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Senator Thomas Coburn
Republican • Oklahoma • 5th Term • Sworn In 1995
- 18 Sponsored Bills (Ranks 88 of 100) 0 Made Into Law (Ranks 49 of 100)
- 144 Co-Sponsored Bills (Ranks 70 of 100) 0 Made Into Law (Ranks 31 of 100)
- Most often votes with:
- Sen. Ron Johnson
- Sen. Ben Nelson
- Least often votes with:
- Sen. Susan Collins
- Sen. Thomas Harkin
- Votes with party 85%
- Abstains: 6%
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GAO scales back to fewer than 3,000
GAO’s defenders, including Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), blasted the budget cuts, arguing that the agency’s audits, investigations and testimony are critical as Congress seeks ways to curtail federal spending. In a widely distributed report ...
Senate struggles to pay for highway programs
...Hiking taxes, especially in a weak economy, is widely viewed as politically dangerous. But Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., two of the Senate's more conservative members, surprised transportation lobbyists attending Tuesday's commit
Senate struggles to pay for highway programs
...Hiking taxes, especially in a weak economy, is widely viewed as politically dangerous. But Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., two of the Senate's more conservative members, surprised transportation lobbyists attending Tuesday's commit
Senate struggles to pay for highway
...Hiking taxes, especially in a weak economy, is widely viewed as politically dangerous. But Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., two of the Senate's more conservative members, surprised transportation lobbyists attending Tuesday's commit
Senate struggles to pay for highway programs
...Hiking taxes, especially in a weak economy, is widely viewed as politically dangerous. But Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., two of the Senate's more conservative members, surprised transportation lobbyists attending Tuesday's commit
Senate Struggles To Pay For Highway Programs
...Hiking taxes, especially in a weak economy, is widely viewed as politically dangerous. But Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., two of the Senate's more conservative members, surprised transportation lobbyists attending Tuesday's commit
Senate struggles to pay for highway programs
...Hiking taxes, especially in a weak economy, is widely viewed as politically dangerous. But Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., two of the Senate's more conservative members, surprised transportation lobbyists attending Tuesday's commit
Senate struggles to pay for highway programs
...cost. Hiking taxes, especially in a weak economy, is widely viewed as politically dangerous. But Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., two of the Senate's more conservative members, surprised transportation lobbyists attending Tuesday's
Senate struggles to pay for highway
...Hiking taxes, especially in a weak economy, is widely viewed as politically dangerous. But Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., two of the Senate's more conservative members, surprised transportation lobbyists attending Tuesday's commit
Senate struggles to pay for highway programs
...taxes, especially in a weak economy, is widely viewed as politically dangerous. But Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., two of the Senate's more conservative members, surprised transportation lobbyists attending Tuesday's committee mee
Senate struggles to pay for highway programs
...Hiking taxes, especially in a weak economy, is widely viewed as politically dangerous. But Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., two of the Senate's more conservative members, surprised transportation lobbyists attending Tuesday's commit
Senate Committee Approves U.S. Highway Bill Without Needed Funds
which was supported by Senator Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican. The gasoline tax, which has been 18.4 cents a gallon since 1993, raises most of the money spent by the U.S. Highway Trust Fund on road construction. The tax would be 18.9 cents a ...
Sens. Tom Coburn, Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma back bill to reverse policy on contraception coverage
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-sponso
Paul’s FOCUS Act seeks to remedy job-killing Lacey amendments
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has introduced the FOCUS Act (Freedom from Over-criminalization and Unjust Seizures Act of 2012). Four other conservatives support FOCUS and they co-sponsored the legislation: Sens. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), Mike Lee
Secretary Sebelius, Meet The Anti-Deficiency Act.
It is “unacceptable that HHS fails to maintain accurate financial records and fails to adhere to federal law designed to protect taxpayer dollars from mismanagement and waste,” Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and Rep. Charles Boustany, R-La.,
Senate struggles to pay for highway programs
...taxes, especially in a weak economy, is widely viewed as politically dangerous. But Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., two of the Senate's more conservative members, surprised transportation lobbyists attending Tuesday's committee mee
Senate struggles to pay for highway programs
...cost. Hiking taxes, especially in a weak economy, is widely viewed as politically dangerous. But Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., two of the Senate's more conservative members, surprised transportation lobbyists attending Tuesday's
Why Do Obama, Dems Continue to Punish Job-Creating Energy Industry?
...with it, apparently, a share of controversy over financial controls. (For a decent overview, see the bottom of page 405 in Sen. Tom Coburn's mammoth "Back in Black" report.) In any case, the Starbucks campaign is likely to have strong appeal, precisely
Senate struggles to pay for highway programs
...Hiking taxes, especially in a weak economy, is widely viewed as politically dangerous. But Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., two of the Senate's more conservative members, surprised transportation lobbyists attending Tuesday's commit
HHS financial management practices ‘unacceptable,' lawmakers say
It is "unacceptable that HHS fails to maintain accurate financial records and fails to adhere to federal law designed to protect taxpayer dollars from mismanagement and waste," Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and Rep. Charles Boustany, R-La.,
Coburn won't support Gingrich for president
EDMOND(AP) — An Oklahoma senator says he can't support former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's campaign for president. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., told those attending a town hall meeting in Edmond Saturday that he's has served under Gingrich's leadership and
Lawmakers query HHS in wake of audit
Rep. Charles Boustany (R-La.) and Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), both physicians, sent a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that highlighted findings from an Ernst & Young audit for HHS' inspector general's office. In the letter, the ...
Hijacker holds 9/11 memorial hostage
Demanding bigger budget cuts, Republican Senator Tom Coburn is taking the 9/11 memorial hostage. No shame at all. War spending? According to Republicans, we can't cut it EVER. Taxes? We can never raise them, EVER. Thus, we can't afford anything else.
Coburn defends relationship with Obama at Edmond town hall meeting
EDMOND — U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn on Saturday defended his cordial relationship with President Barack Obama and said American farmers should be allowed to plant more crops to regain America's economic dominance and “run the Chinese into the ground.”
Ridiculous Gov't. Spending List Grows Longer
A recent report released by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., gives a hundred examples from just last year. Like the $120 million for federal retirement benefits to retirees who are already dead. Patrick Knudsen, The Heritage Foundation's senior federal budget ...
Coburn won't vote for Gingrich
(AP) — An Oklahoma senator says he can't support former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's campaign for president. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., told those attending a town hall meeting in Edmond Saturday that he's has served under Gingrich's leadership and doesn
Coburn defends relationship with Obama at Edmond town hall meeting
...Please give it a title, and short description so that visitors to your page will understand where the bookmark leads. U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Muskogee, spoke Saturday in Edmond about farm subsidies and current issues in Washington. PAUL HELLSTERN/NewsOK
Coburn Defends Relationship with Obama
...@politicalwire Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) said that he tries to keep a good relationship with President Obama so that he can have "an influence" with the president, the Oklahoman reports. Said Coburn: "You have no idea the tough conversations I've had with
HHS financial management practices 'unacceptable,' lawmakers say
...financial records and fails to adhere to federal law designed to protect taxpayer dollars from mismanagement and waste," Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and Rep. Charles Boustany, R-La., wrote in a Monday letter to the department's secretary, Kathleen Sebeliu
Coburn won't support Gingrich for president
EDMOND(AP) — An Oklahoma senator says he can't support former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's campaign for president. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., told those attending a town hall meeting in Edmond Saturday that he's has served under Gingrich's leadership and
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