Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma

Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma

Republican Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma. Senator Coburn's current term expires in 2011.

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I have a good feeling the only way Claire McCaskill will discover the 2,074 page Senate healthcare bill is not deficit neutral will be through Republican Tom Coburn (OK). We in Missouri, know McCaskill doesn't have the brains or the reading comprehension to figure out this bill is not deficit neutral as it continues to grow in size. The bill is nearly 100 pages longer than the House bill. Tom Coburn is threatening to read every page of it on the Senate Floor, so there is no doubt what is in the bill. I hope he does. Something tells me Claire, who promised to ... Read Full Story
Written by gaylekarnsz on
Here are some of the grim facts; 2,200 veterans die each year because they lack health insurance. One in four veterans is homeless. As many as 250,000 veterans will not have a roof over their heads at some time during the next calendar year. There is an omnibus bill in the Senate that will provide aid to some of these veterans, and their families and their caregivers. One man in the United States Senate is holding the bill up. He is being opposed by every American veteran's advocacy group. And this man is a medical school graduate, and still practices family medicine. His name ... Read Full Story
Written by capozla on
So how does a the right to carry a loaded gun in a National Park affect your credit? Well, let me tell ya: That credit card reform bill is slightly endangered by another bill attached do it that has nothing to do with it. That’s right – you getting relief from the unscrupulous actions of the credit card companies could depend on some idiots right to carry a loaded gun in a National Park and wildlife refuges (which doesn’t event remotely make sense – because, really you are not allowed or supposed to shoot anything in those places anyway. They are to be protected ... Read Full Story
Written by beckychr007 on
Although I suppose it is better than the antics of Tom Foley, Senator Tom Coburn uses pizza to lure interns into his office to discuss abstinence and homosexuality. And he wishes a lot more of this sort of thing was going on in Oklahoma. Although at first glance it seems unlikely, Oklahoma is in a state of lesbian debauchery. So says Tom Coburn . What is the proof that Oklahoma has become so Lebanese? Tom Coburn knows. It seems lesbianism is “so rampant in some of the schools in southeast Oklahoma that they’ll only let one girl go to the bathroom.” School officials are ... Read Full Story
Written by SOD1 on
Senator Tom Coburn has successfully blocked the ALS Registry Legislation that passed the House by an overwhelming margin and enjoys rare bipartisan co-sponsorship by 74 of his Senate colleagues. It is hard to believe that one individual can hold this legislation hostage but it is true. It sure should scare all citizens that this can be so. Over 500 ALS patients will attend the ALS Association National Advocacy and Public Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., next week where most of them will visit their Congressional legislations. While in Washington all of the conference attendees will band together in a candle light ceremony to remember ... Read Full Story
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican senator contended Tuesday during rancorous floor debate that President Barack Obama's health care overhaul will shorten the lives of America's seniors by cutting Medicare."I have a message for you: You're going to die sooner," said Sen.Read more on NewsOK.com  
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A couple of weeks ago, I wrote how one Senator, Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, was obstructing urgently needed legislation intended to help wounded veterans and their families. The New York Times wrote: The omnibus legislation drew unanimous committee approval. But Senator Coburn objected to quick floor passage, demanding that the five-year, $3.7 billion cost be offset with [...]  
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Health Care For America Now ripped into Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) for his claim that the Democratic health care bill before the Senate will cause seniors to "die sooner." HCAN executive director Richard Kirsch called the statement "a measure of...  
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WASHINGTON—The Senate pushed toward the first votes on sweeping health-care overhaul legislation yesterday amid rancorous debate. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., contended yesterday that President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul will shorten the lives of America’s seniors by cutting Medicare. “I have a message for you: You’re going to die sooner,“ said Coburn, an obstetrician-turned-lawmaker.  
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This past summer, former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin fearmongered against passing health care legislation with stories about government-mandated “death panels” that would decide whether older citizens or the disabled would live or die. The newest iteration of this fear was stoked by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) this morning on the Senate floor. Coburn, addressing [...]  
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