Tom Harkin News

Most Iowans support greater border security and a path to citizenship for immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, a new Des Moines Register Iowa Poll shows.

The GOP strategist who managed Rick Santorum's national presidential campaign is now joining the Iowa campaign of Sam Clovis, a Santorum backer who is running for U.S. Senate.

Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin's aide, Jessica Border, will host a mobile office for Jefferson County residents from 10:15-11:5 a.m. June 27 at the Fairfield Public Library's meeting room.

Sen. Tom Harkin says the Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded nearly $24 million for renovations at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown.

Received this e-mail today from Congressman Bruce Braley who is running for Senator Tom Harkin's Senate seat: In the coming days, the US Supreme Court is expected to decide two cases that will have an historic effect on the lives of same-sex couples across the country.

President Barack Obama signs the health care bill in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 23, 2010.

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A Bold Approach to the Jobs Emergency brought together leading policymakers, thinkers, and activists to discuss how we can get the U.S. to full employment and create more good jobs, but that was only the beginning of the conversation.

Given the reactions that President Obama got after he proposed raising the minimum wage to $9 an hour in his State of the Union address, he must have felt a little like comedian Rodney Dangerfield.

Republican Chuck Grassley will star at two upcoming fundraisers for a former aide who's now running for U.S. Senate.

House Education and the Workforce Committee chairman John Kline and Representative Todd Rokita have introduced the Student Success Act -a proposal to rewrite No Child Left Behind .

He takes over for Tyler Olson who is rumored to be a potential candidate to run against Terry Branstad for governor in 2014.

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Friday reintroduced legislation designed to pave the way for a standardized letter on student financial-aid awards to be used by all American colleges.

Sample our site! In celebration of BSD, The Hawk Eye website will have open access to all content! NO SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED! Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, pushed back at the notion most members of Congress were aware of the extent the National Security Agency was collec ...

Father's Day for me is bitter sweet. The sweet part of it is that I get to celebrate being a dad to my two children and spend time with my own father.

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act was first signed into law in 1965 by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Sunday is the 80th anniversary of the signing of the Glass-Steagall Act , which built a protective wall of separation between U.S. commercial and investment banking.

A Senate committee voted this week to move forward with a Democratic-backed education plan, but Republicans argue the proposal forces the country's school systems to further rely on the federal government.

OurFuture.org's Dave Johnson: "Since April, North Carolina citizens have been gathering at the state capital in Raleigh for 'Moral Monday' Arrests What's going on? Republicans took over and started enacting severe, cruel policies against the poor and minorities, while giving tax cuts to the rich and businesses Republican State Senator Thom Goolsby ... (more)

The Republican field of candidates continues to grow in Iowa for the seat of retiring Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin and lately there have been numerous reports that state Sen. Joni Ernst would soon begin exploring the race.