H0002061939-11-19731 Hart Senate Office Buildinghttp://harkin.senate.gov/c/index.cfm202-224-9369Thomas'd':4 'ia':5 'sen':1 'tom':8 'thoma':2,6,9 'harkin':3,7,10M300051HarkinTom_HarkinSen. Thomas Harkin [D, IA]TomN000042079260Democrat202-224-3254Roman CatholicIATomSen.Thomas Harkin3.22222222222222http://harkin.senate.gov/SenatorTomHarkin300051PersoncongressSat Nov 07 11:09:51 -0600 2009Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009...there are the votes in Congress to pass reform that includes insurance offered by the government. So lawmakers — including Sen. Tom Harkin — need to convince more of their colleagues to support a public option for Americans. And instead of more comp'sen':26 'tom':27 'comp':47 'give':3 'need':29 'pass':14 'view':2 'vote':10 'anoth':1 'choic':6 'insur':18 'offer':19 'salem':48 'govern':22 'harkin':28 'includ':17,25 'lawmak':24 'option':40 'public':39 'reform':15 'convinc':31 'instead':44 'journal':51 'support':37 'american':5,42 'colleagu':35 'congress':12 'statesman':50 'statesman-journ':496608481truetruedaylifeSalem Statesman-Journalhttp://www.statesmanjournal.com/OKAnother View: Give all Americans choicehttp://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091107/OPINION/911070306/1046300051PersoncongressSat Nov 07 11:09:51 -0600 2009Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009...Iowa -- Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin said his prediction that a sweeping overhaul of the country's health care system would pass this year was off a bit, but he remains confident Congress will approve the landmark changes. Harkin has had a key role in the healt'bit':34 'des':55 'key':49 'sen':10 'tom':11 'bill':5 'care':4,25 'iowa':8,9 'kcci':54 'moin':56 'pass':7,28 'role':50 'said':13 'year':30 'chang':44 'healt':53 'sweep':18 'would':27 'approv':41 'confid':38 'harkin':1,12,45 'health':3,24 'remain':37 'system':26 'countri':22 'predict':2,15 'congress':39 'landmark':43 'overhaul':196608482truetruedaylifeKCCI Des Moineshttp://www.kcci.com/OKHarkin Predicts Health Care Bill To Passhttp://www.kcci.com/news/21544749/detail.html300051PersonsenatorFri Nov 06 11:18:09 -0600 2009Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009...can make it through the terrible system, and only if you can afford it" (Dizikes, 11/4). CQ Healthbeat reports that Sen. Tom Harkin said a critical element of reform is that the "legislation includes an array of measures to increase prevention and guar'cq':23 'sen':27 'tom':28 '11/4':22 'guar':49 'make':2,8 'news':51 'said':30 'array':42 'dizik':21 'known':6 'medic':50 'posit':5 'senat':1 'today':52 'afford':19 'critic':32 'harkin':29 'health':3 'includ':40 'legisl':39 'measur':44 'reform':4,35 'report':25 'system':13 'element':33 'increas':46 'prevent':47 'terribl':12 'healthbeat':246597985truetruedaylifeMedical News Todayhttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/OKSenators Make Health Reform Positions Knownhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~3/qaU-meXtjYg/170075.php300051PersonsenateFri Nov 06 11:18:09 -0600 2009Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009...for U.S. Attorney for Northern Iowa and Nick Klinefeldt for U.S. Attorney for Southern Iowa. Both were recommended by Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin. The nominations next move to the full Senate. Rose has been a prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Nor'2':6 'ok':4 'des':54 'sen':29 'tom':30 'u.s':10,19,47 'full':38 'give':3 'iowa':8,14,23,28 'moin':55 'move':35 'next':34 'nick':16 'rose':40 'nomin':33 'offic':50 'panel':2 'senat':1,39 'harkin':31 'regist':56 'attorney':11,20,48 'northern':13 'southern':22 'recommend':26 'klinefeldt':17 'prosecutor':446597987truetruedaylifeDes Moines Registerhttp://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpageOKSenate panel gives OK to 2 from Iowahttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/desmoinesregister/News/~3/uCqiv2ZHNh8/300051PersonsenateThu Nov 05 11:20:06 -0600 2009Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009...Senate health committee Chairman Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, asked four of the nations largest health insurers - Aetna, Humana, Wellpoint and UnitedHealth - to explain their pricing policies after small-business owners testified Tuesday that insurance premiums 'd':16 'ask':18 'tom':13 'busi':39 'four':19 'iowa':17 'news':47 'aetna':26 'insur':1,25,44 'medic':46 'owner':40 'price':2,34 'senat':6,9 'small':38 'today':48 'd-iowa':15 'harkin':14 'health':7,10,24 'humana':27 'nation':22 'polici':35 'target':4 'explain':32 'largest':23 'practic':3 'premium':45 'testifi':41 'tuesday':42 'chairman':12 'committe':8,11 'wellpoint':28 'small-busi':37 'unitedhealth':306587504truetruedaylifeMedical News Todayhttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/OKInsurers' Pricing Practices Targeted By Senate Health Committeehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~3/XU9YR5QCIi0/169914.php300051PersonsenateThu Nov 05 22:27:29 -0600 2009Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009...for U.S. Attorney for Northern Iowa and Nick Klinefeldt for U.S. Attorney for Southern Iowa. Both were recommended by Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin in March. The nominations next move to the full Senate for a vote. Rose has been a prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney'des':53 'sen':27 'tom':28 'u.s':8,17,50 'full':38 'iowa':4,12,21,26 'kcci':52 'moin':54 'move':35 'next':34 'nick':14 'rose':43 'vote':42 'feder':5 'march':31 'nomin':33 'panel':2 'senat':1,39 'approv':3 'harkin':29 'attorney':9,18,51 'northern':11 'southern':20 'recommend':24 'klinefeldt':15 'prosecutor':6,476593705truetruedaylifeKCCI Des Moineshttp://www.kcci.com/OKSenate Panel Approves Iowa Federal Prosecutorshttp://www.kcci.com/politics/21533365/detail.html300051PersonsenateThu Nov 05 22:27:30 -0600 2009Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009...to the Senate Health, Education, Health and Pensions Committee hearing on health insurance, as invited by U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa. Art Cullen of the Storm Lake Times spoke about how the newspaper has struggled to continue to provide health insuranc'd':28 'art':30 'sen':24 'tom':25 'u.s':23 'care':5 'citi':51 'educ':11 'hear':16 'heat':1 'iowa':29 'lake':35 'rise':2 'time':36 'insur':19 'invit':21 'senat':9 'sioux':50 'spoke':37 'storm':34 'cullen':31 'd-iowa':27 'harkin':26 'health':4,10,12,18,48 'provid':47 'reform':6 'continu':45 'journal':52 'newspap':41 'pension':14 'struggl':43 'committe':15 'insuranc':496593706truetruedaylifeSioux City Journalhttp://www.siouxcityjournal.com/OKHeat rising on health care reformhttp://www.siouxcityjournal.com/app/blogs/politically_speaking/?p=1399300051PersonsenateWed Nov 04 22:35:51 -0600 2009Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009...Tom Harkin (D-IA) makes a comparison between preventative care and wellness provisions in the Senate and House health care bills during a press conference Wednesday. He said that the Senate does more for preventative care. (0:19) @jtamboli: Interesting'0':52 'd':18 '19':53 'ia':19 'say':12 'sen':13 'tom':15 'bill':11,36 'care':3,25,35,51 'd-ia':17 'hous':10,33 'make':20 'news':58 'said':43 'talk':56 'well':27 'press':39 'radio':57 'senat':1,31,46 'confer':40 'diseas':7 'harkin':14,16 'health':2,34 'provis':28 'servic':59 'prevent':8,24,50 'interest':55 'jtamboli':54 'wednesday':41 'comparison':226582407truetruedaylifeTalk Radio News Servicehttp://talkradionews.com/OKSenate Health Care Does More For Disease Prevention Than House BIll, Says Sen. Harkinhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheTalkRadioNewsService/~3/7_l6jdMfDPA/300051Personsen\.Wed Nov 04 22:35:51 -0600 2009Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009...Des Moines Register Sen. Tom Harkin said Tuesday he was launching an investigation into health insurance pricing, asking four major insurers to justify their pricing practices. An industry spokesman called the move unfair and misguided. Harkin, chairman'ask':2,28 'big':3 'des':11 'sen':14 'tom':15 'call':40 'four':29 'moin':12 'move':42 'rate':9 'said':17 'insur':5,26,31 'major':30 'price':27,35 'harkin':1,16,46 'health':4,25 'launch':21 'regist':13 'unfair':43 'explain':7 'justifi':33 'misguid':45 'practic':10,36 'tuesday':18 'chairman':47 'democrat':48 'industri':38 'investig':23 'spokesman':39 'underground':496582408truetruedaylifeDemocratic Undergroundhttp://www.democraticunderground.com/OKHarkin asks big health insurers to explain their rate practiceshttp://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4132201300051PersondemocratWed Nov 04 22:35:52 -0600 2009Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009...Tom Harkin said Tuesday he was launching an investigation into health insurance pricing, asking four major insurers to justify their pricing practices. An industry spokesman called the move unfair and misguided. Harkin, chairman of the Committee on Heal'ask':2,24 'big':3 'des':49 'tom':11 'call':36 'four':25 'heal':48 'moin':50 'move':38 'rate':9 'said':13 'insur':5,22,27 'major':26 'price':23,31 'harkin':1,12,42 'health':4,21 'launch':17 'regist':51 'unfair':39 'explain':7 'justifi':29 'misguid':41 'practic':10,32 'tuesday':14 'chairman':43 'committe':46 'industri':34 'investig':19 'spokesman':356582410truetruedaylifeDes Moines Registerhttp://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpageOKHarkin asks big health insurers to explain their rate practiceshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/desmoinesregister/News/~3/z2u-A7vcX60/300051PersonsenateFri Nov 06 22:23:50 -0600 2009Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009We're not party [to] anything like that,” says Sen. Tom Harkin (D) of Iowa, who chairs the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP), the other Senate panel that drafted a reform bill. “PhRMA is just giving pennies when ...'d':22 're':11 'cut':4 'foe':9 'say':18 'sen':19 'tom':20 'bill':43 'deal':6 'educ':29 'give':47 'help':34 'iowa':24 'like':8,16 'anyth':15 'chair':26 'draft':40 'labor':30 'obama':3 'panel':38 'parti':13 'penni':48 'phrma':44 'polit':50 'senat':37 'harkin':21 'health':28 'privat':5 'reform':2,42 'pension':32 'committe':33 'healthcar':16604250falsetruegoogle blogPolitics http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/OKHealthcare reform: Obama cut private deals with likely foes ...http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/11/06/healthcare-reform-obama-cut-private-deals-with-likely-foes/300051PersondemocratFri Nov 06 22:23:50 -0600 2009Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009Only three (all Democrats) of the 23 members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions bothered to show up for the hearing: Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), Sen. Al Franken (D-MN), and the bill's sponsor, Sen. ...'d':37,43 '23':14 'al':40 'ia':38 'mn':44 'god':3,53 'joe':1,51 'sen':33,39,50 'tom':34 'bill':47 'd-ia':36 'd-mn':42 'educ':22 'enda':5 'hear':6,32 'show':28 'begin':7 'labor':23 'senat':18 'three':9 'bother':26 'harkin':35 'health':21 'inclus':4 'member':15 'franken':41 'pension':25 'sponsor':49 'committe':19 'democrat':116604251falsetruegoogle blogJoe. My. God. http://joemygod.blogspot.com/OKJoe. My. God.: Inclusive ENDA Hearings Beginhttp://joemygod.blogspot.com/2009/11/inclusive-enda-hearings-begin.html300051PersonsenateSat Nov 07 11:09:47 -0600 2009Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009Senator Tom Harkin says two new ideas are likely to be aired when the Senate debates health care reform legislation in November or December, although Harkin doesn't expect either idea to win approval. One provision would enroll all ...'air':20 'kid':3 'new':14 'one':43 'say':12 'tom':10 'two':13 'win':41 'care':26 'idea':15,39 'iowa':49 'like':17 'along':4 'debat':24 'doesn':35 'enrol':2,46 'radio':48 'senat':9,23 'would':45 'approv':42 'decemb':32 'either':38 'expect':37 'harkin':1,11,34 'health':25 'legisl':28 'novemb':30 'provis':44 'reform':27 'senior':6 'medicar':8 'although':336608479falsetruegoogle blogRadio Iowa http://www.radioiowa.com/OKHarkin: enroll kids, along with seniors, in Medicarehttp://www.radioiowa.com/2009/11/06/harkin-enroll-kids-along-with-seniors-in-medicare/300051PersoncongressFri Nov 06 11:18:05 -0600 2009Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009Reed wasn't as fortunate in his race against Senator Tom Harkin, where he received just over 37 percent of the vote. Now, Reed is running for Congress in Iowa's 2nd Congressional District. Instead of being the last candidate to enter ...'37':29 'cd':11 '2nd':10,43 'run':37 'set':2 'tom':22 'iowa':8,41,55 'last':50 'race':19 'reed':1,12,35 'vote':33 'wasn':13 'enter':53 'senat':21 'sight':4 'candid':51 'fortun':16 'harkin':23 'receiv':26 'instead':46 'percent':30 'congress':39 'district':45 'loebsack':6 'republican':56 'congression':446597982falsetruegoogle blogThe Iowa Republican http://theiowarepublican.com/home/OKReed Sets his Sights on Loebsack in Iowa's 2nd CDhttp://theiowarepublican.com/home/2009/11/06/reed-sets-his-sights-on-loebsack-in-iowa%E2%80%99s-2nd-cd/300051PersonsenateSat Nov 07 11:09:46 -0600 2009Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009Although health care is dominating this year's legislative calendar, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa and chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, promised an Obama administration official at a hearing Thursday, ...'d':24 'sen':20 'tom':21 'vow':5 'care':12 'educ':32 'firm':2,47 'hear':44 'iowa':25 'pass':7 'year':16 'domin':14 'labor':33 'obama':39 'senat':3,30 'stand':1,46 'd-iowa':23 'harkin':4,22 'health':11,31 'legisl':18 'offici':41 'orient':9 'promis':37 'sexual':8 'pension':35 'although':10 'calendar':19 'chairman':27 'committe':36 'thursday':45 'administr':406608478falsetruegoogle blogStand Firm http://www.standfirminfaith.com/index.php/site/index/OKStand Firm | Senator Harkin Vows To Pass Sexual Orientation ...http://www.standfirminfaith.com/?/sf/page/24936300051PersonsenatorFri Nov 06 11:18:09 -0600 2009Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009...5, 2009 -- WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) released the following statement today after receiving news that U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that China intends to re-open the Chinese market '5':14 'd':22 'dc':17 'ia':23 're':49 'ban':9 'ron':36 'sen':1 'tom':19,41 'u.s':11,33 '2009':15 'd-ia':21 'kirk':37 'lift':8 'news':31 'open':50 'pork':12 'china':4,45 'decis':6 'prais':3 'senat':18 'today':28 'trade':34 'chines':52 'follow':26 'harkin':2,20 'import':13 'intend':46 'market':53 'receiv':30 'releas':24 'repres':35 'announc':43 'patriot':56 're-open':48 'vilsack':42 'american':55 'secretari':40 'statement':27 'agricultur':39 'washington':166597986falsetruedaylifeAll American Patriotshttp://www.allamericanpatriots.com/OKSen. Harkin Praises China's Decision To Lift Ban On U.S. Pork Importshttp://www.allamericanpatriots.com/48755956-sen-harkin-praises-chinas-decision-to-lift-ban-on-us-pork-imports300051Personsen\.Fri Nov 06 22:23:50 -0600 2009Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009Sen. Harkin: LGBT Americans Are First Class Citizens, Deserve Civil Rights. Posted by Staff on November 5, 2009 |. In a HELP committee hearing Thursday on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2009, Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) ...'5':26 'd':47 'act':40 'non':38 'sen':1,10 'tom':44 '2009':27,42 'hear':32 'help':30 'iowa':48 'lgbt':3,12 'news':51 'post':21 'talk':49 'civil':19 'class':7,16 'first':6,15 'radio':50 'right':20 'staff':23 'd-iowa':46 'deserv':9,18 'employ':36 'harkin':2,11,45 'novemb':25 'servic':52 'citizen':8,17 'american':4,13 'chairman':43 'committe':31 'thursday':33 'discrimin':39 'non-discrimin':376604249falsetruegoogle blogTalk Radio News Service http://talkradionews.com/OKSen. Harkin: LGBT Americans Are First Class Citizens, Deserve ...http://talkradionews.com/2009/11/sen-harkin-lgbt-americans-are-first-class-citizens-deserve-civil-rights/300051PersonsenatorSat Nov 07 11:09:47 -0600 2009Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009CQ Healthbeat reports that Sen. Tom Harkin said a critical element of reform is that the "legislation includes an array of measures to increase prevention and guard against chronic and costly health problems that contribute to a ...'cq':10 'sen':14 'tom':15 'cost':40 'make':2 'news':9,49 'said':17 'array':29 'guard':36 'known':6 'polit':50 'posit':5 'senat':1 'critic':19 'harkin':16 'health':3,8,41,48 'includ':27 'kaiser':7,47 'legisl':26 'measur':31 'reform':4,22 'report':12 'chronic':38 'element':20 'increas':33 'prevent':34 'problem':42 'contribut':44 'healthbeat':116608480falsetruegoogle blogKaiser Health News - Politics http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/OKSenators Make Health Reform Positions Known - Kaiser Health Newshttp://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Daily-Reports/2009/November/05/Senate-Reform-Update.aspx300051PersondemocratFri Nov 06 11:18:05 -0600 2009Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa, Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Sen. 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