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I believe that my approach, I think, covers that adequately and that is why I am still after 15 years, and have been ever since promoting it, whether I am in the minority or in the...
4/21/2010
I am willing to give it up. I hope others are willing to give it up, I think, for the benefit of having a better functio...
4/21/2010
We should discuss options for amending the rules, such as Senator Harkin's proposal.
4/21/2010
I do not think one of those votes has cost anybody an election yet, but I guess we go through that exercise.
4/21/2010
I would hope that we get away from that sort of tit for tat kind of thing.
4/21/2010
This is not a radical idea. It is the constitutional option.
4/21/2010
I think that is an excellent idea. I like the idea that it would be in a stepwise fashion reduced to a simple majority o...
4/21/2010
The reason 51 is profound is because of the structure of our whole government.
4/21/2010
At the beginning of the next Congress, I will move for the Senate to end debate and adopt its rules by a simple majority...
4/21/2010
the full exploitation of the rules is a long-term condition of the Senate and that it is time to consider a proposal lik...
4/21/2010
A super majority requirement for all legislation and nominees would, as Alexander Hamilton explained, mean that a small ...
4/21/2010
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Tom  Harkin
out of office

usa, Iowa

2,994 Quotes

Born11/19/1939 (age 85)

PartyDemocratic

  • United States Senator

    1/3/1985 - 1/3/2015
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