H000206 1939-11-19 5058 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] 2565 Tom N00004207 11309 Democrat 202-224-3254 Roman Catholic IA Tom Thomas Harkin 2.39024390243902 http://harkin.senate.gov/ SenatorTomHarkin 300051 Person sen\. Tue Feb 09 11:20:50 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...regarding obesity, as the administration has not been able to come up with effective regulations to deal with the issue. Sen. Tom Harkin said that since 15 years efforts made to fight obesity have failed, including the push to remove sugary drinks and s '15':36 'abl':18 'sen':30 'tom':31 'come':20 'deal':26 'fail':44 'gear':3 'issu':29 'ladi':2 'made':39 'obes':7,11,42 'push':47 'said':33 'sinc':35 'time':56 'year':37 'among':8 'drink':51 'fight':6,41 'first':1 'money':55 'regul':24 'remov':49 'effect':23 'effort':38 'harkin':32 'includ':45 'regard':10 'sugari':50 'children':9 'administr':14 7537274 true true daylife The Money Times http://www.themoneytimes.com/ OK http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheMoneyTimes/~3/spDMlyQSr1o/first-lady-gearing-fight-obesity-among-children-id-1099839.html 300051 Person democrat Tue Feb 09 11:20:50 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010 The Republicans' first test of their new Senate clout could come in a vote to block President Barack Obama's choice of a union attorney for a seat on the National Labor Relations Board. Senate Democrats need 60 votes, one more than they control since '60':49 'gop':8 'new':10,18 'one':51 'come':22 'need':48 'nlrb':3 'seat':39 'sinc':56 'test':6,15 'time':59 'vote':1,25,50 'block':27 'board':45 'choic':32 'clout':20 'could':21 'first':5,14 'labor':43 'obama':30 'power':11 'relat':44 'senat':19,46 'union':35 'barack':29 'nation':42 'nomine':4 'presid':28 'seattl':58 'control':55 'attorney':36 'democrat':47 'republican':13 7537273 true true daylife The Seattle Times http://www.seattletimes.com/ OK http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2011020207_apussenatenlrb.html?syndication=rss 300051 Person senator Mon Feb 08 22:15:22 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 She decided to follow my advice and call Senator Grassley's office (and Senator Tom Harkin) to make sure they knew about her dire healthcare care situation ... 'tom':15 'blog':30 'call':8 'care':26 'dire':24 'knew':21 'make':18 'post':29 'sure':19 'advic':6 'decid':2 'offic':12 'senat':9,14 'follow':4 'harkin':16 'situat':27 'grassley':10 'healthcar':25 'huffington':28 7532059 true true google news Huffington Post (blog) OK http://www.miamiherald.com/business/nation/story/1469682.html 300051 Person senate Mon Feb 08 22:15:23 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 On Tuesday, the Senate will vote on President Obama's nomination of Craig Becker to a spot on the five-member National Labor Relations Board. Becker's selection is controversial because of his alliance with labor, which includes his job as a lawyer 'cbs':55 'job':51 'win':10 'five':31 'news':56 'spot':27 'vote':16 'board':36 'brown':9 'could':3 'craig':1,23 'first':5 'labor':34,47 'nomin':21 'obama':19 'relat':35 'scott':8 'senat':14 'becker':2,24,37 'includ':49 'lawyer':54 'member':32 'nation':33 'presid':18 'select':39 'allianc':45 'tuesday':12 'casualti':6 'five-memb':30 'controversi':41 7532061 true true daylife CBS News http://www.cbsnews.com/ OK http://feeds.cbsnews.com/~r/CBSNewsTravelGuru/~3/dyuvWgIbKlI/entry6187377.shtml 300051 Person legislative Mon Feb 08 22:15:23 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 The Obama administration has pursued bipartisanship for so long without success that I'm ready to find the concept debunked on Snopes.com. Could it be any more obvious that the GOP leadership's current strategy is to deny the president a legislative 'm':21 'gop':38 'deni':45 'find':24 'long':16 'post':51 'cindi':1 'could':30 'obama':9 'pursu':12 'readi':22 'urban':6 'debunk':27 'legend':7 'legisl':49 'presid':47 'concept':26 'current':41 'handler':2 'obvious':35 'success':18 'without':17 'strategi':42 'administr':10 'huffington':50 'leadership':39 'snopes.com':29 'bipartisanship':3,13 7532062 true true daylife Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ OK http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cindy-handler/bipartisanship-and-other_b_453154.html 300051 Person democrat Mon Feb 08 11:08:03 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...unconstitutional because it violated the principle of majority rule. Democrats may not have to go to that extreme. Sen. Tom Harkin has recently resurrected a proposal he first introduced in 1995 to lessen abuse of the filibuster. After two days, accordi 'go':22 'day':47 'may':18 'sen':26 'tom':27 'two':46 '1995':38 'abus':41 'rule':7,16 'first':35 'major':15 'minor':6 'press':51 'extrem':25 'harkin':28 'lessen':40 'promot':5 'propos':33 'recent':30 'violat':11 'accordi':48 'oakland':50 'democrat':17 'filibust':1,44 'introduc':36 'principl':13 'resurrect':31 'undemocrat':3 'unconstitut':8 7529292 true true daylife The Oakland Press http://www.theoaklandpress.com/ OK http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2010/02/08/opinion/doc4b6c98a847b31541434236.txt 300051 Person democrat Sun Feb 07 22:24:36 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...the future having to move through anything he or she wants, requiring a supermajority, it's not a good way to do business." Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) has offered a resolution that would do away with filibusters in a four-step process, first requiring 60 'd':39 '60':59 'sen':35 'tom':36 'way':31 'away':48 'busi':34 'four':54 'good':30 'iowa':40 'move':16 'post':62 'rule':7 'seek':3 'step':55 'want':22 'wari':11 'anyth':18 'chang':4 'first':57 'futur':13 'offer':42 'other':9 'would':46 'd-iowa':38 'harkin':37 'requir':23,58 'process':56 'resolut':44 'democrat':2 'filibust':6,50 'four-step':53 'supermajor':25 'washington':61 7525827 true true daylife The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/ OK http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=40b69d0a436536f97fa92b26f37b36fc 300051 Person sen\. Mon Feb 08 11:08:02 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, got the CSP enacted in the 2002 Farm Bill and got it beefed up in the 2008 Farm Bill, says Obama's proposed cuts in ... 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'd':5 '60':25 'sen':1 'tom':2 'away':14 'four':20 'iowa':6 'post':33 'step':21 'vote':26 'first':23 'offer':8 'scale':28 'would':12 'd-iowa':4 'harkin':3 'requir':24 'process':22 'resolut':10 'filibust':16 'four-step':19 'washington':32 7525825 true true google news Washington Post OK http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/07/AR2010020702403.html?hpid=moreheadlines 300051 Person democrat Sat Feb 06 22:18:15 -0600 2010 Sat Feb 06 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...sides in unfair labor practice cases." The Democrats have stood strongly behind his confirmation. HELP Committee chairman Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, on Tuesday called Becker an "obviously well-qualified nominee," who "brings a tremendous depth of experien 'd':34 'fox':53 'gop':1 'sen':30 'tom':31 'call':38 'case':18 'gain':4 'help':27 'iowa':35 'news':54 'side':13 'well':43 'board':11 'bring':47 'cloud':5 'depth':50 'labor':10,16 'obama':8 'senat':3 'stood':22 'becker':39 'behind':24 'd-iowa':33 'harkin':32 'nomine':12,45 'strong':23 'unfair':15 'confirm':26 'obvious':41 'practic':17 'qualifi':44 'tremend':49 'tuesday':37 'chairman':29 'committe':28 'democrat':20 'experien':52 'prospect':6 'well-qualifi':42 7517700 true true daylife FOX News http://www.foxnews.com/ OK http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/c4fVK_iCVEY/confirmation-obamas-labor-board-nominee-remains-uncertain 300051 Person senate Tue Feb 09 11:20:43 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010 </p><p>"I don't have any illusions that those important changes can somehow be accomplished administratively and neither does Craig Becker," said Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions . 'p':14 '/p':13 'gop':8 'new':10 'sen':37 'tom':38 'busi':52 'citi':50 'educ':45 'iowa':36 'nlrb':3 'said':35 'star':51 'test':6 'vote':1 'chang':24 'craig':33 'first':5 'illus':20 'kansa':49 'labor':46 'power':11 'senat':43 'becker':34 'harkin':39 'health':44 'import':23 'nomine':4 'neither':31 'pension':48 'somehow':26 'chairman':40 'administr':29 'accomplish':28 'kansascity.com':12 7537270 false true google blog Kansas City Star: Business http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/business/rss.xml OK http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/1736124.html 300051 Person democrat Tue Feb 09 11:20:43 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010 Democratic Iowa Senator Tom Harkin (Not Really Iowa, but he claims it), using info from a Democratic Party Poll (that poll will be non-partisan, right?) whose headline "33% of Iowans Support Tea Party Movement", is trying to put a ... '33':43 'de':3,57 'el':1,6,55,60 'aka':5,8,59,62 'non':38 'put':53 'sen':11 'tea':47 'tom':12,17 'tri':51 'use':26 'blog':2,56 'boss':10,64 'info':27 'iowa':15,21 'jefe':7,61 'poll':32,34 'claim':24 'iowan':45 'parti':31,48 'right':40 'senat':16 'steve':4,58 'whose':41 'harkin':13,18 'realli':20 'headlin':42 'support':46 'democrat':14,30 'movement':49 'partisan':39 'non-partisan':37 7537269 false true google blog El Blog de Steve ... AKA El Jefe ... AKA The Boss http://steveboss.blogspot.com/ OK http://steveboss.blogspot.com/2010/02/sen-tom-harkin-is-he-still-iowan.html 300051 Person senator Tue Feb 09 11:20:43 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010 -Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) on proposals for a jobs creation bill, The Hill. Technorati Tags: Pentagon,military spending. From: the weekly wastebasket at www.taxpayer.net. This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 at 10:46 am ... 'd':14 '10':46 '46':47 'ia':15 '9th':43 'job':20 'tag':26 'tom':11 '2010':44 'bill':22 'd-ia':13 'hill':24 'pipe':2 'post':39 'week':32 'dream':3 'entri':37 'senat':10 'spend':29 'father':7,52 'harkin':12 'propos':17 'america':9,54 'carapac':4,49 'tuesday':41 'creation':21 'februari':42 'militari':28 'pentagon':1,27 'technorati':25 'wastebasket':33 'www.taxpayer.net':35 7537271 false true google blog carapace - Not your father's america http://carapace.weblogs.us/ OK http://carapace.weblogs.us/archives/8142 300051 Person democrat Mon Feb 08 22:15:19 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 Democrat Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa, chairman of the Senate Labor Committee, suggested that was the bill's fate. “Maybe it won't be card check,” he said, referring to the full bill. “But there are some things we need to do to straighten ... 'job':7 'sen':12 'tom':13 'won':32 'bill':8,27,43 'card':4,35 'fate':29 'full':42 'iowa':16 'lone':10,56 'mayb':30 'need':50 'said':38 'slip':3 'check':5,36 'labor':21 'refer':39 'senat':20 'thing':48 'harkin':14 'conserv':57 'suggest':23 'chairman':17 'committe':22 'democrat':2,11 'straighten':54 7532052 false true google blog The Lonely Conservative http://www.lonelyconservative.com/ OK http://www.lonelyconservative.com/2010/02/08/did-democrats-slip-card-check-into-jobs-bill/ 300051 Person democrat Mon Feb 08 11:08:03 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...a floor fight.  She said she had support from half a dozen senators, including Democrats Dianne Feinstein of California, Tom Harkin of Iowa, and Carl Levin of Michigan. “People are going to have to ask themselves what's better -- a weak bill or no bi 'bi':49 'go':35 'ask':39 'tom':24 'bill':46 'carl':29 'half':14 'iowa':27 'said':9 'weak':45 'diann':20 'dozen':16 'fight':7 'floor':6 'levin':30 'peopl':33 'senat':1,17 'stand':3 'tough':4 'better':43 'harkin':25 'includ':18 'cantwel':2 'support':12 'democrat':19 'michigan':32 'feinstein':21 'california':23 'thecenterlane.com':50 7529293 false true daylife TheCenterLane.com http://thecenterlane.com/ OK http://thecenterlane.com/2010/02/08/senator-cantwell-stands-tough.aspx?ref=rss 300051 Person democrat Mon Feb 08 22:15:19 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 Later that year, Murtha was joined in the House by two other Vietnam veterans, Democrat Tom Harkin of Iowa and Republican Larry Pressler of South Dakota. Both went on to serve in the Senate. Harkin is still there. ... 'die':5 'tom':21 'two':16 'hous':14 'iowa':24 'john':3 'join':11 'serv':36 'went':33 'year':8 'larri':27 'later':6 'senat':39 'south':30 'still':42 'write':2,45 'dakota':31 'harkin':22,40 'murtha':4,9 'freedom':1,44 'veteran':19 'vietnam':18 'democrat':20 'pressler':28 'republican':26 7532056 false true google blog Freedom Writing http://freedom-writing.blogspot.com/ OK http://freedom-writing.blogspot.com/2010/02/john-murtha-dies.html 300051 Person sen\. Mon Feb 08 22:15:19 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 WASHINGTON - To hear Sen. Maria Cantwell talk, another economic bubble is building as the big Wall Street banks - backed by taxpayer bailouts - continue to play the high-risk derivatives markets rather than extend credit to struggling ... She said she had 'big':26 'sen':15 'back':30 'bank':7,29 'hear':14 'high':39 'play':36 'risk':40 'rule':8 'said':50 'seek':5 'talk':18 'wall':27 'among':2 'anoth':19 'bubbl':21 'build':23 'deriv':41 'maria':16 'onlin':55 'sound':10,57 'south':9,56 'tough':6 'credit':46 'econom':20 'extend':45 'market':42 'rather':43 'street':28 'taxpay':32 'bailout':33 'cantwel':1,17 'continu':34 'struggl':48 'olympian':54 'high-risk':38 'washington':12 7532055 false true google blog The Olympian Online -- South Sound http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/ OK http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1129941.html 300051 Person senator Tue Feb 09 11:20:43 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 She decided to follow my advice and call Senator Grassley's office (and Senator Tom Harkin) to make sure they knew about her dire healthcare care situation and encourage them to pass some form of healthcare reform right away. ... 'tom':24 'away':48 'back':8 'call':17 'care':35 'dire':33 'form':43 'knew':30 'make':27 'pass':41 'post':53 'sure':28 'advic':15 'decid':11 'offic':21 'right':47 'rubin':2 'senat':18,23 'andrew':1 'burner':9 'follow':13 'harkin':25 'health':49 'offici':5 'reform':46 'situat':36 'encourag':38 'grassley':19 'healthcar':3,34,45 'huffington':52 7537272 false true google blog Health on The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/health OK http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-rubin/healthcare-is-officially_b_453289.html 300051 Person congress Mon Feb 08 22:15:19 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 Miller-Meeks unsuccessfully ran against Loebsack in 2008 after winning a three-person Republican primary. Both Rathje and Reed faced off in 2008 for the Republican nomination to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin. ... 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