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27 Jan 2011, 1:04 pm
This would not have been possible without the continued insistence on change by Senators Tom Udall, Jeff Merkley and Tom Harkin [See related article below]. [read post]
22 Jan 2011, 3:37 pm
Other very good testimony came from the attorneys directly involved in the Harkins movie-captioning case, Rose Daly-Rooney of the Arizona Attorney General's Office and from J.J. [read post]
13 Jan 2011, 2:52 pm
., Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, Judd Gregg, R-N.H., Richard Burr, R-N.C., and Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Reps. [read post]
7 Jan 2011, 1:43 pm
Harkin said, "This reform effort is about one thing: ensuring the Senate can operate more fairly, effectively and democratically to meet the challenges of our time. [read post]
7 Jan 2011, 1:59 am
"I just can't understand why they would do that," Harkin told Iowa Radio Thursday. [read post]
5 Jan 2011, 11:42 am
., Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., had also written to NAS in December and requested “assistance in determining the extent of the continued need for invasive research on chimpanzees and the merits of alternative methods. [read post]
25 Dec 2010, 1:59 am
(If you missed the Naughty List, turn back to our Christmas Eve edition.)NICE: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, who in the end, fulfilled his promise to E. coli victim Linda Rivera by pushing the food safety bill through the Senate.NICE: Rep.John Dingell,D-MI, chairman emeritus of the Commerce and Energy Committee, for steering food safety legislation through the House and on to the President's desk, even when it had to be done without a Conference Committee with the Senate.NICE:… [read post]
23 Dec 2010, 12:52 am
Bill Marler has shared this summary of the new food safety legislation with us. [read post]
22 Dec 2010, 3:01 pm
The following members of Congress whose leadership was essential to CAPTA and FVPSA’s passage are: Senator Tom Harkin, Senator Mike Enzi, Senator Lamar Alexander, Representative George Miller, Representative John Kline, Representative Carolyn McCarthy, and Representative Todd Platts and more particularly Senator Chris Dodd and Representative Gwen Moore, who were the lead sponsors of FVPSA and who worked so hard to ensure the bill passed this year. [read post]
20 Dec 2010, 1:47 pm
Perhaps the President will bring the Bill with him to Hawaii for Christmas - It's a short flight from Seattle. [read post]
20 Dec 2010, 1:59 am
Tom Harkin, D-IA, a lead sponsor of the bill, called the vote "a critical victory" bringing the bill one step closer to completion. [read post]
18 Dec 2010, 1:59 am
"Chairman Harkin is making every effort to ensure that the bipartisan food safety bill is included in legislation that will be voted on before the end of the year," spokeswoman Justine Sessions said in an email. [read post]
16 Dec 2010, 11:37 am
Tom Harkin has said, the numbers suggest “that some for-profit schools are efficient government subsidy collectors first and educational institutions second. [read post]
15 Dec 2010, 1:11 pm
Here’s who voted against the deal: Bingaman (D-NM) Coburn (R-OK) DeMint (R-SC) Dorgan (D-ND) Ensign (R-NV) Feingold (D-WI) Gillibrand (D-NY) Hagan (D-NC) Harkin (D-IA) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Merkley (D-OR) Sanders (I-VT) Sessions (R-AL) Udall (D-CO) Udall (D-NM) Voinovich (R-OH) Wyden (D-OR) The deal now goes to the House of Representatives where, according to Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), discussions will begin in earnest tomorrow… [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]
6 Dec 2010, 4:47 pm
We continue to ask the question Judge Alex Kozinski of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals asked of counsel for the Harkins theater chain in a movie-captioning case out of Arizona -- why are the theaters fighting about this? [read post]
2 Dec 2010, 8:58 pm
Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) remains optimistic that a procedural error wouldn't derail the Food Safety bill that cleared the Senate on Tuesday, saying 'nothing is going to kill this bill.'" Harkin "said Wednesday he spoke with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) about a plan to first pass the bill in the House, then send it back to the Senate by week's end. [read post]
2 Dec 2010, 1:59 am
Tom Harkin (D-IA) to address the constitutional difficulties in an effort to move the bill forward before the end of the dwindling lame duck session. [read post]
1 Dec 2010, 1:59 am
Tom Harkin (D-IA), a key proponent of the measure in the Senate, indicated before Thanksgiving that key leaders in the House agreed to take up the Senate version, but it is not clear that is the game plan for House leadership. [read post]
30 Nov 2010, 5:00 am
Harkin, and Mr. [read post]
