U.S. Congress - Senator Tom Harkin, Iowa (D) 
Senator Thomas Harkin
Democrat • Iowa • 10th Term • Sworn In 1975
- 32 Sponsored Bills (Ranks 20 of 100) 1 Made Into Law (Ranks 2 of 100)
- 128 Co-Sponsored Bills (Ranks 42 of 100) 2 Made Into Law (Ranks 15 of 100)
- Most often votes with:
- Sen. Al Franken
- Sen. Susan Collins
- Least often votes with:
- Sen. Ben Nelson
- Sen. Jim DeMint
- Votes with party 90%
- Abstains: 1%
Sponsored Bills
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S.2049 - Currency Optimization, Innovation, and National Savings ActIntroduced Jan 31, 2012 40 Views
A bill to improve the circulation of $1 coins, to remove barrier to the circulation of such coins, and for other purposes.
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S.2020 - Keeping All Students Safe ActIntroduced Dec 16, 2011 56 Views
A bill to protect all school children against harmful and life-threatening seclusion and restraint practices.
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S.1850 - Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2011Introduced Nov 10, 2011 29 Views
A bill to expand and improve opportunities for beginning farmers and ranchers, and for other purposes.
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S.1787 - Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax ActIntroduced Nov 02, 2011 25 Views
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a tax on certain trading transactions.
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S.1667 - Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2011Introduced Oct 06, 2011 21 Views
A bill to require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs, and for other purpo...
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S.1609 - Medical-Legal Partnership for Health ActIntroduced Sep 22, 2011 12 Views
A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration program to award grants to, and enter into contracts...
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S.1599 - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2012Introduced Sep 22, 2011 108 Views
An original bill making appropriations for Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal...
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S.1403 - Saving Lives by Lowering Tobacco Use ActIntroduced Jul 21, 2011 70 Views
A bill to amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full Federal funding of such part.
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S.Res.212Senate Passed Jun 21, 2011 3 Views
A resolution congratulating the people and Government of the Republic of Slovenia on the twentieth anniversary of the country's independence.
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S.1086 - Eunice Kennedy Shriver ActIntroduced May 26, 2011 37 Views
A bill to reauthorize the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 2004, to provide assistance to Best Buddies to support the expansion a...
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S.1056 - Safe and Complete Streets Act of 2011Introduced May 24, 2011 14 Views
A bill to ensure that all users of the transportation system, including pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, children, older individuals, a...
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S.1004 - Promise Neighborhoods Act of 2011Introduced May 16, 2011 18 Views
A bill to support Promise Neighborhoods.
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S.984 - Healthy Families ActIntroduced May 12, 2011 161 Views
A bill to allow Americans to earn paid sick time so that they can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families.
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S.919 - Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students Act of 2011Introduced May 09, 2011 51 Views
A bill to authorize grant programs to ensure successful, safe, and healthy students.
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S.905 - Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit ActIntroduced May 05, 2011 21 Views
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for the purchase of hearing aids.
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S.902 - School Building Fairness Act of 2011Introduced May 05, 2011 18 Views
A bill to amend part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants for the repair, renovation, and cons...
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S.Res.163Introduced May 04, 2011 2 Views
A resolution commemorating the 175th anniversary of the United States National Library of Medicine.
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S.851 - Time for Innovation Matters in Education Act of 2011Introduced Apr 14, 2011 24 Views
A bill to establish expanded learning time initiatives, and for other purposes.
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S.788 - Fair Pay Act of 2011Introduced Apr 12, 2011 22 Views
A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages on account of sex, race, or national o...
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S.800 - Safe Routes to School Program Reauthorization ActIntroduced Apr 12, 2011 4 Views
A bill to amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to reauthorize and improve the safe r...
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S.769 - VETS Dogs Act of 2011Introduced Jun 08, 2011 19 Views
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to prevent the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from prohibiting the use of service dogs on Departm...
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S.767 - Every Student Counts ActIntroduced Apr 07, 2011 14 Views
A bill to improve the calculation of, the reporting of, and the accountability for, secondary school graduation rates.
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S.613 - IDEA Fairness Restoration ActIntroduced Mar 17, 2011 31 Views
A bill to amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to permit a prevailing party in an action or proceeding brought to enforce the...
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S.576 - Fitness Integrated with Teaching Kids ActIntroduced Mar 15, 2011 21 Views
A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve standards for physical education.
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S.481 - Federal Response to Eliminate Eating Disorders ActIntroduced Mar 03, 2011 95 Views
A bill to enhance and further research into the prevention and treatment of eating disorders, to improve access to treatment of eating disorde...
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S.418Introduced Feb 28, 2011 85 Views
A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the World War II members of the Civil Air Patrol.
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S.365 - Budget Control Act of 2011Bill Is Law Aug 02, 2011 228 Views
An act to provide for budget control.
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S.Res.57Introduced Feb 16, 2011 2 Views
An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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S.174 - HeLP America ActIntroduced Jan 25, 2011 106 Views
A bill to improve the health of Americans and reduce health care costs by reorienting the Nation's health care system toward prevention, welln...
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S.187 - Biofuels Market Expansion Act of 2011Introduced Apr 07, 2011 62 Views
A bill to provide for the expansion of the biofuels market.
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S.Con.Res.3Senate Passed Jan 26, 2011 21 Views
A concurrent resolution honoring the service and sacrifice of Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta, a native of Hiawatha, Iowa, and the first livin...
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S.Res.8Introduced Jan 27, 2011 21 Views
A resolution amending the Standing Rules of the Senate to provide for cloture to be invoked with less than a three-fifths majority after addit...
Co-sponsored Bills
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S.2059 - Paying a Fair Share Act of 2012Introduced Feb 01, 2012 91 Views
A bill to reduce the deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers.
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S.2032 - Protecting Our Students and Taxpayers ActIntroduced Jan 23, 2012 76 Views
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 regarding proprietary institutions of higher education in order to protect students and taxpa...
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S.Res.349Senate Passed Dec 17, 2011 72 Views
A resolution commemorating and honoring the service and sacrifice of members of the United States Armed Forces and their families as the offic...
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S.2003 - Due Process Guarantee Act of 2011Introduced Dec 15, 2011 279 Views
A bill to clarify that an authorization to use military force, a declaration of war, or any similar authority shall not authorize the detentio...
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S.1994 - Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2011Introduced Dec 14, 2011 96 Views
A bill to prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections.
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S.Res.347Senate Passed Dec 15, 2011 48 Views
A resolution recognizing the 40th anniversary of the National Cancer Act of 1971 and the more than 12,000,000 survivors of cancer alive today ...
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S.1983 - Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2011Introduced Dec 13, 2011 184 Views
A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, to incr...
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S.1945Introduced Feb 09, 2012 378 Views
A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.
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S.1925 - Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2011Introduced Feb 07, 2012 576 Views
A bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.
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S.1926 - Healthy Food Financing InitiativeIntroduced Nov 30, 2011 24 Views
A bill to amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish in the Department of Agriculture a Healthy Food Financin...
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S.1903 - STOCK bill ("STOCK Act")Introduced Dec 01, 2011 62 Views
A bill to prohibit commodities and securities trading based on nonpublic information relating to Congress, to require additional reporting by ...
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S.1888 - Growing Opportunities for Agriculture and Responding to Markets Act of 2011Introduced Nov 17, 2011 7 Views
A bill to amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to establish a program to provide loans for local farms, ranches, and market ga...
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S.1891 - Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2011Introduced Nov 17, 2011 47 Views
A bill to provide lasting protection for inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest System.
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S.1876 - Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers ActIntroduced Nov 16, 2011 29 Views
A bill to require the establishment of a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security be...
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S.1872 - Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2011Introduced Nov 15, 2011 67 Views
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of ABLE accounts established under State programs for the c...
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S.1854 - Medical Surge Capacity ActIntroduced Nov 10, 2011 38 Views
A bill to enhance medical surge capacity.
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S.1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011Introduced Dec 16, 2011 59 Views
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize various programs under the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act.
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S.1838Introduced Nov 09, 2011 25 Views
A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on service dog training therapy, and for other purposes.
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S.1816Introduced Nov 07, 2011 8 Views
A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to modify a provision relating to minimum penalties for repeat offenders for driving while intox...
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S.1804 - Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2011Introduced Nov 03, 2011 38 Views
A bill to amend title IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for the continuation of certain unemployment benefits, and fo...
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S.1773 - Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act of 2011Introduced Nov 01, 2011 67 Views
A bill to promote local and regional farm and food systems, and for other purposes.
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S.J.Res.29Introduced Nov 01, 2011 130 Views
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affe...
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S.1765 - Consolidation of Grants to Strengthen the Healthcare System's Response to Domestic Violence, Dating ...Introduced Oct 31, 2011 19 Views
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to strengthen the healthcare system's response to domestic violence, dating vi...
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S.1757 - Clean Energy Infrastructure for Rural Communities Act of 2011Introduced Oct 20, 2011 20 Views
A bill to promote clean energy infrastructure for rural communities.
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S.1754 - Clean Transmission for Rural Communities Act of 2011Introduced Oct 20, 2011 15 Views
A bill to promote clean energy infrastructure for rural communities.
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S.1733 - Commission on the Review of the Overseas Military Facility Structure of the United States Act of 2011Introduced Oct 18, 2011 26 Views
A bill to establish the Commission on the Review of the Overseas Military Facility Structure of the United States.
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S.1723 - Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act of 2011Introduced Oct 20, 2011 72 Views
A bill to provide for teacher and first responder stabilization.
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S.1706 - STOP ActIntroduced Oct 13, 2011 15 Views
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce tobacco smuggling, and for other purposes.
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S.1680 - Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2011Introduced Oct 11, 2011 70 Views
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect and preserve access of Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas to health care ...
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S.J.Res.28Introduced Oct 06, 2011 25 Views
A joint resolution limiting the issuance of a letter of offer with respect to a certain proposed sale of defense articles and defense services...
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S.1644 - Workforce Health Improvement Program Act of 2011Introduced Oct 04, 2011 23 Views
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athleti...
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S.1621 - Livable Communities Act of 2011Introduced Sep 22, 2011 90 Views
A bill to create livable communities through coordinated public investment and streamlined requirements, and for other purposes.
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S.1605 - Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act of 2011Introduced Sep 22, 2011 11 Views
A bill to amend the Fair Housing Act, and for other purposes.
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S.1585 - Global Democracy Promotion ActIntroduced Sep 20, 2011 20 Views
A bill to prohibit the application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations with respect to th...
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S.1578 - End Unnecessary Mailers Act of 2011Introduced Sep 19, 2011 18 Views
A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act with respect to consumer confidence reports by community water systems.
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S.Res.271Senate Passed Sep 19, 2011 15 Views
A resolution honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Charles H. Percy, former Senator for the State of Illinois.
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S.Res.268Senate Passed Sep 15, 2011 16 Views
A resolution relative to the death of the Honorable Malcolm Wallop, former Senator for the State of Wyoming.
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S.1541Bill Is Law Dec 13, 2011 28 Views
A bill to revise the Federal charter for the Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc. to reflect a change in eligibility requirements for membership.
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S.1527Introduced Sep 08, 2011 20 Views
A bill to authorize the award of a Congressional gold medal to the Montford Point Marines of World War II.
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S.1517 - 21st Century WPA ActIntroduced Sep 07, 2011 22 Views
A bill to provide for the creation of jobs.
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S.Res.257Senate Passed Sep 06, 2011 20 Views
A resolution relative to the death of the Honorable Mark O. Hatfield, former United States Senator for the State of Oregon.
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S.1514Introduced Sep 06, 2011 19 Views
A bill to authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Elouise Pepion Cobell, in recognition of her outstanding ...
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S.1468 - Medicare Diabetes Self-Management Training Act of 2011Introduced Aug 02, 2011 41 Views
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to diabetes self-management training by authorizing certified diabete...
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S.1460Introduced Aug 01, 2011 58 Views
A bill to grant the congressional gold medal, collectively, to the First Special Service Force, in recognition of its superior service during ...
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S.1463 - Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2011Introduced Aug 01, 2011 25 Views
A bill to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to protect breastfeeding by new mothers and to provide for reasonable break time for nursing moth...
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S.1454 - Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2011Introduced Jul 29, 2011 23 Views
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for extended months of Medicare coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidn...
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S.Res.240Senate Passed Jul 27, 2011 9 Views
A resolution condemning the horrific attacks on government buildings in Oslo, Norway, and a youth camp on Utoya Island, Norway, on July 22, 20...
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S.Res.237Senate Passed Jul 22, 2011 17 Views
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding coming together as a Nation and ceasing all work or other activity for a moment of r...
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S.Res.228Introduced Jul 07, 2011 26 Views
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding coming together as a Nation and ceasing all work or other activity for a moment of r...
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S.1335 - Pilot's Bill of RightsIntroduced Jul 06, 2011 36 Views
A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to provide rights for pilots, and for other purposes.
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