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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10/21/09
Antigay Flyer Attacks Kalamazoo Ordinance

...Tom Coburn, M.D., and GOProud's Christopher R. Barron say that the inefficiencies of the Ryan White CARE Act suggest that a government-run program is not the key to quality health care. How can the pop singer be everywhere at once? Searching for answer

Source: The Advocate
10/21/09
T.R. Knight Breaks Up With Boyfriend

...Tom Coburn, M.D., and GOProud's Christopher R. Barron say that the inefficiencies of the Ryan White CARE Act suggest that a government-run program is not the key to quality health care. How can the pop singer be everywhere at once? Searching for answer

Source: The Advocate
10/21/09
Sen. Coburn Angry Over Closed-Door Meetings About Health Care Reform Bill

Count Oklahoma Republican Senator Tom Coburn sick of it. He's a senator, for God's sake. And even he can't get in. Senator, you are angry. ...

Source: FOXNews
10/21/09
RE: Thomas Coburn

A legislation, proposed and drafted by US Senator Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma) was billed as a way to uniformly enforce gun laws across different states and ...

Source: Yellowstone Insider
10/21/09
University's 'strategic plan' vitally important to educational experience

On Tuesday, the New York Times reported that Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) proposed prohibiting the National Science Foundation from spending federal research ...

Source: Red and Black
10/21/09
An Interview With Governor Tim Pawlenty

Ron Wyden, (D-OR) and Sen. Tom Coburn, (R-OK). CNBC's Mary Thompson reports that the US pay Czar salary cuts will apply only to 2009 compensation packages. ...

Source: CNBC
10/20/09
DELAWARE: Beach repair funding chopped

...beaches than President George W. Bush. Many in Congress, however, are completely hostile to the idea. In April, Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn released a report attacking beach renourishment projects, terming the spending wasteful and accusing Congress of put

10/20/09
Obama Makes it Easier for China to Get Missile Technology

...and Democrats. He is now a senior fellow at the Center for Defense Information, an independent research organization. Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican, called the transfer of funds from Pentagon operations and maintenance “a disgrace.” “The Se

Source: Dakota Voice
10/20/09
Why the GOP's 'Party of No' Strategy Won't Work

If the only two Republican senators were Tom Coburn and Jim DeMint, well then, by golly, they'd be really, really, really disciplined. ...

Source: The AtlanticWire
10/20/09
RE: Thomas Coburn

... things that have been written in support of derailing health care reform, the oddest yet is a recent op-ed co-authored by Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla. ...

Source: AlterNet
10/20/09
Sen. Coburn's Office Responds to AlterNet: Our Story on The Family Based on "a ...

After the story posted, John Hart, director of communications for Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., returned the call I had placed the day before. ...

Source: AlterNet
10/20/09
Expanding the Medicaid Status Quo Is Not Health Reform [Tom Coburn and Dennis ...

Tom Coburn, MD, is a US senator from Oklahoma and Dennis Smith is a senior research fellow in Health Economics at the Heritage Foundation.

Source: National Review Online
10/20/09
Medicare Muddle On Part B Hike For Some Seniors

But in the Senate, it's being held up by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. Coburn called it "unsustainable in the face of massive entitlement obligations and a raid ...

Source: NPR
10/20/09
Tom Coburn Attempts To Get Gay Community To Join Him In Opposing Health Care ...

... things that have been written in support of derailing health care reform, the oddest yet is a recent op-ed co-authored by Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla. ...

Source: AlterNet
10/19/09
RE: Thomas Coburn

The new Hulk-like Obama tossed critical Republicans Tom Coburn, Kay Bailey Hutchison and John McCain, from the window of the Oval Office after they accused ...

Source: Brisbane Times
10/19/09
RE: Thomas Coburn

Senator Tom Coburn and Congressman Price are likely to be busy with their congressional duties. The awards will be accepted by representatives of their ...

Source: TPMMuckraker (blog)
10/19/09
Another View: Attempts to cover up affair make it a public matter

...laid out in great detail the lengths to which the senator went to keep the affair quiet, with the help of another senator, Tom Coburn, R-Okla. Based on interviews and a slew of documents (available on the Internet at www.nytimes.com), the Times reported

10/19/09
RE: Thomas Coburn

Senator Tom Coburn and Congressman Price are likely to be busy with their congressional duties. The awards will be accepted by representatives of their ...

Source: TPMMuckraker (blog)
10/19/09
Field Study: Just How Relevant Is Political Science?

After Senator Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma, this month proposed prohibiting the National Science Foundation from “wasting any ...

Source: New York Times
10/19/09
Levee certification drowning

“Tom Coburn's office pretty much blew me off,” he said. Brown also contacted Senator Mary Easley. Her son, former Senator Kevin Easley, is now the chief ...

Source: Pryor Daily Times
10/19/09
RE: Thomas Coburn

Senator Tom Coburn is assessing the field of play that the nuclear option will place both sides on. Senators like Jon Kyl of Arizona are also readying for a ...

Source: Gather.com
10/19/09
The Constructive Effects of Public Exposure

The Washington Post and Congressional Quarterly made references to the behavior. The matter was brought up by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla. ...

Source: Center for Defense Information
10/18/09
Watts Speaks To State GOP

Watts, who said he “doesn't really read blogs,” noted the current issue involving Sen. Tom Coburn of Muskogee who is being connected to a sex scandal ...

Source: Tulsa Today
10/18/09
Tomfoolery and stupid pet tricks

... through a 30-hour protest by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., who halted further legislative business after one of his pet ideas was dropped from the bill. ...

Source: Tulsa World
10/18/09
Obama's checking off items on his to-do list

Another Republican, Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, said spending taxpayer money on political science is equivalent to "waterboarding" American children. ...

Source: Monroe News Star
10/18/09
Political Notebook

...10/18/2009  2:30 AM Last Modified: 10/18/2009  2:30 AM Coburn makes power list: Oklahomans may not feel the power of U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn when it comes to getting state projects, but outsiders think he has clout. A poll of lawmakers, lobbyists, infl

Source: Tulsa World
10/17/09
Letter to the editor: Coburn vs. political science

...10/17/2009  3:57 AM Last Modified: 10/17/2009  3:57 AM Recently Sen. Tom Coburn proposed legislation that seeks to eliminate National Science Foundation funding for political science research. His amendment does injustice to American citizens by dis

Source: Tulsa World
10/17/09
Mary Fallin's seat draws donations for GOP

... by money from the Club for Growth, whose members advocate limited government and have also been of enormous financial assistance to Sen. Tom Coburn. ...

Source: NewsOK.com
10/17/09
If US troops need new rifle, get one

"The M4 has served us well, but it's not as good as it needs to be," Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., told The Associated Press. The Pentagon maintains that nearly ...

Source: SalemNews.net
10/17/09
Where the uninsured don't count

His colleague, Tom Coburn, decries Obama's "radical provisions" that "could cause 100 million Americans to lose their private insurance. ...

Source: News & Observer

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

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