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23 May 2007, 7:47 pm
Tom Harkin has introduced The Guantanamo Closure Act of 2007. [read post]
9 Nov 2010, 10:48 am by James Hamilton
In a letter to the SEC and other regulators, Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) said that the exemption from the Volcker Rule for regulated insurance companies directly engaged in the business of insurance to purchase and sell securities for the general account of the company was included in Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Act to reflect the reality of the insurance business which requires insurance companies to effectively manage risk over a long period of time. [read post]
8 Feb 2013, 3:28 am by Heidi Henson
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) announced in an op-ed for Politico on Tuesday, February 5, that he plans to reintroduce the Healthy Families Act to provide paid sick days to American workers. [read post]
16 Sep 2009, 3:00 am
Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, has publicly indicated that the committee will likely take up a food safety bill this fall and consumer advocates remain hopeful that a bill is possible before Christmas.Harkin took chairmanship of the HELP committee when it became open after the death of Sen. [read post]
22 Sep 2012, 9:03 pm by Susan Schneider
Professor Neil Hamilton was in Washington, D.C. last week when Iowa Senator Tom Harkin was celebrated at a Capitol Hill reception that included the unveiling of Senator Harkin's official portrait. [read post]
29 Apr 2012, 1:05 pm by James Hamilton
Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) have urged the SEC and banking regulators to exempt from the Dodd-Frank Volcker Rule regulations insurance companies directly engaged in the business of insurance when making purchases consistent with State insurance laws in hedge funds and private equity funds. [read post]
1 Oct 2007, 4:03 pm
Er, unless you're Tom Harkin. [read post]
4 Aug 2012, 5:08 pm by Glenn Reynolds
RICHARD VEDDER ON TOM HARKIN’S ASSAULT ON FOR-PROFIT EDUCATION: They Just Don’t Get It. “It is true that many of the for-profits have high drop-out rates, but are they really any worse than some of our public universities, like the University of Texas at San Antonio or Chicago State University, schools with thousands of students but very low graduation rates? [read post]
26 Jun 2007, 6:00 am
Tom Harkin's bill to close Guantanamo within 120 days of passage. [read post]
8 Feb 2013, 6:13 pm by James Hamilton
Praising the recent approval of a financial transaction tax for eleven E.U. countries by the Council of Economic and Finance Ministers, Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) plans to reintroduce in the 113th Congress legislation to impose a financial transaction tax in the U.S. [read post]
9 Mar 2010, 5:51 am by Joe Kristan
Tom Harkin was one of the best friends of CIETC, the so-called job training program that graduated three of its... [read post]
10 Jul 2007, 7:40 am
Senator Tom Harkin has proposed a new tax credit for corporate wellness program: The Healthy Workforce Act would provide a... [read post]
5 Mar 2010, 7:17 am by Bill Marler
– Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) released the following statement today after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched an investigation into findings of Salmonella Tennessee in hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) manufactured by Basic Food Flavors, Inc., in Las Vegas. [read post]
18 May 2011, 5:50 am by Glenn Reynolds
Tom Harkin, Iowa Democrat, who had unveiled the report at a hearing highly critical of the schools Aug. 4. [read post]
16 Dec 2007, 9:51 am
As someone with a parent in a nursing home, I am very glad to learn that Hillary Clinton and Tom Harkin (D-IA) have introduced a bill "that would force a federal agency to make public its list of the nation's worst nursing homes. [read post]
9 Dec 2010, 4:38 pm
The pork pile is growing in the Senate, and Politico now reports that it includes an ethanol tax credit to get Tom Harkin's vote. [read post]