Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Thomas Coburn [R, OK]

Veterans and supporters ask Coburn to drop hold on bill

2009-11-07T00:00:00Z

...11/7/2009 2:25 AM Last Modified: 11/7/2009 2:25 AM WASHINGTON — Veterans and their supporters called on U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn on Friday to drop his hold and allow a vote on a bill to offer assistance and improve benefits to wounded veterans and t

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Lawmaker halts ‘omnibus' bills on debt worry

2009-11-07T00:00:00Z

...can move on to other late, more politically sensitive business. Standing against those plans this month, however, is Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., a family physician whose top goal as a lawmaker has been to slow the rising tide of debt caused, he says, by c

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Oklahoma senator standing in way of veterans benefits bill

2009-11-07T00:00:00Z

...can move on to other late, more politically sensitive business. Standing athwart those plans this month, however, is Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., a family physician whose top goal as a lawmaker has been to slow the rising tide of debt caused, he says, by c

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War of words heats up over vets bill blockage

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

...committee proposals packaged into one bill so it could quickly pass. Consideration of the measure is being blocked by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., who doesn’t want the measure brought up unless he is given an opportunity to offer amendments. “This sing

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Coburn: Senate Will Thwart Obamacare

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

...you listen to the patient they will tell you what is wrong; Do no harm; If its already been tried, dont do it again. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., says the House will pass a healthcare bill this year, but that the Senate wont. In a recent speech, Cobu

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U.S. Trials OK'd for 9/11 Suspects

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

...spending bill, meaning Mr. Vitter's amendment could no longer be offered under the rules of debate. The Senate also rejected Sen. Tom Coburn's amendment that would have stripped money from the National Science Foundation's political science research pr

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Military Update: Senator stalls wounded veterans’ caregiver bill

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

...often by voice vote, so lawmakers can move on to other business. Standing athwart those plans this month, however, is Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., a family physician whose top goal as a lawmaker has been to slow the rising tide of debt caused, he says, by

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Vanaskie makes his case before Senate committee

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...chairman, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the Constitution gives Congress broad powers to regulate interstate commerce. Asked by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., for the Constitution's limitations on the powers, the judge said past Supreme Court rulings and a judge

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Mark Maynard: Tank was memorable to many: 11/05/09

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...where recently the Senate Health Services Committee voted 12-11 in favor of a two-page amendment, written by Sen. Tom Coburn, which would require all members of Congress and their staff members to enroll in any new government-run health plan. From the

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American Legion ups pressure on Coburn

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...American Legion is organizing a grassroots campaign in Oklahoma to try to persuade Republican Sen. Tom Coburn to lift his hold on S 1963, an omnibus veterans bill, so it can be approved and enacted. “We are contacting Legionnaires in Oklahoma to infor

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New Joseph Farah for 11/04/2009

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

...Halloween that the U.S. will soon lift the travel ban on foreigners with the disease entering the country. Further, as Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), a medical doctor, revealed in an article published in the Advocate, a national homosexual magazine, another

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Coburn: Objection is cost, not veterans

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

...veterans and their families, but he does hate the idea of creating new benefits without paying for them, his spokesman says. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., is using Senate rules to block a vote on S 1963, a major veterans bill, unless he has the chance to of

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Arizona Republican Urges Democrats To Reverse Key Provision In Healthcare Bills

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

...John Shadegg (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) urged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) to exclude a provision that exempts insurance companies from tort claims from the proposed health care bills in the House and

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Coburn named as senator holding up vets bill

2009-11-03T00:00:00Z

...major military and veterans groups have joined forces to try to force one senator — Republican Tom Coburn of Oklahoma — to release a hold that he has placed on a major veterans benefits bill. Coburn has been identified by Senate aides as the lawmake

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Coburn named as senator holding up vets bill

2009-11-03T00:00:00Z

Analysis: Airports get $1.1B for pet projects

2009-11-02T00:00:00Z

...delays at the nation's 35 busiest airports. "We are putting politicians' interests ahead of safety and efficiency," said Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., an earmark critic who wants money spent on improving safety and reducing delays. FAA spokeswoman Marcia Ad

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Earmarks aid private airports

2009-11-02T00:00:00Z

...Nov. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. taxpayer funds earmarked for "low priority" airports favor politics over practicality, Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn said. "We are putting politicians' interests ahead of safety and efficiency," Coburn said referring to federal funds tha

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Senators Jostle For Position On Health Reform Provisions

2009-11-02T00:00:00Z

...get coverage, and make it easier for the elderly to buy medication" (Donmoyer, 10/30). The New York Times profiles Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., "known as Dr. No." "As the health care overhaul heads to the Senate floor, Mr. Coburn is preparing for what he

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Airports reap $1.1B in earmarks

2009-11-02T00:00:00Z

...flight delays at the nations 35 busiest airports. We are putting politicians interests ahead of safety and efficiency, said Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., an earmark critic who wants money spent on improving safety and reducing delays. The FAA downplayed the

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Political Notebook

2009-11-01T00:00:00Z

...two U.S. senators, both conservative Republicans, are on opposite sides in Kansas' Senate primary race. Last March, Sen. Tom Coburn endorsed Rep. Jerry Moran, who described Coburn as a "conservative leader'' on issues such as spending. Last week, Sen. J

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