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Health Care's Prayer Provision: How Complementary and Alternative Medicine Fits Into Obama's Evidence-Based Model
Should health-care reform require insurers to cover chiropractors? Acupuncturists? Yoga? Spiritual healers? These are the questions raised by a recently noticed health-care amendment requiring insurers to consider covering "religious and spiritual health care."
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Musical Chairs in the Senate Present Worries for Enviros
robust new regulatory framework for the finance sector. As a result, the HELP chairmanship will likely fall to Iowa's Tom Harkin . The committee is a natural fit for the reliably liberal Harkin, who is best known for championing disabilities legislation
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What Do Members of Congress Do in August?
When the Senate breaks for recess this Friday, the Capitol will become an eerily quiet place. House Members have already fled swampy DC, along with many of their staffers. So what do they all do over these sweltering weeks? (Aside from boning up on health care policy, that is.) Some take a break, some travel. For most, it's a chance to visit with constituents, fundraisers and home-state lobbyists. They also tend to do something your Gagglers love doing in summer: going to state fairs of course! (Holly will never forget the butter sculpture of Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson at last year's Iowa State Fair.) We asked Gaggle pal Rebecca Shabad to call a few folks on the Hill to find out exactly what their plans are.
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04/10/2009PoliticsWall Street Digs In
…encourage greater use of exchange-traded instruments." That has placed Geithner at odds with another Democratic senator , Tom Harkin of Iowa, chair of the agriculture committee, who wants all futures contracts traded on exchange. "The senator …
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02/26/2009PoliticsObama’s Weak Links
…hippopotamus-size frauds in the room. Gensler's past efforts to block derivatives regulation are no secret, and Sen. Tom Harkin , chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee, wasted no time in reminding Gensler of one such case on Wednesday. At a hearing …
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12/26/2008HealthEnding the 'Sick Care' System
Sen. Tom Harkin on why America cannot afford to skimp on preventive health care
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11/14/2008HealthFull Disclosure
The awful caloric truth may be coming to a restaurant near you. Sen. Tom Harkin and Rep. Rosa DeLauro announced today that they plan to reintroduce legislation in the next Congress, that would require nutrition …
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06/02/2008BlogsTalkLeft: Sen. Salazar: Senators Didn't Agree on Endorsement
runner Sen. Barack Obama. Salazar said he could make the case for either candidate. Others at the meeting included: Sens. Tom Harkin , D-Iowa; Ben Cardin, D-Md.; and Tom Carper, D-Del. [More...] Salazar said he won't decide before the primaries
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