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"To counter the criticism, the White House has told all Cabinet members and senior officials to use commencement speeches to drive home for graduating college students and their parents the benefits they gain..."-- Bloomberg News report on President Obama's effort to shore up support for his health law.Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced Thursday that the Obama administration was pushing another $150 million into public education programs is support of the president's 2010 health law.This money will go to community health centers, mostly in poor neighborhoods, to provide "unbiased information to consumers" about the benefits of enrolling in the subsidized insurance program set to begin on Oct. 1. That's in addition to big money being laid out for "navigators" who will reach out into targeted communities and encourage uninsured Americans to sign up for the new entitlement program.The money for these outreach programs -- $332 million total -- comes from a f...
Labor secretary nominee Thomas Perez was confronted Thursday with tough questions about an alleged "secret deal" he cut with leaders from St. Paul, Minn., during his...
How will voters react?
Iowa Rep. Bruce Braley says he will run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin.Braley said Thursday in an email to potential supporters...
Senator Harkin dishonest over health care grievance?
After a surprising string of victories last fall, Democrats now face a challenging terrain as they look to hold onto their Senate majority in 2014 and prevent Republ...
Republicans are treading carefully around Tea Party groups as they pursue a Senate majority that slipped through their fingers in 2010 and 2012."You'd have to be an ...
Former Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison reacts to breaking news on a proposed trading tax and spending cuts.
President's plan legally overdue
Tempers flare at health care town hall held by Sen . Tom Harkin
Sen. Tom Harkin is abandoning plans to donate his papers to a namesake institute at Iowa State University, his alma mater.Harkin said in a letter Tuesday that he bel...
Congress gave its final approval Tuesday to a bill halting massive tax hikes and delaying a risky round of spending cuts, sending the package to the president's desk...
House leaders are planning to call a vote on the Senate-passed fiscal crisis bill as early as Tuesday night, moving ahead despite the concerns of rank-and-file Repub...
Iowa Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin said Saturday that he will not seek re-election, becoming the third senator in recent weeks to drop out of the 2014 races.The 73-year...
For decades, the lives of 32 mentally disabled Iowa turkey processing plant workers were controlled by their Texas-based employer, which profited handsomely by hirin...
Republicans are struggling to recruit strong U.S. Senate candidates in states where the party has the best chances to reclaim the majority in Washington.It's a poten...
U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin said Saturday he will not seek a sixth term in 2014, a decision that eases some of the burden the national Republican Party faces in retaking th...
This is a partial transcript from "Hannity & Colmes," August 19, 2004, that has been edited for clarity.Watch "Hannity & Colmes" weeknights at 9 p.m. ET!ALAN COLMES,...
Iowa Rep. Steve King said Friday he will not run for the U.S. Senate, opening the race to succeed Democrat Tom Harkin to lesser-known Republicans.King, a conservativ...
Large specialty pharmacies like the one that triggered a deadly meningitis outbreak last year would be subject to federal safety inspections and manufacturing standa...