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731 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-3254 Fax: 202-224-9369
Contact Tom Harkin via web
| Term Start | Term End | Role | State | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 2014 | Senator | IA | Democrat |
| See All 10 Terms | ||||
Committee Membership
- Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
- Senate Appropriations
- Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
- Commerce, Justice, and Science and Related Agencies
- Defense
- State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
- Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
- Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Most Recent Sponsored Bills
Sponsored Bill Statistics
Recent Voting History
| Bill | Voted |
|---|---|
|
H.R.2918 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010 On the Motion (Motion to Table Motion to Commit H.R. 2918 to the Committee on Appropriations with Instructions ) |
Aye (with party)
June 25, 2009 |
| On the Nomination (Nomination of Harold Hongju Koh, of Connecticut, to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State ) |
Aye (with party)
June 25, 2009 |
| On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Harold Hongju Koh, of Connecticut, to be Legal Counsel of the Department of State ) |
Aye (with party)
June 24, 2009 |
Voting Trends Analysis
- Most often votes with: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D, RI]
- Least often votes with: Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC]
- Republican most often votes with: Sen. Olympia Snowe [R, ME]
- Democrat least often votes with: Sen. Ben Nelson [D, NE]
- Votes with party: 94% (Ranks 60 of 100)
- Abstains: 3% (Ranks 8 of 100)
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| People | Bills | Issues |
|---|---|---|
Thomas Harkin in the News
July 03, 2009 Protesters call Cap and Trade Bill a 'shell game'
Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, hold a hearing with farmers to discuss their concerns about the bill. Sen. Schumer's office did not return calls seeking comment by ...
July 03, 2009 Five key Senate Democrats on card-check
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) has been working with several colleagues to craft a compromise that would attract enough votes to win the 60 votes necessary to ...
July 03, 2009
Concern is also growing over what further concessions might have to be made to get the bill through Senate, where, according to Tom Harkin, an Iowa Democrat ...
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Thomas Harkin in the Blogs
July 04, 2009 The Macho Response : The Very Picture Of Normalcy
Politicians, like Jane Harmon, are either yoga nuts, alternative medicine nuts (Tom Harkin) or, like Dennis Kucinich, just plain nuts. Even science has abandoned us to NewAge. You're all fucking mad. My wife, the "French ex-wife" - who ...
Source: ♆ The Macho Response ♆
July 03, 2009 Voice Of Deseret: U.S. Senate HELP Committee's Affordable Health ...
... to contact them and tell them that forcing all Americans to buy health insurance is wrong (instructions on how to contact any U.S. Senator HERE): Democrats by Rank -- Edward Kennedy (MA) -- Christopher Dodd (CT) -- Tom Harkin (IA) ...
Source: Voice Of Deseret
July 03, 2009 US Senate May Pass US Cap and Trade Legislation and Fail to ...
âThey gotta be put in the same category as we are; they can't be listed as a developing country,â Senator Tom Harkin, an Iowa Democrat, said in an interview. Iowa farmers produce corn-based ethanol, in competition with Brazil, ...
Source: naturalistjourneys
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Campaign Contributions
Top Contributor: Herbalife International ($87,636)
| Industry | Donation | % of total |
|---|---|---|
| Lawyers & Lobbyists | $959,858 | 16.6 % |
| Health | $900,711 | 15.6 % |
| Finance/Insur/RealEst | $873,830 | 15.1 % |
| Agribusiness | $617,432 | 10.7 % |
| Other | $597,887 | 10.3 % |
| Ideology/Single-Issue | $455,245 | 7.9 % |
| Misc Business | $422,012 | 7.3 % |
| Labor | $319,000 | 5.5 % |
| Communic/Electronics | $264,300 | 4.6 % |
| Energy/Nat Resource | $121,702 | 2.1 % |
| Transportation | $93,201 | 1.6 % |
| Construction | $81,860 | 1.4 % |
| Defense | $73,547 | 1.3 % |
| Total: | $5,780,585 |
