They were out yesterday in Iowa, at the traditional steak fry sponsored by Senator Tom Harkin.
Tom Harkin, the Democratic committee chairman, said in his prepared opening remarks at the hearing.
Tom Harkin, Iowa's senior and most popular Democrat, endorsed Howard Dean for president Friday.
Loren and Dinakar met with Senators Arlen Specter and Tom Harkin and filled them in.
Tom Harkin, who until Wednesday had not declared his support as a superdelegate for either Clinton or Obama.
Tom Harkin, of Iowa, and Christopher Dodd, of Connecticut, even exchanged a hug.
Senator TOM HARKIN (Democrat, Iowa): Well, I don't know what he means.
The debate has transcended the parties and entered the political realm, with Senators Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) taking sides.
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Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, is similar to a House resolution adopted last year that acknowledged the wrongs of slavery but offered no reparations.
Before the meeting, liberal Democrats Tom Harkin of Iowa and Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia indicated that the Medicare buy-in would likely be dropped.
They attended a state fry sponsored by Iowa Senator Tom Harkin.
She reminded voters here that when her husband first ran, he abandoned the Iowa caucuses, since Iowa Senator Tom Harkin was such a clear favorite.
The Republicans have failed to lure any big names to take on vulnerable Democrats such as Max Baucus of Montana and Tom Harkin of Iowa.
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Senator TOM HARKIN (Democrat, Iowa): We are introducing legislation that puts power back into the hands of the people who are truly the backbone of our country.
The bill that Senators Tom Harkin (Iowa), Mark Pryor (Arkansas), Mr. Specter and others are now considering would still give unions the whip hand in negotiations with management.
More letters, this time from a group of senators and representatives, led by senators Jeff Merkley (D-Or.) and Tom Harkin (D-IA) and representatives Sander Levin (D-MI)and Carolyn Maloney (D-NY).
Did Tom Harkin endorse Dean out of principle, or did he privately confide to Gephardt supporters that Dick would be a better President but Howard has a better chance to win?
There is already a group of opposed or concerned Senators from both parties, including Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas and Democrats Tom Harkin of Iowa and Patrick Leahy of Vermont.
Seven of the Democratic presidential candidates were present, but it was the former president who captured the attention of the Iowa Democrats at Tom Harkin's Steak Fry, held annually by Iowa's junior senator.
Tom Harkin, the Iowa Democrat who championed the Americans with Disabilities Act, sent a letter to the governor urging him not to sign a bill that didn't make more cabs accessible to wheelchair users.
So can Chris Dodd and Tom Harkin.
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I've covered caucuses where one party wasn't competing because they had a sitting incumbent president, or in 1992, none of the Democrats came here because Senator Tom Harkin who was a favorite son was running and everyone else decided not to compete.
For example, even in the midst of gridlock in 2012, Democrat Barbara Boxer of California and Republican Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma reached agreement on a major transportation bill, and Democrat Tom Harkin of Iowa and Republican Mike Enzi of Wyoming forged compromises to produce a far-reaching food safety legislation.
In the House, Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), Ed Pastor (D-AZ), and Pete Stark (D-CA) all scored below a five percent, while those in the Senate who failed to reach double digits include Russell Feingold (D-WI), Tom Harkin (D-IA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and Robert Menendez (D-NJ).
Yes, that he met -- he had a bipartisan -- speaking of bipartisanship, working together on goals that are commonly held by members of both parties -- the President had a meeting today with -- if I could just find my paper on it -- with Senators Tom Harkin, Mike Enzi, Jeff Bingaman, and Lamar Alexander -- Republicans and Democrats.
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