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Biofuels Digest (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
In testimony before the US Senate, the chairman of DuPont’s Pioneer Hi-Bred subsidiary projected a 40 percent rise in corn and soybean yields by 2018, with corn reaching an average US yield of 225 bushels per acre. When questioned about the projection, Dean Oestrich told Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa that “it is a plan, [...]
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BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
Last week, I attended a fundraiser for Steve Sodders with Sen. Tom Harkin. It was a well attended event for being on Monday morning at 8 am. Sen. Harkin stressed how important it is to elect good people to the statehouse and highlighted all of Steve's great work in [...]
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BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
Last week, I attended a fundraiser for Steve Sodders with Sen. Tom Harkin. It was a well attended event for being on Monday morning at 8 am. Sen. Harkin stressed how important it is to elect good people to the statehouse and highlighted all of Steve's great work in [...]
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Health habits (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
By 2030, over 86% of Americans will be OBESE. And who’s to blame? HOLLYWOOD That’s right, I said it. Hollywood. And you thought that they were already doing their part to keep America trim by encouraging all of America’s young women to develop eating disorders in order to look like Angelina Jolie or Keira Knightley. Well, according to weight-loss expert [...]
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The HR Lawyer's Blog (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
A large, bipartisan group of senators signed on as co-sponsors of the ADA Amendments Act (S.3406) which was introduced August 1. The bill will strengthen the protections of the original Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), passed in 1990. Sens. Tom Harkin, D. Iowa, and Orrin Hatch, R. Utah, led the effort to sign on 66 senators as co-sponsors of the bill. With so many co-sponsors, there is a good...
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BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
Number of comments: 1 This morning I listened to Jan Mickelson on WHO Radio interview Christopher Reed. I thought it to be a rather intense interview, with Jan repeatedly asking Reed if Iowans were stupid for continuing to re-elect Tom Harkin. To his credit, Chris Reed remained unrattled and composed with his answers. I [...]
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BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
Of course, some are pushing hard to see a debate in the Iowa U.S. Senate race this year. Incumbent Democrat Tom Harkin is opposed by Republican Christopher Reed . Both were at the Iowa State Fair earlier [...]
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BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, knows who he wants to see as Barack Obama’s veep. During a radio interview with KGGO-FM at the fair Wednesday, Harkin said he’s pushing for Senate colleague Chris Dodd of Connecticut. “He is on the short list. What’s going to happen, [...]
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JURIST (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
[JURIST] Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf should resign from office immediately, US Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) said in a statement released on Monday. The same day that Pakistan's Punjab Provincial Assembly voted to ask Musharraf to resign or face possible impeachment by the country's parliament, Harkin said:Members of Pakistan's Punjab province local assembly's vote today continues to pressure...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
Imagine Superman promoting fresh fruits and vegetables instead of a cereal. Children in the US are confronted with such a barrage of advertising for food and drink - much of it unhealthy - that the entertainment industry should take steps to tie popular TV and movie characters to more nutritional products, the Federal Trade Commission says. The recommendation was part of a report showing that the nation's...
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Big News Network.com (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
Washington, Aug 13 : Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf must resign from the Presidency for the maintenance of law and order in his country, restoration of deposed judges and providing relief to the masses, said US Senator Tom Harkin.
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The Carpetbagger Report (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
If you listen to John McCain’s speeches, and watch some of his commercials, the senator’s support for wind power is strong. It’s his record that’s more of a problem. In May, for example, McCain appeared at a wind power plant, insisting, “Wind power is one of many alternative energy sources that are changing our economy for [...]
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BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
The Obama campaign is officially launching field offices in six small towns today, and Senator Tom Harkin is speaking with reporters by conference call about the Obama campaign's rural outreach. In addition, the Obama Iowa Campaign for Change is kicking off its series of Rural Roundtable Discussions in Washington and Algona [...]
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Domestic Fuel (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
U.S. Senator Tom Harkin is supportive of alternative fuels and would like to push for mandated flexible fuel vehicle production. He asks, “Why do we run cars on gasoline?” According to the Iowa Independent, the Senator said he plans to introduce legislation that would require all vehicles produced in the U.S. run as flexible [...]
