Tag: Tom Harkin

Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) and Josh Turek

Iowa’s shift red meets complex electorate in Hinson-Turek Senate showdown

Claire Carter · September 23, 2026 7:00 am

Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, ripped President Obama for ingratitude toward unions. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Democrats have completely given up on Iowa

David Freddoso · August 7, 2022 8:28 pm

Mia R. Keeys is health policy adviser for Rep. Robin L. Kelly, D-Ill. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Congressional staffer profile: For Robin Kelly’s health equity adviser, policy is in her blood

Kimberly Leonard · January 9, 2018 5:01 am

The Senate should be a deliberative body, not an obstructionist one. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

How to end the filibuster follies

Quin Hillyer · February 8, 2017 9:38 pm

Vice President JoeÂ Biden and then-Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin share a laugh at the 36th Annual Harkin Steak Fry on September 15, 2013, in Indianola, Iowa.Â (Photo by Steve Pope/Getty Images)

Harkin dismisses chances of Biden run

Ariel Cohen · August 17, 2015 10:27 pm

Former Sec. of State and 2016 Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton, former President Bill Clinton and U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin work the grill during Harkin's annual fundraising Steak Fry, September 2014, in Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Top Iowa Democrat endorses Hillary Clinton

Kelly Cohen · August 14, 2015 12:44 pm

Tom Harkin speaks on stage at the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation event 'A Magical Evening' on Nov. 20, 2014, in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

Obamacare advocates seek to fix problem they made worse

Byron York · May 25, 2015 9:00 pm

The most important signatory? Tom Harkin -- though he has retired from the Senate, his influence in Iowa Democratic circles remains strong. [AP Photo

Progressive PAC pushes candidates to embrace more liberal ideas

Kelly Cohen · March 24, 2015 3:35 pm

PolitiFarce

The Scrapbook · March 9, 2015 4:00 am

After the fact, Biden said that a more accurate comment would have been: "I was near where a shot landed." (AP)

Biden has his own Brian Williams moment

Susan Crabtree · February 14, 2015 10:00 am

Sen. Tom Harkin speaks at a press conference on Wednesday, April 30, 2014. (Examiner/Graeme Jennings)

Beltway Confidential

Flashback: Joni Ernst’s predecessor, Tom Harkin, actually did lie about his military service

Ashe Schow · February 11, 2015 4:46 pm

Lauren McGarity McFerran was approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Tuesday to be the newest member of the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency that enforces labor law. (AP Photo)

Senate Dems push NLRB nominee through committee

Sean Higgins · December 2, 2014 7:48 pm