H000206 1939-11-19 5068 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] 2568 Tom N00004207 11315 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 22:34:58 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010 Craig Becker, a former union lawyer whom President Obama has nominated for a seat on the National Labor Relations Board, is not expected to get the 60 votes needed to break a Republican-led filibuster, a senior Senate Democratic leadership aide told '60':36 'aid':51 'fox':53 'get':34 'led':44 'need':38 'news':54 'seat':23 'told':52 'vote':37 'board':8,29 'break':40 'craig':10 'labor':7,27 'nomin':20 'obama':5,18 'relat':28 'senat':1,48 'union':14 'becker':11 'expect':2,32 'former':13 'lawyer':15 'nation':26 'nomine':9 'presid':17 'reject':4 'senior':47 'democrat':49 'filibust':45 'leadership':50 'republican':43 'republican-l':42 7546918 true true daylife FOX News http://www.foxnews.com/ OK http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/VXGbEgm1XiY/senate-expected-reject-obamas-labor-board-nominee 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 sen\. Tue Feb 09 22:34:58 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...61 percent increase. Federally guaranteed loan volume rose 6 percent in that time, the department reported, to $53.1 billion. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, has not introduced his version of th '6':17 'd':32 '61':9 'th':49 'sen':28 'tom':29 '53.1':26 'educ':1,38 'iowa':33 'loan':7,14 'post':52 'push':3 'rose':16 'time':21 'feder':12 'labor':39 'revis':5 'volum':15 'd-iowa':31 'depart':23 'harkin':30 'health':37 'report':24 'billion':27 'increas':11 'pension':41 'percent':10,18 'practic':8 'student':6 'version':47 'chairman':34 'committe':42 'guarante':13 'introduc':45 'secretari':2 'washington':51 7546917 true true daylife The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/ OK http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/09/AR2010020903243.html?nav=rss_business/industries 300051 Person senate Tue Feb 09 22:34:58 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...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 committee. For unions, Brown's surprise win in Massachusett 'gop':3 'sen':25 'tom':26 'win':43 'educ':33 'iowa':24 'said':23 'block':4 'board':7 'brown':40 'chang':12 'craig':21 'labor':6,34 'obama':5 'senat':31 'union':39 'becker':22 'gazett':48 'harkin':27 'health':32 'import':11 'nelson':2 'nomine':8 'neither':19 'pension':36 'somehow':14 'surpris':42 'worcest':46 'chairman':28 'committe':37 'telegram':47 'administr':17 'accomplish':16 'massachusett':45 7546916 true true daylife Worcester Telegram & Gazette http://www.telegram.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage OK http://telegram.com/article/20100209/NEWS/100209766/1002/rss01&source=rss 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 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 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 ... 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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 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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She also is one of 'd':23 'n':24 'y':25 'd-n':22 'fat':7 'new':8,34,61 'one':59 'run':37 'sen':19 'set':28 'top':16 'also':13,57 'back':38 'dine':51 'hous':4,49 'join':2,30 'room':52 'tiki':39 'york':9,35,62 'fight':5 'first':55 'giant':36 'medic':41 'obama':32 'state':50 'topic':17 'white':3,48 'barber':40 'former':33 'lawmak':45 'leader':42 'kirsten':20 'michell':31 'potomac':65 'gillibrand':1,21 7546915 false true google blog New York on the Potomac http://blog.timesunion.com/nypotomac/ OK http://blog.timesunion.com/nypotomac/gillibrand-joins-white-house-fight-against-fat/900/ 300051 Person democrat Tue Feb 09 22:34:51 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010 Cummings followed that with a quote by Tom Harkin, a Democrat Senator, saying, "I'll never give up on it." Immediately we get a positive emotion score awarded to Democrats in Cumming's report. Next Cummings paints Big Labor as a noble ... 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'aid':6 'sen':20 'tom':21 'agre':34 'fact':15 'gave':50 'help':28 'hous':39,42 'list':18 'said':30 'upon':35 'view':4,55 'brown':49 'peopl':2,53 'scott':48 'senat':27,44 'white':38 'harkin':22 'negoti':32 'option':9 'pelosi':5 'public':8 'confirm':7 'chairman':24 'committe':29 'democrat':45 'leadership':46 'republican':51 7546912 false true google blog The People's View http://www.thepeoplesview.net/ OK http://www.thepeoplesview.net/2010/02/pelosi-aide-confirms-public-option-out.html 300051 Person republican Tue Feb 09 22:34:50 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010 Republicans successfully blocked President Obama's nominee to join the National Labor Relations Board, flexing their filibuster power for the first time since Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts joints their ranks last week. Brown voted against seating 'sen':31 'flex':22 'join':16 'last':39 'rank':38 'seat':44 'sinc':30 'time':29 'vote':42 'week':40 'block':10 'board':21 'brown':33,41 'first':28 'joint':36 'labor':5,19 'obama':4,12 'polit':45 'power':25 'relat':20 'scott':32 'spike':2 'nation':18 'nomine':6,14 'presid':11 'success':9 'filibust':24 'republican':1,8 'washington':7 'controversi':3 'massachusett':35 7546911 false true google blog Politics http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/ OK http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Republicans-spike-controversial-Obama-labor-nominee-83967742.html 300051 Person congress Tue Feb 09 22:34:50 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010 While Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) ripped chief political strategist David Axelrod, Senate Democrats say Emanuel, who was more closely involved in managing negotiations in Congress, also deserves scrutiny. ... Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HE 'd':16 'al':13 'pat':1,48 'rip':18 'say':26 'sen':12 'also':38 'blog':5 'bush':9 'educ':43 'minn':17 'chief':19 'close':31 'david':22 'labor':44 'manag':34 'polit':20 'senat':24,41 'young':3,50 'archiv':6 'd-minn':15 'deserv':39 'health':42 'involv':32 'negoti':35 'axelrod':23 'dollard':2,49 'emanuel':27 'franken':14 'pension':46 'american':4,51 'congress':37 'democrat':25 'scrutini':40 'strategist':21 7546910 false true google blog Pat Dollard | Young Americans http://patdollard.com/ OK http://patdollard.com/2010/02/no-more-bush-did-it-new-political-blame-game-is-rahm-did-it/ 300051 Person democrat Tue Feb 09 22:34:50 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010 Sen Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, is the point man for finding a compromise, working with Democratic Sens. Mark Pryor of Arkansas, Arlen Specter of Pennsylvnia and others. ... 'd':14 'man':28 'sen':10,36 'tom':11 'educ':20 'find':30 'iowa':15 'mark':37 'nope':7 'work':33 'arlen':41 'labor':21 'obama':3 'other':46 'point':27 'pryor':38 'senat':1 'union':5 'd-iowa':13 'harkin':12 'health':19 'lawyer':6 'arkansa':40 'infidel':8,47 'paradis':9,48 'pension':23 'specter':42 'chairman':16 'committe':24 'democrat':35 'compromis':32 'pennsylvnia':44 7546909 false true google blog Infidels Paradise http://www.infidelsparadise.com/ OK http://www.infidelsparadise.com/?p=17683 300051 Person senate Tue Feb 09 22:34:50 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010 "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 committee. ... 'gop':8 'sen':33 'tom':34 'educ':41 'iowa':32 'roll':6 'said':31 'chang':20 'craig':29 'illus':16 'labor':42 'senat':7,39 'awaken':2,47 'becker':30 'harkin':35 'health':40 'holger':1,46 'import':19 'conserv':3 'neither':27 'pension':44 'somehow':22 'succeed':9 'chairman':36 'committe':45 'administr':25 'accomplish':24 7546908 false true google blog Holger Awakens http://holgerawakens.blogspot.com/ OK http://holgerawakens.blogspot.com/2010/02/conservatives-on-roll-senate-gop.html 300051 Person senate Tue Feb 09 22:34:50 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010 Becker was originally nominated to the NLRB in 2009, but Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) placed a “hold” on the nomination and requested that Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) hold a hearing. After the nomination was returned to the White House when the ... 'd':38 'r':23 'az':24 'ia':39 'sen':19,34 'tom':35 '2009':17 'd-ia':37 'hear':42 'hold':27,40 'hous':51 'john':20 'nlrb':15 'r-az':22 'wire':4,57 'block':6 'labor':2,55 'nomin':7,12,30,45 'place':25 'senat':5 'white':50 'becker':9 'employ':3,56 'harkin':36 'mccain':21 'origin':11 'return':47 'request':32 'washington':1,54 7546907 false true google blog Washington Labor & Employment Wire http://washlaborwire.com/ OK http://washlaborwire.com/2010/02/09/senate-blocks-nomination-of-craig-becker-to-nlrb/ 300051 Person senate Tue Feb 09 22:34:58 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...largely to the campaign they lost in Massachusetts). There are a few ideas for how to change Senate procedure--one being Sen. Tom Harkin's (D-IA) proposal to set expiration dates for filibusters, with the 60-vote threshold diminishing eventually to 51 a 'd':35 '51':52 '60':46 'ia':36 'one':28 'sen':30 'set':39 'tom':31 'won':6 'd-ia':34 'date':41 'idea':21 'larg':9 'lost':14 'marc':54 'vote':47 'chang':8,25 'expir':40 'senat':5,26 'ambind':55 'eventu':50 'harkin':32 'propos':37 'campaign':12 'diminish':49 'filibust':43 'procedur':27 'threshold':48 'massachusett':16 7546919 false true daylife Marc Ambinder http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/ OK http://politics.theatlantic.com/2010/02/how_and_why_the_senate_wont_change.php