| − | '''Thomas Richard "Tom" Harkin''' (born November 19, 1939) was a [[United States Senator]] from [[Iowa]] and a member of the [[Democratic Party]]. A [[public school]] graduate, Harkin was a [[pro-abort]] who voted with his Democratic colleagues 95% of the time.<ref>http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/h000206/</ref> He lacks any significant political achievements, despite chairing the Agriculture Committee until 2009, and then chairing the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, which deals with the Obama health proposals. | + | '''Thomas Richard "Tom" Harkin''' (born November 19, 1939) was a far-left [[United States Senator]] from [[Iowa]] and a member of the [[Democratic Party]]. A [[public school]] graduate, Harkin was a [[pro-abort]] who voted with his Democratic colleagues 95% of the time.<ref>http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/h000206/</ref> He lacks any significant political achievements, despite chairing the Agriculture Committee until 2009, and then chairing the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, which deals with the Obama health proposals. |