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Late compromise in fiscal cliff saga

...R-Utah); Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.); Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.); Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.); and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa). What did the plan offer? More taxes on those Americans earning $400,000 or more and couples are allowed...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/2013-01-01/late-compromise-fiscal-cliff-saga
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...died with him near Eveleth. In attendance were Minnesota Democratic Sens. Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar, and Sen. Tom Harkin, an Iowa Democrat who was Wellstone's Senate colleague.The event was held at the Wellstone Memorial and Historic...

http://brainerddispatch.com/2012-10-25-4
APNewsBreak: Official: 10 states, including Minnesota, get NCLB waiver

...ranking Democrat, has said such partisanship "means the end" to No Child Left Behind reform in this Congress. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, who chairs the Senate committee with jurisdiction over education, has said he believes it "would be difficult...

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Senators concerned by photo ID requirement to vote

...and Jeff Merkley of Oregon, Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, Benjamin Cardin of Maryland, Mark Begich of Alaska, Tom Harkin of Iowa, Herb Kohl of Wisconsin and Tom Udall of New Mexico."Many of these laws effectively disenfranchise thousands...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2011-06-29/senators-concerned-photo-id-requirem
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Investigators say USDA squandered money on several new ventures

...over the AARC's investment authority, but Congress never acted on the idea before adjourning last November. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, is expected to continue pushing the CoBank proposal next year.

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Iowa senators call for probe into corps river project

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- U.S. Sens. Charles Grassley and Tom Harkin are calling for an investigation into a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project to expand locks and dams on the upper Mississippi...

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Contractors who defrauded government free to get new projects

...abuse in some of our largest contractors. The American people have every right to be outraged at this," said Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, who has tried to highlight the problem for a decade. Vice President Al Gore wants to expand the federal...

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Justice study prompts new calls for death penalty moratorium

...executions. Feingold renewed a demand that he and Democratic Sens. Carl Levin of Michigan, Paul Wellstone of Minnesota and Tom Harkin of Iowa made in June that Clinton name a commission to study the issue and postpone any executions until it reports...

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USDA needs work validating petitions, report says

...orderly process in place to ensure producers have a say in whether the checkoff program is benefitting them," said Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa. On the Net: GAO: http://www.gao.gov USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service: http://www...

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Thompson quizzed about departing FDA commissioner

...Today's the last day I will have the privilege to serve as your commissioner. It's been an honor." But Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, offered praise in broaching, for the first time, another issue awaiting Thompson: research using embryonic...

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