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RNC targets Lincoln and Nelson in last-minute push to stop health reform

By Lynda Waddington 11/20/09

Instead of asking conservatives to call home-state senators with pleas for votes against health care reform, the Republican National Committee is asking its membership to contact the offices of two Democratic senators deemed “critically important” to squashing any up-or-down vote on the reform bill.

Grassley: ‘Cap and trade’ will be more controversial than health care

By Lynda Waddington 9/29/09

Of the three big issues before Congress this year — health care, cap-and-trade and banking regulation reform — U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley said that cap-and-trade will be the most controversial.
“It just seems to me that the push for cap-and-trade has slowed down very dramatically since the [U.S.] House passed it on the Friday before the [...]

Harkin, Grassley say Iowa is protected, even with Lincoln-led agriculture committee

By Lynda Waddington 9/18/09

With Iowa’s Tom Harkin taking up the late Ted Kennedy’s HELP Committee chairmanship in the U.S. Senate, an Arkansas lawmaker is taking the gavel of the Agriculture Committee. But Iowa’s two U.S. senators say that despite the shift, Iowa’s farming interests should remain well represented in the nation’s capital.

Harkin may force vote on card check

By Jason Hancock 5/20/09

Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin said Tuesday that if those who currently oppose the Employee Free Choice Act are not willing to work with him on a compromise, he will will try to force a vote on the original bill.

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