U.S. Senator Tom Harkin

By Kaye McIntyre

Published April 22, 2018 at 5:00 AM CDT

Dole Institute Director Bill Lacy and Senator Tom Harkin

Week of April 22, 2018: Former U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), recipient of the 2017 Dole Leadership Prize from the University of Kansas Dole Institute of Politics. As a young senator, Harkin crafted the legislation that would become the landmark ADA, the Americans with Disabilities Act. In this October 2017 event, Harkin talks about the ADA, his relationship with Bob Dole, and his long career in politics.

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Kaye McIntyre

Kaye starts her weekends the same way you do: with Weekend Edition Saturday, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, This American Life, and To the Best of Our Knowledge. She started at Kansas Public Radio in 2001; in 2006, she became the producer of our weekly public affairs program, KPR Presents. In her spare time, she loves to read, travel, and attend theater.

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