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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSen. Tom Harkin on Senate floor, 'no deal is better deal than the one he is hearing about being
negotiated'...
Senate in 1 hour 10 minute speeches until noon est.
http://www.c-span.org/Events/Fiscal-Cliff-Negotiations-Continue-in-Congress/10737436933-1/
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Purveyor
Dec 2012
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kentuck
(113,824 posts)1. Harkin is correct but...
he is a liberal Democrat and will be ignored.
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)2. But he still has 1 vote of the 51 needed. eom
Mass
(27,315 posts)3. Agreed, but the Democratic party does not care about the poor. They have refocused on the higher
middle class.
djean111
(14,255 posts)4. I do hope we are not all expected to gasp in wonder and delight at
whatever deal oozes greasily out.
Faryn Balyncd
(5,125 posts)5. Thank you for truth, Sen. Harkin.
ananda
(31,816 posts)6. Thank you, Tom Harkin..
.. and Bernie Sanders.
Two good senators anyway.
senseandsensibility
(22,161 posts)7. Love Tom Harkin
I've been a fan ever since I heard him speak at Paul Wellstone's funeral. He's a true populist.
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)8. CSPAN replaying Harkins floor statement now. 12:42p eom