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      <excerpt> Also getting millions was Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus and Tom Harkin of Iowa, the new chairman of the Health, Education Labor and Pensions ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...as Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana. There are also special provisions that would favor chiropractors inserted at the urging of Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa, home of the Palmer College of Chiropractic. This type of horse-trading can all too easily be dismissed as b</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Tuesday, a bipartisan group of 22 senators sent a letter to HELP Committee Chair Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) asking that the committee assess the recommendations and try to dispel any confusion over when women should be screened for breast cancer. &quot;These recomm</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...to begin debate on legislation for a broad healthcare overhaul at Capitol Hill in Washington on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, as Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa looks on. WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration pushed back Wednesday against claims that it's not </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Nearly $10 million to renovate an abandoned train station that hasn&amp;#39;t been used in 30 years. * Senator Tom Harkin&amp;#39;s nearly $2 million earmarked for swine odor research in Iowa. Someone should tell Senator Harkin that pigs aren&amp;#39;t the ...</excerpt>
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