Word: harkins
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...Meanwhile, some liberal Democrats like Tom Harkin and Patty Murray, who's in charge of fund-raising for Senate Democrats, may vote the same way. They fear that if the Supreme Court can pick and choose which parts of the bill are constitutional, they'll be left with a system that will allow the Republicans to kill them with unlimited spending by issue-advocacy groups (the "loophole" that the Wellstone amendment is meant to plug), but doesn't leave them the soft money to catch up. For them, that's the worst of all possible worlds...
...depends on your personal situation. Obviously John Breaux thought he could explain his 180-degree turn on this issue (he was the first Democrat to publicly bolt a few weeks ago) to the folks back home. For people like Murray and Harkin, who both face tough reelection fights, it's a little more difficult - with Harkin in particular, if he bolts, Republicans are swearing that they'll make his life miserable...
Radiologists worry loudly that their field is being eviscerated. They point to the growing number of licensed physicians who have abandoned mammography, forced out of their practices by low reimbursement rates and high malpractice costs. They have a powerful ally in Senator Tom Harkin of Idaho, who lost two sisters to breast cancer and is scheduled to introduce a bill in Congress this week that would boost payments for mammograms and provide incentives for radiologists to stay in the field. "Women in New York City have had to wait five months for mammography, and three months if they have...
Some answers may be forthcoming in the next few weeks. The American Cancer Society and the Society of Breast Imaging are busy analyzing data from a recently completed survey of radiologists and their waiting times. Harkin also hopes to hold hearings on the issue...
...Harkin (D-Iowa), who provided the impetus for the Times article by providing unclassified State Department documents to the newspaper, has promised in conjunction with Republicans Jesse Helms of North Carolina and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky to introduce legislation calling to prohibit imports from Burma...