Tom Harkin

...any public option. Senate Health Bill Faces Saturday Showdown Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada passes fellow Democratic Sens. Tom Harkin of Iowa (left) and Charles Schumer of New York (right) while leaving a news conference this week...

In this article: Harry Reid, Ben Nelson, Iowa, Charles Schumer, New York, Nevada, and Medicare

Republicans, however, condemn the bill's price tag, which they say will wind up being more along the lines of $1.5 trillion. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IO) has been a big cheerleader for the bill, saying Thursday that he was "very confident that not...

In this article: Harry Reid, Medicare, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Congressional Budget Office, GOP, Nancy Pelosi, Lamar Alexander, and Barack Obama

...conditions, and restrain the growth of health care spending. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., with Sens. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, left, and Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., leaves a news conference on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Nov. 18,...

In this article: Harry Reid, Medicare, Washington, Nevada, and Christopher Dodd

...begin. Asked Thursday if he had the votes, Reid said: "We'll find out when the votes are taken." But Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, says he believes the wavering moderates will side with their party on procedural votes. Whether they vote for...

In this article: Harry Reid, Medicare, Ben Nelson, Tax, Barack Obama, Revenue, Congressional Budget Office, and National Right to Life Committee

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) says that the health care reform bill Democrats presented in the Senate last night has what it takes to turn the months-long legislative fight into a home run for reform advocates. "To put it in baseball terms, we've...

In this article: Tax, Msnbc.com, Rachel Maddow, Iowa, and Msnbc

...Cavett is 73. Broadcasting and sports mogul Ted Turner is 71. Singer Pete Moore (Smokey Robinson and the Miracles) is 70. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, is 70. TV journalist Garrick Utley is 70. Actor Dan Haggerty is 68. Former Health and Human...

In this article: Talk show, Indiana Pacers, Ford Motor Co., Apollo XII, Treaty of Versailles, Revolutionary War, World War II, and Civil War

...abroad would face greater scrutiny by regulators, under legislation advanced in the Senate. The Senate health committee, chaired by Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Ia., today approved by voice vote an overhaul of the Food and Drug Administration, which...

In this article: Food and Drug Administration, Iowa, Peanut butter, Grocery Manufacturers Association, White House, and Washington, D.C.

Sen. Tom Harkin, chairman of the Senate health committee, told The Bill Press Show this morning that the health care debate "will start in earnest" Nov. 30, the Monday after Thanksgiving. A vote to allow the debate to start likely will...

In this article: Senate Finance Committee, Congressional Budget Office, and Barack Obama

...the law of the land, thanks to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Created under pressure from Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), the federal unit spends $100 million-plus a year to study nonscientific treatments.

In this article: Poppycock, Scientific method, Tax, Orrin Hatch, American Council on Science and Health, John Kerry, and Barack Obama

...the problem. Harkin blasts House bill language By THOMAS BEAUMONT tbeaumont@dmreg.com November 11, 2009 Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin said Tuesday the House-passed health care bill "goes too far" in restricting insurance providers from...

In this article: Bart Stupak, Medicare, and Iowa