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• in Politics
  Senate Passes Most Comprehensive Food Safety Bill in 70 Years
  Bill gives FDA more power, more funding, more responsibility and a lot more work.
  by srgsc / on Nov 30, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “tom harkin”

 

• Congressional Candidate Rod Blum Blasts Common Core

  
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  Rod Blum, candidate for Congress in Iowa’s 1st Congressional district, says the Common Core Standards were poorly designed and testing students at a national, one-size fits all manner can’t produce reliable results. “This is not a left versus right issue or a Democrat versus Republican issue – this is about ...
  1 week ago

• Senator Lifts Hold on Tavenner Nomination as CMS Administrator

  
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  Harkin Says He Has No Objections to Tavenner Leading CMS On April 24, one day after the Senate Finance Committee voted to approve Marilyn Tavenner to be administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Senator Tom Harkin, (D-IA)  halted the nomination of Tavenner, saying at a budget hearing ...
  1 week ago

• Tavenner nomination to head CMS will move forward

  
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  Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) today made an about-face on Marilyn Tavenners nomination for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator and removing his hold. read more
  2 weeks ago

• Matt Whitaker Announces Intentions to Run for U.S. Senate

  
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  DES MOINES, IA – Former US Attorney Matt Whitaker shared his intentions to seek the Republican nomination for the open United States Senate seat in November 2014. Whitaker, a guest Monday afternoon on the Simon Conway show on WHO 1040 AM, announced he is taking the necessary steps to run for the seat being ...
  2 weeks ago

• Rep. Steve King will not run for the open Iowa Senate seat

  
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  By Richard K. Barry I will not run for Senate in 2014. A Senate race takes me out of urgent battles in Congress that cant wait until 2015. Many thanks to all. — Steve King (@SteveKingIA) May 4, 2013 And with that Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) announced that he would not run for the Senate seat to be ...
  2 weeks ago

• Senator Looks to Delay Choice of Tavenner as CMS Administrator

  
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  New Wrinkle in Tavenner Nominiation On April 24, one day after the Senate Finance Committee voted to approve Marilyn Tavenner to be administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a new wrinkle developed. Senator Tom Harkin, (D-IA) has halted the nomination of Tavenner, saying at a budget ...
  2 weeks ago

• Politics News – Tom Harkin, Pervez Musharraf, Twitter

  
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  Democratic Senator Tom Harkin Puts Hold On Tavenner’s Nomination Pakistan police defuse 110-pound bomb near Musharraf house Hackers Compromise The AP’s Twitter Account, Spread Lies About White House Explosions & Injuries To The President Thanks for checking us out. Please take a look at the rest of our videos ...
  3 weeks ago

• Senate confirmation for CMS administrator put on hold

  
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  Not long after receiving a unanimous endorsement by the Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) has placed a hold on Tavenners nomination. read more
  3 weeks ago

• In Shift, Harkin Delays Vote on Labor Secretary

  
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  Sen. Tom Harkin agreed to Republicans’ requests to delay a committee vote on Tom Perez’s confirmation as labor secretary, less than 48 hours after he had refused.
  3 weeks ago

• Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Montanas Baucus will retire, but Schweitzer may run instead

  
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  Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here . Leading Off : • MT-Sen : On Tuesday, Sen. Max Baucus surprised the political world by announcing that he would retire at the end of this term rather than seek re-election. (Baucuss decision was ...
  3 weeks ago

• No Senate Run for Iowa Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds

  
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  The potential list for Republican Senate candidates just got a little smaller.  Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds in an email to supporters this afternoon said that she will not be running for the U.S. Senate seat that will be vacant after Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) retires.  I’m not surprised by this decision.  The ...
  4 weeks ago

• Facebook Chooses Iowa for Next Data Center Location

  
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  (Des Moines, IA) Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today joined Altoona’s Mayor Skip Conkling in officially welcoming Facebook to Iowa.  The social networking company, which helps more than 1 billion people around the world connect and share with each other, announced that it will build a new, ...
  4 weeks ago

• Liberal Tom Harkin Endorses Sometime Conservative Bruce Braley

  
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  Tom Harkin has endorsed the less-than-consistently-liberal Bruce Braley in the upcoming campaign for his U.S. Senate seat.
  4 weeks ago

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