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News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
GOP presidential hopeful John McCain sees everything through his experience in the military and that can be dangerous, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, said Friday.Harkin said the Arizona senator has a hard time thinking beyond his extensive military background, The Des Moines (Iowa) Register reported.Everything is looked at from his life experiences, from always having been in the military,...
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BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | yesterday
A week ago, I asked U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin what federal lawmakers could do to give price relief at the gas pump. The price in Siouxland has gone up a quarter in the last two weeks, rising to $3.60 per gallon. Harkin said there really is little the government can [...]
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BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | yesterday
GED recipient and former $368,000-a-year CIETC head Ramona Cunningham with Senator Tom Harkin at the dedication of the "Tom Harkin Learning Center" at CIETC offices in October 20, 2004. From "reporter" Jane Norman in the Des Moines Register:Washington, D.C. – Republican presidential candidate John McCain's family background as the son and [...]
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BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | yesterday
He got hit up again this morning by Iowa reporters in a conference call, but U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin still isn't saying who he supports in the Democratic presidential race. Harkin, like last week, said he’ll wait until all the primaries are done on June 3 to state his preference. [...]
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BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | yesterday
U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, today said the foundation of Republican John McCain's presidential candidacy, a well-chronicled biography and admiral-branched military family tree, is in actuality a danger for the nation, and not the seemingly unassailable asset it has widely been viewed to be "I think one of the problems that [...]
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artdiamondblog.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
... to a global rise in food prices. . . . But even strong proponents of the bill, like Senator Tom Harkin, Democrat of Iowa and chairman of the Agriculture Committee, concede that farm interests are deeply entrenched and that there is little appetite for change among many farm state lawmakers, especially when it comes to the direct payment program. The direct payments are based on the amount...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
... "House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson and Senate
Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin are to be congratulated for
crafting a Farm Bill that meets the needs of farmers and ranchers while
providing a historic investment in nutrition assistance to fight hunger.
The strong, bipartisan votes the Farm Bill received this week on both sides
of the Capitol are tributes to their...
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BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
The Republican Party of Iowa has three candidates seeking to knock out U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin in November, and we’ll know the GOP choice in less than three weeks on June 3. Those vying include Christopher Reed, George Eichhorn and Steve Rathje , who was in Sioux City [...]
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PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
... to $2.5 million and still get a taxpayer handout. Several weeks ago, Senate Agriculture Chairman Tom Harkin was asked by the Des Moines Register how many farmers in Iowa would be excluded under the new income cap. His answer: "two or three." On tax policy Mr. Harkin and his fellow Democrats talk endlessly about soaking the rich, but on farm policy they favor soaking the middle class...
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Below The Beltway (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
The Hill asked 97 members of the Senate if they'd be willing to serve as Vice-President, and more than a few of them were pretty amusing: Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah) “Of course. Big house, big car, not much to do. Why not'” Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) “Does that include any sports picks or anything like that? … I would certainly consider it.” Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) “Yes. Sign me up. I’ve been kidding...
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Blast Off! (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
... can't be expected to answer, since he can't even remember his own name anymore ... Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) “If I were asked I’d probably have to get a divorce, so the answer would probably be no. But I won't be asked if he [McCain] wants to win.” Wow. Isn't it refreshing to tell the truth for once, Sen. Coburn? Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) “I would say ‘No, Hillary.’ ” Insert your own joke here....
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Western Farm Press RSS Feed (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
... a press briefing held two hours after Schafer’s. Conrad and Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Tom Harkin briefed reporters to “correct inaccuracies” in administration statements.“These are fictional numbers based on made-up scorekeeping that the administration has never applied to its own legislation or budgets,” Conrad said of Schafer’s claim that the conference report increases spending...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
... in chief. I'd bring a lot of fun to the job. We
would rock the Naval Observatory."
Sens. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) and David Vitter
(R-La.) took the opportunity to push other candidates. Harkin likes "The
Daily Show" host Jon Stewart, while Coleman promoted Minnesota Gov. Tim
Pawlenty (R). Vitter favors Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R).
"Once is enough," Sen....
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National Review Online (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
n an appropriations hearing last week, Democratic senator Tom Harkin of Iowa scolded Labor Secretary Elaine Chao for her department's latest funding request. “I believe this budget does not reflect the right priorities,” sniffed Harkin. What he meant was that the Department of Labor isn't demanding enough money from Congress.From the perspective of Washington's spending class, that's...
