– 
Daylife Select
A point & click tool to create dynamic content portals. Learn More »
Editor's Picks
There is no pinned content in this Editor's Picks module.
Click here to learn more about content pinning.
-
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. , speaks on Capitol Hill after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad health care overhaul on Nov. 21, as Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn. , right, and Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, looks on. Full Article at USA Today
-
The bill even goes farther to propose that Section 205 (c)(2) (C) of the Social Security Act is amended by adding the following new clause: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. (L), Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY, 2nd-L, Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn. Full Article at The Orange County Register
-
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 Oc... View Photo »
-
This time it’s unstoppable ... We’ve come this far, and we are not going to turn back. We are fulfilling a mandate the American people gave to President Obama and the Democratic Party last November.
-
“These recommendations, which have been widely criticized by patients and doctors alike, could prove devastating for women at risk of breast cancer,” the lawmakers wrote to Sens. Full Article at The Washington Independent
-
WASHINGTON — Failure is not an option on health care, a leading Democratic senator said Monday, even as Republicans turned up the heat on moderates who hold the fate of the legislation in their hands. Sens. Full Article at Centre Daily Times
-
WASHINGTON — Two Senate leaders trying to steer a pair of President Barack Obama's high-stakes initiatives through Congress are being dogged by re-election worries, and it's not clear whether their legislative prominence will help or hurt them. Sen. Full Article at Centre Daily Times
-
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. View Photo »
-
At a luncheon behind closed doors, Democrats said, liberals made impassioned pleas for a new government insurance plan, and they challenged the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Max Baucus, Democrat of Montana, to defend his bill, which has no such public option ... Among the outspoken champions...
SOURCE: CBS News -
-
For Reid, Dodd, clout on big issues cuts both ways By CHARLES BABINGTON Associated Press Writer Jose Luis Magana Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn. , speaks after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad healthcare overhaul at Capitol Hill... Full Article at KansasCity.com
-
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, center, with Sen. Chris Dodd, right, and Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa, speaks to reporters after Saturday's Senate vote to formally launch debate on a proposed overhaul of the nation's health care system. Full Article at USA Today
About Tom Harkin
Wikipedia
Thomas Richard "Tom" Harkin (born November 19, 1939) is an American politician who has represented Iowa in the United States Senate since 1985. A Democrat and former candidate for his party's presidential nomination, Harkin is currently chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. Full Article
Related Photos
prev
next
-
Getty Images
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 R...
View Photo » -
Getty Images
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.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
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,...
View Photo » -
Getty Images
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.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
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.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
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.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 06: U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) (R) shakes hands with 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.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
WASHINGTON - APRIL 28: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) questions witnesses during hearing on the public health response to Swine Flu April 28, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo » -
AP Photo
Sen. Tom Harkin, D- Iowa, left, talks with, from left, Paul Jarris, executive director of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, Rear Admiral Anne Schuchat, interim deputy director for Science and Public Health Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Preventi...
View Photo » -
AP Photo
U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, listens to Director of the White House Office of Health Care Reform Nancy-Ann DeParle speak during the Iowa White House Forum on Health Reform, Monday, March 23, 2009, in Des Moines, Iowa.
View Photo » -
AP Photo
Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, right, and Rep. George Miller, D-Calif. , left, take part in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 10, 2009 to announce the introduction of the Employee Free Choice Act and restoring American rights in the workplace.
View Photo » -
AP Photo
Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 10, 2009, following a news conference to announce the introduction of the Employee Free Choice Act and restoring American rights in the workplace.
View Photo » -
Reuters Pictures
Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) speaks after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad healthcare overhaul on Capitol Hill in Washington November 21, 2009.
View Photo » -
Reuters Pictures
Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) speaks as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) watches after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad healthcare overhaul on Capitol Hill in Washington November 21, 2009.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 21: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (C) speaks at a news conference as Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) (R) and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) look on following the Senate's cloture vote on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill on November 21, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 21: Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) speaks at a news conference following the Senate's cloture vote on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill on November 21, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo » -
Reuters Pictures
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (C)(D-NV) speaks as Tom Harkin (L)(D-IA) and Christopher Dodd (D-CT) listen after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad healthcare overhaul on Capitol Hill in Washington November 21, 2009.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 21: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (R) hugs Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) as during a news conference following the Senate's cloture vote on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill on November 21, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 21: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) speak at a news conference following the Senate's cloture vote on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill on November 21, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 21: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (C) speaks at a news conference as Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) (R) and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) look on following the Senate's cloture vote on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill on November 21, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 21: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (R) smiles as Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) looks on during a news conference following the Senate's cloture vote on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill on November 21, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo » -
Getty Images
WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 21: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (R) hugs Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) as Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) looks on during a news conference following the Senate's cloture vote on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill on November 21, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo » -
AP Photo
Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa speaks after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad healthcare overhaul at Capitol Hill in Washington on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009.
View Photo » -
AP Photo
Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa speaks after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad healthcare overhaul at Capitol Hill in Washington on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid D-Nev. , looks on.
View Photo » -
AP Photo
Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn. , speaks after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad healthcare overhaul at Capitol Hill in Washington on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid D-Nev. , right, and Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa looks on.
View Photo »
Getty Images
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.
View Photo »Related Topics
Related Videos
Related Quotes
- Previous
- Next
- 1/23
-
This time it’s unstoppable ... We’ve come this far, and we are not going to turn back. We are fulfilling a mandate the American people gave to President Obama and the Democratic Party last November.
-
At a luncheon behind closed doors, Democrats said, liberals made impassioned pleas for a new government insurance plan, and they challenged the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Max Baucus, Democrat of Montana, to defend his bill, which has no such public option ... Among the outspoken champions...
SOURCE: CBS News -
I am pleased that after a great deal of time and effort from members on both sides of the aisle, the HELP Committee has a strong, bipartisan bill that will overhaul our current food safety system – a system that right now fails far too many American consumers ... I am confident the Committee will report...
-
The healthcare reform bill that hits the Senate floor will include a government-run public option insurance program, Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) insisted Thursday
SOURCE: National Journal -
live quorum ... We are planning to do something that would require Republicans to be there 24 hours a day, and if they leave the floor, we'll ask unanimous consent to dispense with the reading, and that'll be the end of it.
-
Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin said today Republicans will not be at the table when the Senate merges the health-care bills from two committees before sending one to the floor. Harkin, a Democrat and chairman of one of the committees, also said any bill that passes Congress will include a government-run insurance...
SOURCE: Commentary -
Hopefully we can get this bill passed and to the White House before this year ends.
-
CSP is enrolling producers throughout the country - not just in some locations
-
As a longtime frontrunner in the biofuels industry, Iowa is no stranger to the benefits of producing clean, domestic sources of energy. This algae project is truly innovative and will generate good jobs here in our state and test a new approach to utilizing the carbon dioxide emitted from ethanol plants...
-
As a longtime frontrunner in the biofuels industry, Iowa is no stranger to the benefits of producing clean, domestic sources of energy. This algae project is truly innovative and will generate good jobs here in our state and test a new approach to utilizing the carbon dioxide emitted from ethanol plants...
-
No, this will be a proposal by the Democrats to bring a bill on the floor ... And that’s what I have said before, that the people of this country -- I keep saying -- the people of this country pretty overwhelmingly elected Barack Obama last fall and to make changes. The people of this country overwhelmi...
-
No, this will be a proposal by the Democrats to bring a bill on the floor ... And that’s what I have said before, that the people of this country -- I keep saying -- the people of this country pretty overwhelmingly elected Barack Obama last fall and to make changes. The people of this country overwhelmi...
-
The people of this country overwhelmingly elected Democrats to the House and Senate
-
We will have a bill on the President’s desk before Christmas — a health reform bill. It will have a lot of good stuff in it. It will have a lot of good prevention and wellness programs in there that I have been fighting for, and it will have a public option ... Exactly how that public option will look …...
-
Many who live with HIV/AIDS do not have insurance coverage to pay for costly treatment ... As a result, heavy demands are placed on community-based organizations and state and local governments.
-
So why shouldn’t we have a public option? We have the votes. I believe we’ll have the 60 votes, now that we have the new senator from Massachusetts, to at least get it on the Senate floor ... But once we cross that hurdle, we only need 51 votes for the public option. And I believe there are, comfortably...
-
Staff [members] have been working on the Ryan White bill for some time now, and we have a mark-up scheduled for next week
-
I’d like to see climate change done before December so we can go to Copenhagen with something in our hands
-
This survey underscores yet again why the status quo is unsustainable ... An average monthly premium for family coverage costing upwards of $1,000 is just the latest indication of why the time to reform our broken health care system is long overdue. The American people deserve better, and I believe the ...
-
I will pursue this beyond this panel, with NIH (the National Institutes of Health)
-
I don’t know if you watched Obama’s speech last night. I thought it was a great speech
-
I'm ready to get a health care reform bill passed to the president before Christmas ... You might as well stay standing because that health reform bill, mark my words, I'm the chairman, will have a strong public option.
-
I'm ready to carry on [Kennedy's] work, and I'm ready to get a health reform bill passed and to President Obama before Christmas comes this December
Related Conversations
-
- OB500
-
- healthylife1
-
- josephklewis
-
- ginz1957
-
- isulaura