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U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Tom Harkin are supporting a newly introduced bill that would ban most meatpackers from owning livestock. The measure was introduced Wednesday by Iowa Republican Grassley and North Dakota Democrat Kent Conrad. Iowa Democrat Harkin and South Dakota Republican Tim Johnson were original co-sponsors. The bill does not impact packers too [...]

On Wednesday, U.S. Senators filed to the floor in order to speak about an amendment offered by Missouri Republican Roy Blunt to a highway bill — although the offering has nothing to do with the many billions of dollars being debated for roadways. Blunt’s amendment hopes to give employers carte blanche refusal of payment or [...]

In July 2011, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican who serves as ranking member on the Judiciary Committee, recorded and posted the following video regarding the upcoming reauthorization of the 1994 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA): At that time, at least based on this weekly address, Grassley was concerned about oversight and accountability in [...]

A consent decree of permanent injunction filed Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice against an India-based generic drug company highlighted many of the pharmaceutical safety challenges outlined during a September 2011 hearing held by U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin. The DOJ, which was acting on behalf of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, filed the [...]

Women throughout the nation can be very happy that Iowans are represented by U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, who has continuously and tirelessly worked to close the gender pay gap. On Tuesday, Harkin, who leads the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate in support of [...]

Elena Kagan was confirmed by the U.S. Senate today on a 63 to 37 vote. Iowa’s senators, Chuck Grassley and Tom Harkin, split with Harkin voting in favor. Will add to this list as more are received… I know I join many Iowans in congratulating Elena Kagan on her confirmation to the Supreme Court, she [...]

There are some individuals who honestly believe that the health care reform bill passed by the U.S. Senate would usurp years of federal policy and allow for taxpayer funds to pay for abortions. Those people — including Michigan anti-abortion Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak — are wrong. Stupak, who is backed by the like-minded U.S. Conference [...]

Dr. Norman Borlaug, a son of immigrants who fled to the U.S. when faced with famine in Norway and a man who taught people throughout the world how to increase crop production, died late Saturday night in Texas from complications of cancer. The Iowa native, who is credited as being the father of the Green [...]

The Iowa Democratic Party plans to offer a live internet video stream of U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin’s annual steak fry fundraiser that is scheduled for this Sunday in Indianola. Keynote speaker at the event will be the junior U.S. Senator from Minnesota, Al Franken. “We are excited to launch a new way of including our [...]

U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, a Democrat who has represented Iowa since the mid-1970s, made the following statement on the floor of the U.S. Senate this morning in relation to U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, the Massachusetts Democrat who lost his battle with cancer a few weeks ago: “Mr. President, I look around this chamber, and I [...]