Not that this should come as a surprise to anybody, but Sen. Tom Harkin has just confirmed to the Politico that Democrats are preparing to ram through the health care bill via reconciliation: Sen. Tom ...

On July 13, 1990, Senator Tom Harkin delivered the first speech in American Sign Language in the history of the U.S. Senate. The occasion was the Senate's passage of the Americans with Disabilities ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. During my 30 years in the U.S. Senate, I had occasion to vote on many Supreme Court judges. I voted 'yes ...

Kaine is the junior Senator for Virginia and a former Democratic candidate for vice president. Harkin was a Senator for Iowa for 30 years and co-authored the ...