Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) has told reporters Democrats and Republicans negotiating a $1 trillion spending bill should be able to reach a compromise on the healthcare reform law and avoid another ...

As former U.S. Senator Tom Harkin was preparing to retire after serving 40 years in Congress, he founded The Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement in 2013 to carry on his legacy and ...

Former U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (Photo courtesy of the Harkin Institute) Tom Harkin — the Iowa Democrat who served in 40 years in the U.S. House and Senate — has had a change of heart about the ethanol ...

Democrat Tom Harkin greets those at a Sept. 23, 2018, political event in Iowa City. Harkin, who represented Iowa for ...

CUMMING, Iowa — U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin launched his re-election campaign today, pledging to use his seniority in Congress to reach across the aisle to work for progressive ideals. Harkin, a Democrat who ...

WASHINGTON | Sen. Tom Harkin gave his last speech on the floor of the Senate Friday morning, saying he had worked to provide a ladder of opportunity for the less fortunate while challenging the Senate ...

Sen. Tom Harkin’s ( D-Iowa) new proposal to reform No Child Left Behind is the latest attempt by policy makers to fix the country’s “dropout factories,” identified in the bill as schools with lower ...

DES MOINES --- Tom Harkin, the former U.S. Senator from Iowa known as the state’s “liberal lion,” will be among the speakers at the Democratic National Convention next week in Philadelphia, the ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State University wants to start a public policy research and teaching center to honor U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin. Documents released Thursday show Iowa State officials will ask ...

"Today my thoughts are with the Kennedy family as they mourn the loss of their father, grandfather, husband and patriarch. Their grief is shared by all of us in Congress who have lost a friend and ...

Senator Tom Harkin, a Democrat, created Congress's very own blind item on Wednesday during a meeting with the Des Moines Register's editorial board. The Senator, who refused to name names while ...