Though the Democrats lost six of their 59 Senate seats in the November election, they still enter the 112th Congress in control of the upper

Debbie Stabenow accepts the gavel for the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry just as preparations begin for what is sure to b

Veteran Iowa Democrat Tom Harkin assumed the chairmanship of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in 2009 following th