Word: harkin
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...shows in the chaos that surrounds the panel as it begins to try to turn his long-held dream of universal health coverage into reality. "As we always say around here, if you want to get a bill through, give it to Kennedy," says Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, a senior member of the panel. "He just knows how to get the deals and get everybody working together." (Read "Cost, Not Coverage, Drive Health-Care Debate...
...Some critics of Christian Science and other alternative treatments worry that accommodating such healing methods could open the door to a wide range of questionable therapies. Democratic Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa is all too familiar with such slippery-slope objections. Long a proponent of alternative therapies, he chaired a hearing in late February on integrative care and health reform that featured practitioners of holistic medicine and other alternative approaches; his support has been vigorously opposed by scientists who believe that investment in alternative medicine is a waste of funds. In March, the Washington Post reported on an effort...
...Recently, however, an emboldened tide of Democratic partisans, including former President Bill Clinton, Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, and Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow, have once more called for the doctrine’s resurrection. President Obama and the Senate, on the other hand, have wisely come out against re-imposing this “balance” to the airwaves...
...some liberals will openly admit that they wish to curb conservatives’ supremacy on the airwaves, insisting that the right has an unfair structural advantage. Liberal radio host Bill Press is one of these, as he demonstrated in an interview with Senator Tom Harkin: “You know, we’re not going to take any of the conservative voices off the airwaves, but just make sure that there are a few progressives and liberals out there, right...
...stimulus fight showed the limits of his seemingly enormous electoral mandate. Many Democrats, for instance, felt the White House tried too hard to win the favor of Republicans, who in the end didn't lend their support. "I am not happy with it," said Senator Tom Harkin, Democrat of Iowa. "You are not looking at a happy camper. I mean, they took a lot of stuff out of education. They took it out of health, school construction, and they put it more into tax issues...