Senator Thomas Coburn

Republican  •  Oklahoma  •  4th Term  •  Sworn In 1995
Current Term 2005 - 2010 View All
  • Votes with party 88%
  • Abstains: 2%

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11/09/09
Veterans' Health Bill

... the kind of need and support that they deserve." If Senator Tom Coburn removes the hold on the bill, the Senat could vote as quickly as Monday night.

Source: KULR-TV
11/09/09
Senate Confirms Judge to 4th Circuit

In speaking on Mr. Davis's behalf on Monday, Senator Barbara Mikulski, Democrat from Maryland, said Mr. Davis's “deep roots in the community,” and ...

Source: New York Times (blog)
11/09/09
In defense of Senator Tom Coburn

Senator Tom Coburn is now being attacked by "veterans'" groups for holding up a veterans [read: VA bureaucrats and employees] benefits bill. ...

Source: WEBCommentary
11/09/09
Senators call on Coburn to lift his hold on veterans benefits bill.

Earlier this month, it was revealed that Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) has placed a hold on a major veterans benefits bill because he ...

Source: Think Progress
11/09/09
Tester defends bill aimed at improving veterans healthcare

But Republican Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma is blocking a vote on it. During a news conference on Capitol Hill today, Tester called on Congress to move ...

Source: Montana's News Station
11/09/09
RE: Thomas Coburn

... for whom Fiorina had been a campaign surrogate during the 2008 presidential election - as well as the conservative hero Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK). ...

Source: TPMDC (blog)
11/09/09
Sen. Tom Coburn stands by effort to delay bill for disabled vets

WASHINGTON — Sen. Tom Coburn continued Monday to block a bill providing new health care services for veterans, despite strong ...

Source: NewsOK.com
11/09/09
Ensign Moves Out of C Street

...house run by a secretive Christian organization that is also home to a number of lawmakers, including Sens. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.). According to the Las Vegas Sun, Ensign moved out of the house, locat

Source: Roll Call
11/09/09
Military Update: Coburn blocks benefits bill

...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

11/09/09
Club for Growth Backs Rubio in Florida

...Sen. Arlen Specter in 2004. The Club helped raised in excess of $1 million for the candidacies of Sens. Jim Demint (R-S.C.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) that same year and, according to those close to the Club, it has grown far larger and better organized i

11/09/09
RE: Thomas Coburn

WASHINGTON — Sen. Tom Coburn continued Monday to block a bill providing new health care services for veterans, despite strong ...

Source: NewsOK.com
11/09/09
Reid: No More Votes This Week

Reid made the announcement just after criticizing Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) for holding up a separate veterans health care bill. ...

Source: Roll Call (subscription)
11/09/09
Move to nix political research funds fails

US Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., proposed an amendment last month that aimed to "prohibit the National Science Foundation from wasting federal research funding ...

Source: The George Washington University The GW Hatchet
11/09/09
RE: Thomas Coburn

Early Friday evening, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., threatened to read the entire 1990 page bill on the floor of the House, a decision he, thankfully, ...

Source: Daily O'Collegian
11/09/09
RE: Thomas Coburn

John mccain (R-AZ) -- but she also has another big conservative name on board, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK). Interestingly, we found out that Rep. ...

Source: TPMDC (blog)
11/09/09
FL-Sen.: Club for Rubio, trouble for Crist

...Arlen Specter in 2004. The Club helped raised in excess of $1 million for the candidacies of Sens. Jim Demint (R-S.C.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) that same year and, according to those close to the Club, it has grown far larger and better organized in the

11/09/09
RE: Thomas Coburn

... for whom Fiorina had been a campaign surrogate during the 2008 presidential election - as well as the conservative hero Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK). ...

Source: TPMDC (blog)
11/09/09
RE: Thomas Coburn

John mccain (R-AZ) -- but she also has another big conservative name on board, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK). Interestingly, we found out that Rep. ...

Source: TPMDC (blog)
11/08/09
RE: Thomas Coburn

One of them, Senator Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma, has threatened to force the roughly 2000-page bill to be read aloud on the Senate floor. ...

Source: New York Times
11/08/09
RE: Thomas Coburn

One of them, Senator Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma, has threatened to force the roughly 2000-page bill to be read aloud on the Senate floor. ...

Source: New York Times
11/08/09
Oklahoma Representatives All Vote 'No' on Health Care Bill

... they want a public option is because they ultimately want the government to be the sole source of health care in our country,” said Senator Tom Coburn. ...

Source: News On 6
11/08/09
RE: Thomas Coburn

Early Friday evening, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., threatened to read the entire 1990 page bill on the floor of the House, a decision he, thankfully, ...

Source: Daily O'Collegian
11/07/09
Oklahoma senator standing in way of veterans benefits bill

...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

11/07/09
Veterans and supporters ask Coburn to drop hold on bill

...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

Source: Tulsa World
11/07/09
Lawmaker halts ‘omnibus' bills on debt worry

...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

Source: HeraldNet
11/06/09
11-7 Letter: your view

This is in reply to Sen. Tom Coburn's piece (“Health care reform bills will hurt Oklahoma's seniors, families,” Nov. 5, 2009, The Edmond Sun). ...

Source: Edmond Sun
11/06/09
Political Science at NSF Weathers Senate Attack

Senator Tom Coburn (R–OK) finally got his long-awaited roll-call vote last night to strip out political science research from the 2010 ...

Source: Science Magazine (blog)
11/06/09
Obamadoom Descends on the Capital!

Not far away Sen Tom Coburn was stuffed with straw and hung from fence post nail with arm akimbo and humming, “If I only Had a Brain” while winged monkeys ...

Source: Gather.com
11/06/09
SSP Daily Digest: 11/6

Tom Coburn's endorsement is especially surprising in view of fellow wackadoodle Jim demint's endorsement of devore. demint, for his part, is still attacking ...

Source: Swing State Project
11/06/09
Coburn: Senate Will Thwart Obamacare

...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

Source: NewsMax

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Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-5754
Fax: 202-224-6008

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