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| Term Start | Term End | Role | State | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 2008 | Senator | IA | Democrat |
| See All 9 Terms | ||||
Committee Membership
- Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
- Senate Appropriations
- Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
- Commerce, Justice, and Science and Related Agencies
- Defense
- State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
- Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
- Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Most Recent Sponsored Bills
Sponsored Bill Statistics
Recent Voting History
| Bill | Voted |
|---|---|
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H.R.1424 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 On Passage of the Bill (H. R. 1424 As Amended ) |
Aye (with party)
October 01, 2008 |
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H.R.1424 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 On the Amendment (Dodd Amdt. No. 5685 ) |
Aye (with party)
October 01, 2008 |
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H.R.7081 United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act On Passage of the Bill (H.R. 7081 ) |
Nay (against party)
October 01, 2008 |
Voting Trends Analysis
- Most often votes with: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D, RI]
- Least often votes with: Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC]
- Republican most often votes with: Sen. Olympia Snowe [R, ME]
- Democrat least often votes with: Sen. Ben Nelson [D, NE]
- Votes with party: 95%
- Abstains: 3%
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Thomas Harkin in the News
June 12, 2008 Where does the non-farm farm bill funding go?
During voting for the bill, Senator Thomas Harkin (D-Iowa) said, "This bill does more to strengthen federal food assistance than any bill we have passed ...
June 11, 2008 Gap's Message on Child Labor
... president of the Gap brand in North America, and Sen. Thomas Harkin (D., Iowa), a leader on eradicating the worst forms of child labor and chairman of ...
February 19, 2008 Where's The Stem Celebration?
When Bush put limits on federal funding of ESCR, he was called a "moral ayatollah" by Sen. Thomas Harkin. Never mind that he was right that non-embryonic ...
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September 25, 2008 Introduced Bill: S.3627
A bill to improve the calculation of, the reporting of, and the accountability for, secondary school graduation rates.
September 25, 2008 Bill Action: Introduced: S. 3627: A bill to improve the ...
Sen. Thomas Harkin [D-IA] introduced S. 3627: A bill to improve the calculation of, the reporting of, and the accountability for, secondary school graduation rates. [This event matched these trackers: Active Legislation ]
September 11, 2008 Introduced Bill: S.3485
A bill to require manufacturers to increase the percentage of automobiles manufactured for sale within the United States that are capable of operating on higher-level blends of renewable fuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel, ...
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I went on long term disability leave in Feb 2000, was awarded a pension equal to minimum wage...then in May 2007 the company reduced my pension by half without notice. Then, 2 months later I got a letter informing me that they had made an erroneous mistake and that I would have to pay back approx 50K dollars of overpayment. The company has become mute and does not want to cooperate or listen to my woes...If they deduct my current pension for the next 7 years, it will have a devistating effect on my financial stability and good credit. Basically we will join the ranks of the homeless and hungry.
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BUSH wants to bail out Wall street but the unemployed can just wait and starve!
The Congress, the Senate and BUSH are criminal, despicable, naive,and in very dangerous water. To ignore the unemployed and not take care of them is so shortsighted its beyond belief. More Extended benefits need to be passed now! The seven weeks is really a joke as unemployment WILL continue to rise and rise. It needs to be a total of 52 or more as it was in the past. Wake up politician's (PUBLIC SERVANT) as your day is coming, and you be joining the unemployed and learn first hand what it can feel like to be jobless. More jobs will be lost, more Banks will fail and you can only blame yourselves for letting Bush and Cheney get away with robbing the working American public who are as dumb and naive as Sarah Palin!
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