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Tom Coburn

Tom Coburn: I Didn't Help Negotiate Ensign Affair Pay-Off

George's Bottom Line | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tom Coburn, Coburn Affair, Ensign Affair Pay-Off, John Ensign, Ensign Affair, John Ensign Affair, Doug Hampton, Politics News

Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., told me flatly that he did not offer to broker a million-dollar deal between his Senate colleague, John Ensign, R-Nev., and ...

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Tom Coburn Put Anonymous Hold On Major Veterans Bill

The Marine Corps Times | Rick Maze | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

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Thirteen major military and veterans groups have joined forces to try to force one senator -- Republican Tom Coburn of Oklahoma -- to release a hold t...

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

New York Times | MARK LEIBOVICH | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

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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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Jason Linkins

Tom Coburn Attempts To Get Gay Community To Join Him In Opposing Health Care Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tom Coburn, LGBT Issues, Gay Rights, Public Option, The Advocate, LGBT Rights, Health Care Reform, Gay Community, Gay Marriage, Politics News

Of all the things that have been written in support of derailing health care reform, the oddest yet is a recent op-ed co-authored by Senator Tom Cobur...

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Coburn Compares Political Science Funding To Waterboarding

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), who has been leading a crusade against political science funding, on Tuesday compared the debt such spending would create t...

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Support Our Troops: The Senate Porkers' Approach

Winslow T. Wheeler | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tom Coburn, Senate, John McCain, Defense Spending, Pork, Earmarks, Defense Budget, Defense Appropriations, Politics News
Winslow T. Wheeler

In 30 years on Capitol Hill, I never saw Congress mangle the defense budget as badly as this year. Despite that, I see signs that we might be on the cusp of a change for the better.

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Dr. Coburn's Peculiar Privilege

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nevada, Law, Marriage, Politics, Senate, Tom Coburn, John Ensign, Oklahoma, Sex, Doctors, John Ensign Affair, Health Care, Bioethics, Medicine, Extra-Marital-Affairs, Physician-Patient Privilege, Politics News
Jacob M. Appel

Senator Coburn claims physician-patient privilege to avoid testifying against Ensign. But this is not a "Get out of Jail Free" card for physicians who acquire knowledge outside of their work as doctors.

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John Ensign's Ex-Mistress, Husband Sought $8.5 Million Settlement Over Affair

AP | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Ensign Affair, Tom Coburn, Doug Hampton, John Ensign, John Ensign Mistress, Cindy Hampton, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Sen. John Ensign's former mistress and her husband sought an $8.5 million settlement from the Nevada Republican before the affair b...

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Michael Schwartz: "Homosexuality Is Inflicted On People... All Pornography Is Homosexual Pornography" (VIDEO)

Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tom Coburn, Pornography, Homosexuality, Video, Michael Schwartz, Values Voters Summit, Family Research Council, Michael Schwartz Video, Politics News

Think Progress had someone videotaping at the Family Research Council's "Values Voters Summit" and they caught Michael Schwartz, the chief of staff fo...

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"We Need Help!": The Health Care Clip Every American Should Watch

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tom Coburn, Public Option, Town Hall Meetings, Health Care, Video, Early Voting, Politics News
Jeffrey Feldman

As the battle heats up to pass meaningful health care reform with a robust public option, a video has emerged that captures the raw emotions of Americans suffering under the cruelty of the current system.

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Media Blind to GOP Hypocrisy in Health Care Debate

Angela Bonavoglia | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Emergency Contraception, Tom Coburn, Ultrasound, Charles Grassley, Oklahoma, Npr, Health Care Reform, Reproductive Health, Meet the Press, Birth Control, Republicans, Democrats, Gang of Six, Politics News
Angela Bonavoglia

The Republicans protesting health care reform are the same people who have brought us an avalanche of governmental regulations dictating the availability of women's reproductive health care.

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Palin Supports Corsi: District 9 Is a Documentary

Warren Holstein | Posted 09.20.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Charles Grassley, Death Panels, The Rapture, Immigration, Iran, Obama, Media, Facebook, Civil Rights, The Washington Post, South Africa, Politics, Liz Cheney, Dennis Kucinich, Dick Cheney, Illegal Immigrants, Gop, Washington Post, Health Care, Sharia, Abortion, Birthers, Twitter, Food Stamps, Books, The New York Times, Lou Dobbs, Aliens, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Illegal Aliens, Tom Coburn, District 9, Jerome Corsi, Todd Palin, Cnn, Sarah Palin, Return-of-Shantytowns, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Alaska, NY Times, Metacritic, Comedy News
Warren Holstein

An indignant Palin immediately released a series of searing Facebook status updates denouncing the impending alien immigrant infestation as "icky" and "un-American,"

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Coburn Backs "Death Panel" Rumor (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

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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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"C Street" and the Military

Chris Rodda | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Mark Sanford, Ander Crenshaw, James Inhofe, Robert Aderholt, Jeff Sharlet, Religion and the Military, Pete Hoekstra, The Family, Tom Coburn, Frank Wolf, C Street, John Ensign, Mike Doyle, Joseph Pitts, Zach Wamp, John Carter, Politics News
Chris Rodda

These soldier's appearances on religious programs in uniform isn't just a violation of military regulations, it's a good example of the multiple connections between fundamentalist groups.

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When "Yes We Can!" Meets "No We Won't!"

Mitchell Bard | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Foreclosures, Mike Ross, Congress, Public Option, Republicans-Congress, Health Care Costs, Mortgage Servicers, George W. Bush, White Roofs, Democrats Congress, Energy Policy, Barack Obama, Campaign Donations, Change, Tom Coburn, National-Coalition-on-Health-Care, Health Care Reform, New York Times, Banks, Health Care, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News
Mitchell Bard

If the Democrats in Congress don't find a way to become co-advocates with the president on these important issues, their future political problems will be the least of it.

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Voinovich Slams DeMint And Coburn For GOP Downfall; Blames 'The Southerners'

The Hill | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

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Too many conservative senators like Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) are to blame for the GOP's downfall, one of their retiring Republican...

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Sotomayor and the Vulcan Standard

Terrance Heath | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Tom Coburn, Ethnicities, Ethnicity, Identity Politics, Sonia Sotomayor, Jeff Sessions, Racism, Lindsey Graham, Jon Kyl, Politics News
Terrance Heath

Watching some members of the Senate Judiciary Committee last week was like a crash course in what I've often referred to as "self evasion of the mind."

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Jason Linkins

Joe Scarborough Asks GOP Senators "What Would Jesus Think?" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Health Care Reform, Tom Coburn, Video, John Barrasso, Joe Scarborough, Media News

Morning Joe hosted Tom Coburn and John Barrasso Tuesday to discuss their opposition to the current health care reform proposals wending their way through Congress. It was about as relevant as you can imagine!

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Judiciary Committee: Sharp Minds -- and Empty Suits

Rick Horowitz | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Senate Judiciary Committee, Patrick Leahy, Al Franken, Sotomayor Confirmation, Jeff Sessions, Dianne Feinstein, Herb Kohl, Lindsey Graham, Amy Klobuchar, Jon Kyl, John Cornyn, Tom Coburn, Sheldon Whitehouse, Benjamin Cardin, Sonia Sotomayor, Orrin Hatch, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

These Senators spend their precious minutes before the cameras posturing, except for when they're pandering. Except for when they're plodding.

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Sotomayor: More 'Splainin' to Do

Allison Silver | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wise Latina, Supreme Court, Latino, Tom Coburn, Some Splainin to Do, Desi Arnaz, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News
Allison Silver

The blogosphere erupted after Sen. Coburn (R-Okla.), while grilling Sotomayor, joked, "You'll have lots of 'splainin' to do." Coburn was repeating a line used regularly by Desi Arnaz in "I Love Lucy."

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Wise Latina, Meet Ricky Ricardo...

Phil Bronstein | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Cornyn, Supreme Court, Wise Latina, Politics, Tom Coburn, Phil Bronstein, Scotus, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News
Phil Bronstein

Ricky Ricardo always got blindsided, then hustled by his ditzy wife. All she needed to do was apologize and maybe cry a little. Neither Sotomayor nor Senator Coburn seem like they'll be doing any weeping.

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Coburn Evokes Ricky Ricardo While Speaking To Sotomayor: "You'll Have Lots Of Splainin' To Do" (VIDEO)

Huffingtion Post/AP | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

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(AP) WASHINGTON -- Sen. Tom Coburn evoked a 1950s TV show Wednesday in a quip responding to Sonia Sotomayor's scenario about what he might do if she -...

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Coburn's Ensign Advice "Privileged"

UPI | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., said Thursday he would invoke privilege if asked about advice he gave to Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., on handling an extramarit...

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Coburn Urged Ensign To Pay Millions To Mistress

Las Vegas Sun | J. Patrick Coolican | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

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Doug Hampton spoke publicly for the first time today about the affair his wife had with Sen. John Ensign, saying the Nevada Republican continued his p...

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Sam Stein

Breast Feeding Debate Leaves Senators Grasping For Words (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tom Coburn, Jeff Merkley, Health Committee, Mike Enzi, Breast Feeding Debate, Senators Breasts, Merkley Breast Feeding, Senators, Politics News

Some general awkwardness occurred during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on Tuesday as a few uncomfortable lawmakers...

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