of the Storm Lake Times spoke about how the newspaper has struggled to continue to provide health insuranc 'd':28 'art':30 'sen':24 'tom':25 'u.s':23 'care':5 'citi':51 'educ':11 'hear':16 'heat':1 'iowa':29 'lake':35 'rise':2 'time':36 'insur':19 'invit':21 'senat':9 'sioux':50 'spoke':37 'storm':34 'cullen':31 'd-iowa':27 'harkin':26 'health':4,10,12,18,48 'provid':47 'reform':6 'continu':45 'journal':52 'newspap':41 'pension':14 'struggl':43 'committe':15 'insuranc':49 6593706 true true daylife Sioux City Journal http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/ OK http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/app/blogs/politically_speaking/?p=1399 300051 Person senate Wed Nov 04 22:35:51 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Tom Harkin (D-IA) makes a comparison between preventative care and wellness provisions in the Senate and House health care bills during a press conference Wednesday. He said that the Senate does more for preventative care. (0:19) @jtamboli: Interesting '0':52 'd':18 '19':53 'ia':19 'say':12 'sen':13 'tom':15 'bill':11,36 'care':3,25,35,51 'd-ia':17 'hous':10,33 'make':20 'news':58 'said':43 'talk':56 'well':27 'press':39 'radio':57 'senat':1,31,46 'confer':40 'diseas':7 'harkin':14,16 'health':2,34 'provis':28 'servic':59 'prevent':8,24,50 'interest':55 'jtamboli':54 'wednesday':41 'comparison':22 6582407 true true daylife Talk Radio News Service http://talkradionews.com/ OK http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheTalkRadioNewsService/~3/7_l6jdMfDPA/ 300051 Person sen\. Wed Nov 04 22:35:51 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Des Moines Register Sen. Tom Harkin said Tuesday he was launching an investigation into health insurance pricing, asking four major insurers to justify their pricing practices. An industry spokesman called the move unfair and misguided. Harkin, chairman 'ask':2,28 'big':3 'des':11 'sen':14 'tom':15 'call':40 'four':29 'moin':12 'move':42 'rate':9 'said':17 'insur':5,26,31 'major':30 'price':27,35 'harkin':1,16,46 'health':4,25 'launch':21 'regist':13 'unfair':43 'explain':7 'justifi':33 'misguid':45 'practic':10,36 'tuesday':18 'chairman':47 'democrat':48 'industri':38 'investig':23 'spokesman':39 'underground':49 6582408 true true daylife Democratic Underground http://www.democraticunderground.com/ OK http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4132201 300051 Person democrat Wed Nov 04 22:35:52 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Tom Harkin said Tuesday he was launching an investigation into health insurance pricing, asking four major insurers to justify their pricing practices. An industry spokesman called the move unfair and misguided. Harkin, chairman of the Committee on Heal 'ask':2,24 'big':3 'des':49 'tom':11 'call':36 'four':25 'heal':48 'moin':50 'move':38 'rate':9 'said':13 'insur':5,22,27 'major':26 'price':23,31 'harkin':1,12,42 'health':4,21 'launch':17 'regist':51 'unfair':39 'explain':7 'justifi':29 'misguid':41 'practic':10,32 'tuesday':14 'chairman':43 'committe':46 'industri':34 'investig':19 'spokesman':35 6582410 true true daylife Des Moines Register http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage OK http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/desmoinesregister/News/~3/z2u-A7vcX60/ 300051 Person senator Sun Nov 08 11:14:36 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009 One meeting does not a policy change! Worse, he had absolutely NO idea of Tom Harkin's position on India. He looked at me with "hairyaanniat" when I explained Senator Harkin's extremely rigid reflexive anti-Indian stand. And here he is, . 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If he's raising supposed 'matters of conscience' or placing his notion of duty to his constituent 'd':17 'bad':22 'get':10 'may':24 'pay':8 'tom':14 'bill':3 'blog':59 'care':2 'duti':52 'iowa':18 'less':11 'rais':42 'warn':19 'fulli':32 'parti':36 'peopl':6 'place':48 'senat':13 'thing':23 'would':4 'agenda':38 'd-iowa':16 'happen':25 'harkin':15 'health':1 'matter':44 'notion':50 'requir':5 'suppos':43 'arizona':57 'conserv':58 'support':33 'constitu':55 'democrat':35 'conscienc':46 'lieberman':20 6613493 false true google blog The Arizona Conservative Blog http://azconserv1.wordpress.com/ OK http://azconserv1.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/health-care-bill-would-require-people-to-pay-more-get-less/ 300051 Person senate Sat Nov 07 11:09:46 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Although health care is dominating this year's legislative calendar, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa and chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, promised an Obama administration official at a hearing Thursday, ... 'd':24 'sen':20 'tom':21 'vow':5 'care':12 'educ':32 'firm':2,47 'hear':44 'iowa':25 'pass':7 'year':16 'domin':14 'labor':33 'obama':39 'senat':3,30 'stand':1,46 'd-iowa':23 'harkin':4,22 'health':11,31 'legisl':18 'offici':41 'orient':9 'promis':37 'sexual':8 'pension':35 'although':10 'calendar':19 'chairman':27 'committe':36 'thursday':45 'administr':40 6608478 false true google blog Stand Firm http://www.standfirminfaith.com/index.php/site/index/ OK http://www.standfirminfaith.com/?/sf/page/24936 300051 Person senator Sat Nov 07 22:21:08 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 While his bid to unseat US Senator Tom Harking fell short, his experience from that campaign will most definitely benefit him in this new race. Wednesday afternoon I had an opportunity to discuss some of the issues that his campaign will focus on. The big 'us':6,16 '2nd':8 'bid':13 'big':55 'new':34 'tom':18 'fell':20 'hark':19 'hous':7 'iowa':10,56 'issu':47 'race':35 'reed':4 'focus':52 'senat':17 'short':21 'candid':5 'defens':57 'experi':23 'unseat':15 'allianc':58 'benefit':30 'definit':29 'discuss':43 'campaign':26,50 'district':9 'opportun':41 'afternoon':37 'christoph':2 'interview':1 'wednesday':36 'reed-candid':3 6613496 false true google blog Iowa Defense Alliance http://iowadefensealliance.com/ OK http://iowadefensealliance.com/2009/11/06/interviewchristopher-reed-candidate-us-house-2nd-district/ 300051 Person congress Sun Nov 08 11:14:37 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 If you vote for this HC bill, whatever HR # they are calling it you are just as corrupt as the rest of your kind. That you live in Iowa, where farmers have spent night after night harvesting their crops and trusting in you to do the ... 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