Daily Archives: February 18, 2011

Harkin Statement on the Wisconsin Budget Protest

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Trish Nelson

Harkin Statement on the Wisconsin Budget Protest February 18, 2011 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today issued the following statement on the budget protest in Wisconsin:“States around … Continue reading →

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President Obama’s Budget Proposes LIHEAP Cuts

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Dave Bradley

President Obama's Budget Proposes LIHEAP Cuts by Dave Bradley In President Obama’s proposed budget for 2012 is a huge cut to LIHEAP – the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. I find this absolutely unbelievable.The proposed budget cuts the fund … Continue reading →

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House Republicans Poke Iowa City in the Eye

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Paul Deaton

In the early 1970s, a person could walk right up to Jackson Pollock’s painting “Mural” hanging in the University of Iowa Museum of Art and look at the paint drips up close. I recall my experience with the painting as … Continue reading →

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