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Tom Coburn Gets Big Penalty From Fellow Senators

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 05.25.2012

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WASHINGTON — The Senate Ethics Committee admonished Republican Sen. Tom Coburn on Friday over his contact with a top aide to former Sen. John En...

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GOP Senator Recovering From Procedure To Treat Prostate Cancer

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 12.11.2011

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A spokesman says U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma is expected to make a full recovery after undergoing surgery for prostate cancer in Tulsa. CNN re...

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Patent Reform Bill Passes Congress After Final Round Of Votes On Special Interest Favors

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 11.08.2011

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WASHINGTON -- As expected, the U.S. Senate passed patent reform legislation by a vote of 89 to 9 on Thursday evening, paving the way for the bill to b...

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Patent Reform Refuses To Die, Congress Keeps Cashing In

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 11.06.2011

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UPDATE: The patent reform bill cleared a filibuster on Tuesday by a vote of 93 to 5. WASHINGTON -- The seemingly endless congressional circus known...

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Spy vs. Spy As Hackers Square Off Over DC Dirty Tricks

Andrew Kreig | Posted 05.25.2011

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Famous political reporters typically voice bromides about public moods or trends without probing the arsenal of dirty tricks the pros can use to change public perceptions.

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Bill O'Reilly Defends Lie By Lying Some More (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ben Craw | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yesterday we presented a highlight reel showing all the times people on Fox News had claimed that you could go to prison if you don't buy government-m...

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O'Reilly vs. Coburn: The Video Evidence (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ben Craw | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Tuesday night's installment of "The O'Reilly Factor", Fox News host Bill O'Reilly went after Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) for a comment Coburn made at...

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Tom Coburn Defends Nancy Pelosi, Criticizes Fox News

Posted 05.25.2011

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has not been getting a lot of praise from Republicans lately, especially after she helped shepherd the passage of health ca...

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The Most Ridiculous Amendments To The Health Care Reconciliation Bill

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Republicans know that the health care reform process could be derailed if the Senate decides to adopt any changes in reconciling the bill passed by th...

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Senators Want to Create Public Earmark Database

Roll Call | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and a bipartisan group of Senators will propose legislation Tuesday to create a new, centralized earmark database to provide...

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Republican Health Care Plan: Think of All the Paper We Save!

Doug Molitor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Anyone can argue for life. But John McCain is fighting for an insurance system that effectively kills 45,000 uninsured Americans each year. Now t...

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Coburn Spoiling for Health Care Fight: "An Opposition Within The Opposition"

New York Times | MARK LEIBOVICH | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senator Tom Coburn's office is the rare Capitol Hill work space without a "me wall" -- the display of photographs of a lawmaker standing beside presid...

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Coburn Backs "Death Panel" Rumor (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) joined a growing chorus of Republicans who have endorsed claims that health care reform will lead to "death panels" for the ...

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Senator Leahy's Letter to the G.A.O., the Investigative Arm of the U.S. Congress

Sunil Chacko | Posted 05.25.2011

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The letter to the G.A.O., the investigative arm of the U.S. Congress, now over a year old, was sent by U.S. Senators Leahy, Bayh and Lugar following the disappearance of the Bayh Amendment.

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Sen. Tom Coburn Is Unlikely Supporter Of Tobacco Ban

The Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

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A Republican senator who is also a doctor is calling for a new era of Prohibition -- outlawing cigarette smoking and other tobacco use....

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Tom Coburn: Holder 'Doesn't Believe In Second Amendment'

The Hill | Eric Zimmermann | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) said this week that the administration will try "all sorts of things" to chip away at the individual right to own a gun, war...

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