Sen Tom Coburn

Peter King Goes Off On GOP Candidate

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 12.07.2011

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Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) blasted Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich on Tuesday, saying the former House Speaker is "too erratic." "He's ...

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Coburn: Senate's GAO Cuts Will Cost $3.3 Billion

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 11.28.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Sen. Tom Coburn and several colleagues are taking their fellow senators to task for slashing the Government Accountability Office's budg...

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Schumer: FAA Bill Shows GOP Suffering For Obstruction

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 11.15.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Senate narrowly averted another shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration Thursday, passing a temporary funding bill that Demo...

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Republicans' Anti-Tax Juggernaut

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 09.02.2011

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WASHINGTON — Without a bipartisan agreement this summer to reduce the federal deficit and raise the debt limit, the economy could suffer a horre...

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'Adult Baby' Living Off Social Security (And in Daipers)

Posted 11.16.2011

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Tom Coburn 'Takes A Break' From Debt Gang

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 07.17.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Influential Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) "decided to take a break" from the bipartisan "Gang of Six" budget negotiating team Tuesday, citin...

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GOP Sen. Tom Coburn Threatens To Hold Up Food Safety Bill

AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A Republican senator is threatening to hold up food safety legislation that would give the Food and Drug Administration more power ...

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GOP Voters Say Yes To Senate's 'Dr. No'

AP | JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS | Posted 05.25.2011

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TULSA, Okla. — Incumbent Republican Tom Coburn has defeated two challengers from his own party in a primary election for a U.S. Senate seat in O...

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Coburn Said Yes: The Oklahoma City Holdout

Laren Poole | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Tuesday afternoon, a 262-hour demonstration in front of Senator Coburn's office in Oklahoma City ended because Coburn agreed to release his hold on the LRA Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act.

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More Republican Lies and Deception Over Cancer Screening

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's irresponsible for Republicans to label two new cancer-screening recommendations as partisan-based and illustrative of the sort of "rationing" they claim reform will bring.

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"Don't Get Sick": The Truth About GOP Health Plans?

Art Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

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The GOP's Patients' Choice Act is deeply flawed. It would likely cause many people who now are insured to lose their current coverage.

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On 'Town Halls' and Health Care Reform: Wasn't Hitler the One With the Gun?

Tanya M. Acker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Waving swastikas and brandishing weapons does not a "guardian of liberty" make.

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Daisies for the GOP

Peter J. Ognibene | Posted 05.25.2011

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DAISIs preach biblical fidelity to the masses, castigate those who veer from the straight-and-narrow but fail to practice in their own lives what they so sanctimoniously preach.

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Tom Coburn's Annual STD Lecture For Interns In Danger

The Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) may have to skip his famous STD lecture to Capitol Hill interns this year, depriving hundreds of college students one of the...

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Far-Right Sen. Tom Coburn Raises Virtually No Cash, Not Sure If He'll Run Again

NewsOK | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Tom Coburn raised relatively little money in the first three months of the year as he continued to deliberate on whether to run for a second ter...

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Obama Dislocates Shoulder Reaching Across the Aisle

Robert Lanham | Posted 05.25.2011

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"With all due respect to the president, he shouldn't have his arms and feet blocking the aisle," said Boehner, who sustained minor injuries. "Everyone knows he's lanky."

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Fix PEPFAR Now to Prevent HIV Infections, Save Lives

Scott Swenson | Posted 05.25.2011

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The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is moving toward a cloture vote in the Senate, a vote that will determine whether the $50 bil...

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