WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 03: Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) speaks at a news conference on health insurance reform and its impact on small businesses with Rep. Debbie Halvorson (D-IL) (2nd R) and Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) (R) on November 3, 2009 in Washington, DC. Harkin, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee, was joined by nearly one hundred small business owners from around the country. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 weeks ago

WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 03: Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) speaks at a news conference on health insurance reform and its impact on small businesses with Rep. Debbie Halvorson (D-IL) (2nd R) and Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) (R) on November 3, 2009 in Washington, DC. Harkin, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee, was joined by nearly one hundred small business owners from around the country.

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  2. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 18: (L-R) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Sheila Bair, Small Business Administrator Karen Mills, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and House Committee on Small Business Chair Naydia Velazquez (D-NY) participate in a small business forum at the Treasury Department November 18, 2009 in Washington, DC. More than 100 small business leaders and politicians were invited by the White House to participate in the small business financing forum.
  3. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 18: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (3rd L) delivers opening remarks with (L-R) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Sheila Bair, Small Business Administrator Karen Mills and Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Mary Landrieu (D-LA) during a small business forum at the Treasury Department November 18, 2009 in Washington, DC. More than 100 small business leaders and politicians were invited by the White House to participate in the small business financing forum.
  4. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, center, makes opening remarks at the Small Business Financing Forum, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, at the Treasury Department in Washington, Wednesday. From left are FDIC Chair Sheila Bair, Small Business Administration Administrator Karen Mills, Geithner, Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., and Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y.
  5. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, second from right, makes opening remarks at the Small Business Financing Forum, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, at the Treasury Department in Washington. From left are, FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair, Small Business Administration Administrator Karen Mills, Geithner, and Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La.
  6. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, center, along with Small Business Administration Administrator Karen Mills, left, and Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., arrive at the Small Business Financing Forum, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, at the Treasury Department in Washington.
  7. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 30: (AFP-OUT) Jeanne White-Ginder, Ryan White's mother, holds the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 after President Barack Obama signed it, flanked by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) (L) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on October 30, 2009 in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, DC. The act is the largest federally funded program for people living with HIV/AIDS in the US and was named in honor of Ryan White, a teenager who contracted AIDS in 1984 and became a well-known advocate for AIDS research and awareness, until his death on April 8, 1990.
  8. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 06: U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin (C) (D-IA) speaks as Rep. George Miller (D-CA) (L), and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) listen during a news conference on Capitol Hill October 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. Legislation was introduced by Harkin, Leahy and Miller to protect older workers from discrimination.
  9. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 06: U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin (2ndR) (D-IA) speaks as (L-R) Jack Gross, plaintiff of the Supreme Court 'Gross v. FBL Financial' case, Rep. George Miller (D-CA), and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) listen during a news conference on Capitol Hill October 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. Legislation was introduced by Harkin, Leahy and Miller to protect older workers from discrimination.
  10. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 06: U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (L) speaks as Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill October 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. Legislation was introduced by Harkin, Leahy and Rep. George Miller (D-CA) to protect older workers from discrimination.
  11. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 06: U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA) (L) speaks as Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) (2nd L) and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (R) listen during a news conference on Capitol Hill October 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. Legislation was introduced by Harkin, Leahy and Miller to protect older workers from discrimination.
  12. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 06: U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) (R) talks to Jack Gross (L), plaintiff of the Supreme Court 'Gross v. FBL Financial' case after a news conference on Capitol Hill October 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. Legislation was introduced by Harkin, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Rep. George Miller (D-CA) to protect older workers from discrimination.
  13. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 03: Small business owner Mike Draper from Des Moines, IA, speaks at a news conference on health insurance reform and its impact on small businesses on November 3, 2009 in Washington, DC. Draper was joined by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) (3rd L), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee, Rep. Debbie Halvorson (D-IL) (2nd L), Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) (R), and nearly one hundred small business owners from around the country.
  14. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 03: Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) speaks at a news conference on health insurance reform and its impact on small businesses with Rep. Debbie Halvorson (D-IL) (2nd R) and Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) (R) on November 3, 2009 in Washington, DC. Harkin, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee, was joined by nearly one hundred small business owners from around the country.
  15. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 03: Rep. Debbie Halvorson (D-IL) (C) speaks at a news conference on health insurance reform and its impact on small businesses on November 3, 2009 in Washington, DC. Halvorson was joined by Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) (R) and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee, and nearly one hundred small business owners from around the country.
  16. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 03: Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) speaks at a news conference on health insurance reform and its impact on small businesses with Rep. Debbie Halvorson (D-IL) (2nd R) and Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) (R) on November 3, 2009 in Washington, DC. Harkin, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee, was joined by nearly one hundred small business owners from around the country.

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