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Jason Linkins

Senator Tom Coburn Defends Obama Against GOP Attacks

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics

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Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) may not be that good a friend to health care reform, or Senator Robert Byrd, or Senate clerks, for that matter, but he's ...

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Robert Byrd's Death Seemingly Wished For By Tom Coburn

Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics

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On Sunday afternoon, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) appeared to propose a prayer for Robert Byrd's death so that health care reform would not pass. Dana Mi...

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Landrieu: Blame Coburn For Late Health Care Votes

The Hill | Posted 12.20.2009 | Politics

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A conservative senator, not Democratic leaders, are to blame for the middle-of-the-night votes on healthcare legislation, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) a...

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Sam Stein

Coburn: 'We Are Trying To Kill This Bill'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okl.) acknowledged the obvious on Friday, stating that the goal of his parliamentary shenanigans and the Republican Party as a whol...

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Furious That Coburn's Stunt Failed, GOP Cries Foul

Matt Finkelstein | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics

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Matt Finkelstein

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) demanded that a single-payer health care amendment introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) be read out loud on the Senate floor. The clerks read for over two hours before Sanders withdrew it.

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Ryan Grim

Tom Coburn Demands 12-Hour Reading Of Single-Payer Amendment On Senate Floor

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.16.2009 | Politics

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The GOP mantra, repeated at Tea Parties all summer, was that lawmakers and voters ought to "read the bill" in order to truly understand the many ills ...

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Reid Readying Full Manager's Amendment; Details Secret Until Friday

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 12.10.2009 | Politics

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M.S. Bellows, Jr.

Reid's plan to incorporate the new compromise into the final Manager's Amendment before releasing any of its details may suggest that he is planning to offer sweeping substantive changes to the current health care bill.

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Ryan Grim

GOP Would Require President, Cabinet, Staff To Enroll In Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.07.2009 | Politics

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Senate Republicans opposed to a public health-insurance option intend to introduce an amendment Monday that would require not just members of Congress...

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Vitter, Coburn Public Option Bluff Called By Democrats (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 12.04.2009 | Politics

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Democrats took on a pair of Republican senators Friday, signing on to an amendment that would make lawmakers join the public option. On Thursday, thi...

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Sam Stein

Grassley: 'I Don't Think' Coburn's Right To Say Seniors Will 'Die Sooner'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

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There is, at long last, some disagreement within the GOP over whether Democratic-authored health care reform will expedite the death of senior citizen...

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John Ensign Affair: Time For Cindy Hampton To Tell All

Lynda Obst | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

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Lynda Obst

The John Ensign affair is mysterious in only one way to me: the quiet Mrs. Hampton.

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

George's Bottom Line | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

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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

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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

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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 12.02.2009 | Politics

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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 12.01.2009 | Politics

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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