Tag: Harkin Institute

Cuddling with Power

Herbalife donates to Tom Harkin's policy institute shortly after dinner meeting, documents reveal

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Sen. Tom Harkin / AP

Sen. Tom Harkin (D., Iowa) met with representatives from Herbalife less than two months before the nutrition and supplement company donated to the senator’s public policy institute, documents obtained by the Washington Free Beacon reveal.

The Tom Harkin
Donation Business Model

Herbal supplement company donates heavily to Tom Harkin, business booms

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Harkin, Herbalife / AP

The largest financial supporter of Sen. Tom Harkin’s numerous campaigns and a prominent donor to the Harkin Institute of Public Policy at Iowa State University is also a prominent beneficiary of health care policies pushed for by the Iowa Democrat.

The Tom Harkin Institute of Cronyism

Allegations of improper donations, rushed implementation dog Tom Harkin Institute

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Harkin Institute, Tom Harkin / harkininstitute.iastate.edu, AP

The Harkin Institute for Public Policy’s short life has been riddled with controversy from its secretive inception within the Iowa Board of Regents to ethical questions about its namesake’s relationships to the Institute’s donors.