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1 hr ago | The Des Moines Register

Iowa Poll: 54% of Iowans favor creating path to citizenship

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.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Iowa, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Steve King, US Senate, Chuck Grassley, Democrat

Tue Jun 18, 2013

The Des Moines Register

U.S. Senate candidate Sam Clovis hires Santorum's campaign manager

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.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Chuck Grassley, Democrat, Iowa

The Fairfield Ledger

Harkin aide to visit Jefferson County

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.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Jefferson County, IA, Personal Finance, Retirement

KWWL-TV Waterloo

VA awards nearly $24 million to Iowa Veterans Home

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

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Marshalltown, IA

Daily Kos

IA-Sen: Bruce Braley (D) Rallies For LGBT Equality

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.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative Bruce Braley, US Senate, US Supreme Court

TwinCities

5 ways opponents are challenging Obamacare

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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Related Topix: US Politics, Barack Obama, US News, US Senate, Democrat, US House of Representatives, John Dingell, Sander Levin, Richard Durbin

Slashdot

Have We Hit Peak HFT?

CowboyRobot writes "There was a time when people wanted the fastest networks so that they could trade at lightning speeds.

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Related Topix: US Senate, US Politics, Democrat, US News, US House of Representatives, Peter DeFazio

Daily Kos

The U.S. lacks good jobs, not good ideas

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.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Cornell University, UMass Lowell, Liberal Political News

Mon Jun 17, 2013

The Huffington Post

Ed Crego, George Munoz and Frank Islam: Minimum Wage, Maximum Dissent

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.

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Related Topix: US News, State of the Union, Small Business, Personal Finance, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat

The Des Moines Register

Grassley to play 'special guest' at former aide's fundraisers

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

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Chuck Grassley, Democrat, Iowa

The Heritage Foundation

Kline and Rokita Unveil Rewrite of No Child Left Behind

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 .

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, John Kline, Representative Todd Rokita, Lamar Alexander, US Senate, Democrat, Education Etc.

WHO-TV

New Leader: Iowa Dems Pick Scott Brennan

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

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Terry Branstad, US Governors

Chronicle.com

Senators Reintroduce Bill to Standardize Student-Aid Award Letter

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.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Democrat, Senator Al Franken

Hawk Eye

Harkin outlines concerns with surveillance

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 ...

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Related Topix: US Senate, US Politics, Democrat, US News, Iowa

Sat Jun 15, 2013

The Gazette

Opinion Staff wrote a new blog post: Show compassion for loss of a child

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.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Chuck Grassley, Democrat

Free Republic

Education Bill to Give Special Protection to Homosexual Students

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

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, George Bush, W., US News, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat

Examiner.com

80 years on, Glass-Steagall staging a comeback to save U.S. depositors

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.

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Related Topix: US News, Bill Clinton, History in the News, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Marcy Kaptur, US House of Representatives

CNN

GOP: Education system 'congested' with mandates

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.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Lamar Alexander, US Senate, Republican, Democrat, Standardized Testing, Education, Opinion

Fri Jun 14, 2013

OurFuture.org

Progressive Breakfast

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)

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, Thom., Alternative, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Healthcare Law, Law, Liberal Political News

News Max

Field of Republican Senate Candidates in Iowa Grows

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.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Representative Michele Bachmann, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Democrat, Representative Bruce Braley, Iowa, Mike Huckabee