Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., joins Morning Joe to discuss why he believes the HHS mandate on contraception as part of employee health care plans for religious institutions is a consequence of big government. Add this to your queue Added: Thu Feb 09 23:17:09 UTC 2012 Air date: Thu Feb 09 00:00:00 UTC 2012 Duration: 09:03Read Full Story
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Sometime early next month, the United States' national debt will exceed $15.18 trillion. According to the Commerce Department, the nation's gross domestic product (the market value of all goods and services produced) is only $15.17 trillion. In other words, not soon after the ball drops in Times Square, the U.S. will join Greece and Italy in the ranks of countries whose total debt obligations are larger than their entire economies.
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Rather than taxing millionaires, the first thing we ought to do is quit giving them subsidies. -- Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn, Senate floor From Eric Dondero: It still has to pass the House, and gain the President's signature, but a major item on the Libertarian wish list has just passed the Senate. From WaPo , "Senate votes for GOP provision ending direct payments to farmers with incomes exceeding $1m" Oct. 21: The Senate has voted to end direct payments to farmers whose annual incomes exceed...Read Full Story
At the National Prayer Breakfast in February, President Obama noted that his friend, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., prays for him. Pictured: James Lankford Do You Like this Article? Then Like Us on Facebook.
"It's comforting to know people are praying for you who don't always agree with you," Obama said. "Even though we are on opposite sides of a whole bunch of issues, part of what has bound us together is a shared faith, a recognition that we pray to and serve the same God." The...Read Full Story
Los Angeles Times Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn releases report on government subsidies to millionaires NewsOK.com Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn says welfare for the well-off costs an average of $30 billion a year. BY CHRIS CASTEEL ccasteel@opubco.com Leave a comment WASHINGTON — Subsidies and tax breaks for millionaires cost the US government an average of ... Welfare for Millionaires Newsweek Sen. Tom Coburn targets 'welfare for the well-off' in new report Los Angeles Times Your tax...Read Full Story
Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) slammed Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich at Nigh University Center on the University of Central Oklahoma campus Saturday. “I can’t support him,” Mr. Coburn told his audience, according to The Oklahoman.
Sen. Tom Coburn, a Republican from Oklahoma, isn’t backing down from his decision to block $20 million a year in new funding for the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York City, despite pleas from museum officials who also had ...
BY MICHAEL MCNUTT mmcnutt@opubco.comRepublican Tom Coburn, Oklahoma's junior U.S. senator, said he wants to be able to have an influence on the Democratic president, and there is no reason for him to hate the president just because he often disagrees with him.Read more on NewsOK.com
Sens. Tom Coburn, R-Muskogee, and Jim Inhofe, R-Tulsa, are co-sponsoring a bill by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., that would establish a broader religious exemption from the health care law's requirement that contraception services be covered by employer ...
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) inadvertently referred to prominent Republicans like Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney, and Eric Cantor as liars during an interview with Oklahoma’s News on 6 Thusday night. “Any politicians that stands up and says, ‘We’re ...
WASHINGTON â As the Senate began debating a $900 billon economic stimulus package, Sen. Tom Coburn said Monday he planned to offer numerous amendments targeting spending and special tax breaks. "Iâm going to offer amendments like crazy to clean ...
Thomas Allen "Tom" Coburn, M.D. (born March 14, 1948), is an American politician and medical doctor. A member of the Republican Party, he currently serves as the junior U.S.