October 5, 2009 11:52AM 

# Congratulations to Senator Tom Harkin 

By [Jim Harper](https://www.cato.org/people/jim-harper) 

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… for congratulating himself by [naming a federal grant program after himself](http://www.washingtonwatch.com/blog/2009/10/03/sen-tom-harkin-names-7000000-earmark-after-himself/). His $10,000,000 earmark request for the program is funded at $7,000,000 in the [Labor/​HHS appropriations bill](http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HR_3293.html).

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