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Affordable Care Act Author Says Single-Payer Health Care Would’ve Been Better

Staff / Truthdig Dec 4, 2014 Sen. Tom Harkin openly expresses his regrets about Obamacare; Israel seems headed toward early elections in which Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman may become a "major kingpin"; meanwhile, writer Max Blumenthal explains why he was censored when talking about Israel in Germany. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

With Minimum Wage Bill, Congress Is Just Trying to Keep Up With Inflation

By Thomas Hedges, Center for Study of Responsive Law Mar 6, 2013 Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., said they would like to see the minimum wage hiked even higher than what they have proposed, but "We want it to pass through Congress."Sen. Tom Harkin and Rep. George Miller would like to see the minimum wage hiked higher than they've proposed, but "We want it to pass through Congress." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Jeb Bush Reverses Immigration Stance, Brian Williams ‘Disappointed’ With U.S., and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Mar 5, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including the White House weighing in on whether cellphones should be locked and Democratic lawmakers plan to introduce legislation to raise the minimum wage. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Who Wants to Go Back to the ’50s?

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Aug 5, 2011 Obama's Eisenhower nostalgia is troubling. That was half a century ago—before the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps and federal aid to education. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Harkin Sees a Public Option in Health Bill’s Future

Staff / Truthdig Oct 17, 2009 Those two little words keep popping up amid all the chatter about health care reform, and here they are again, thanks to Sen. Tom Harkin, chair of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee: "public option." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )