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Seth Rogen Could Get To Light Up With Tom Harkin — Next Year

FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2013 file photo, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boosting the federal minimum wage as President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are proposi... FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2013 file photo, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boosting the federal minimum wage as President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are proposing would increase earnings for more than 16.5 million people by 2016 but also cut employment by roughly 500,000 workers, Congress' nonpartisan budget analyst said Tuesday. Harkin, author of the Senate legislation, cited other research concluding that a higher minimum wage would create jobs, not reduce them. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) MORE LESS
By Catherine Thompson
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February 28, 2014 12:06 p.m.
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There’s hope for you, Seth Rogen.

After testifying before Congress on Alzheimer’s disease, the “Knocked Up” actor told ABC News that if he could get high with any one politician, he’d choose “that [Sen. Tom] Harkin guy.”

A spokesperson for the Iowa Democrat, who is set to retire at the end of this term, didn’t rule out that possibility in an email to TPM.

“I told our local paper, the Des Moines Register, to check back with us in January, 2015,” Harkin spokeswoman Kate Frischmann wrote.

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Catherine Thompson (@kt_thomps)  Catherine Thompson is a senior editor for Talking Points Memo in New York City. She came to the site in 2013 and reported on national affairs. Previously, she worked as a research assistant to investigative reporter Wayne Barrett. She can be reached at catherine@talkingpointsmemo.com.
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