C000560 1948-03-14 3819 172 Russell Senate Office Building http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorCoburn.Home 202-224-6008 Thomas 'r':4 'ok':5 'sen':1 'thoma':2,6,8 'coburn':3,7,9 M 400576 Coburn Tom_Coburn A. Sen. Thomas Coburn [R, OK] 1838 N00005601 11748 Republican 202-224-5754 OK Tom Thomas Coburn 4.45 http://coburn.senate.gov/public/ SenatorCoburn 400576 Person democrat Thu Nov 19 22:19:01 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...to help her state cover health care costs for the poor. While the struggle was forming, there were limits. Republican Sen. Tom Coburn backed off his threat to force the 2,074-page bill to be read aloud in the Senate chamber, a move that would have eaten '2':45 'us':3 '074':46 'sen':35 'set':8 'tom':36 'back':38 'bill':6,48 'care':5,21 'cost':22 'forc':43 'form':30 'help':16 'move':58 'page':47 'poor':25 'read':51 'vote':10 'aloud':52 'cover':19 'eaten':62 'first':9 'limit':33 'night':14 'senat':12,55 'state':18 'would':60 'assail':2 'coburn':37 'health':4,20 'threat':41 'chamber':56 'struggl':28 'democrat':7 'saturday':13 'republican':1,34 'macleans.ca':63 6739616 true true daylife Macleans.ca http://www.macleans.ca/ OK http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=w194527428 400576 Person senator Thu Nov 19 22:19:01 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Binghamton University Professor David Cingranelli. Why? His project was highlighted as an example of useless spending. U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn's amendment would end all NSF political science grants, including Cingranelli's. According to NSF, he received fi 'bu':1 'fi':47 'end':33 'nsf':35,44 'sen':27 'tom':28 'u.s':6,26 'amend':31 'david':13 'grant':38 'polit':36 'press':49 'senat':7 'spend':25 'would':32 'accord':42 'coburn':29 'defend':3 'exampl':22 'includ':39 'receiv':46 'remark':9 'scienc':37 'project':4,17 'univers':11 'useless':24 'highlight':19 'professor':2,12 'binghamton':10,48 'cingranelli':14,40 6739617 true true daylife Binghamton Press http://www.pressconnects.com/ OK http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20091119/NEWS01/911190440/1006/ 400576 Person sen\. Thu Nov 19 11:13:11 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...This would include children in families with annual income as high as $80,000 per year. A common-sense proposal by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., to allow middle-class families to use SCHIP funds to purchase private health coverage was handily defeated. The 'r':39 '80':25 '000':26 'per':27 'sen':35 'tom':36 'use':48 'bill':4 'fund':50 'high':7,23 'news':62 'okla':40 'sens':32 'valu':8,12 'year':28 'allow':42 'class':45 'incom':21 'middl':44 'right':11 'schip':49 'would':14 'annual':20 'coburn':37 'common':31 'defeat':58 'famili':18,46 'health':3,54 'includ':15 'pelosi':1 'privat':53 'propos':33 'r-okla':38 'coverag':55 'handili':57 'neither':5 'purchas':52 'children':16 'democrat':63 'bellevill':60 'high-valu':6 'common-sens':30 'middle-class':43 'news-democrat':61 6736798 true true daylife Belleville News-Democrat http://www.bnd.com/ OK http://www.bnd.com/living/health/story/1016045.html 400576 Person republican Thu Nov 19 22:19:01 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...of $100 million to help her state cover health care costs for the poor. While the struggle was forming, there were limits. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., backed off his threat to force the 2,074-page bill to be read aloud in the Senate chamber, a move that w '2':43 'r':34 'w':58 '074':44 '100':9 'sen':30 'tom':31 'back':36 'bait':3 'bill':7,46 'care':17 'cost':18 'forc':41 'form':26 'help':12 'move':56 'okla':35 'page':45 'poor':21 'read':49 'aloud':50 'blast':2 'cover':15 'limit':29 'senat':53 'state':14 'coburn':32 'health':6,16 'r-okla':33 'switch':5 'threat':39 'chamber':54 'million':10 'struggl':24 'republican':1 'kansascity.com':59 6739615 true true daylife KansasCity.com http://www.kansascity.com/ OK http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/1581113.html 400576 Person senate Wed Nov 18 11:12:46 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...negotiators to begin work on a compromise measure that could become law this year The U.N. amendment will be offered by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., the person who since Memorial Day has prevented the Senate from taking up veterans legislation because he t 'r':33 'day':40 'law':19 'sen':29 'tom':30 'u.n':23 'vet':5 'bill':7 'hold':3 'lift':2 'okla':34 'sinc':38 'take':46 'time':54 'work':11 'year':21 'amend':24 'becom':18 'begin':10 'could':17 'offer':27 'senat':44 'coburn':1,31 'legisl':49 'measur':15 'memori':39 'negoti':8 'person':36 'r-okla':32 'benefit':6 'prevent':42 'veteran':48 'militari':53 'compromis':14 6726984 true true daylife Military Times http://www.militarytimes.com/ OK http://www.militarytimes.com/news/2009/11/military_coburn_veteransbill_111809w/ 400576 Person congress Wed Nov 18 22:20:05 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...said he explained the situation in Oklahoma to members of the state's congressional delegation, including Republican Sen. Tom Coburn. Recently, Coburn conceded the month-to-month funding approach created problems for Ridley and the state but said he fav 'fav':50 'sen':27 'tom':28 'fund':8,38 'said':10,48 'creat':40 'deleg':24 'month':35,37 'state':21,46 'tulsa':51 'world':52 'coburn':29,31 'conced':32 'includ':25 'member':18 'offici':1 'recent':30 'ridley':43 'situat':14 'suffer':5 'explain':12 'problem':41 'project':4 'approach':9,39 'oklahoma':2,16 'construct':3 'republican':26 'congression':7,23 'month-to-month':34 6734176 true true daylife Tulsa World http://www.tulsaworld.com/ OK http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20091118_13_0_WASHIN424154&rss_lnk=1 400576 Person senate Wed Nov 18 22:20:05 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...on the Senate Judiciary Committee to question Hamilton at a rare second hearing on his nomination, held April 29.   When Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) asked Hamilton what he meant by the statement, the judge told the senator: “(A)t least to me, the con 'r':43 '29':37 'ask':45 'con':64 'sen':39 'tom':40 'hear':31 'held':35 'judg':11,54 'okla':44 'rare':29 'said':10 'told':55 'vote':3 'amend':13 'april':36 'court':7 'least':60 'meant':49 'nomin':34 'senat':1,21,57 'appeal':6 'coburn':41 'judici':17 'nomine':8 'r-okla':42 'second':30 'footnot':18 'committe':23 'hamilton':26,46 'question':25 'thursday':4 'constitut':15 'judiciari':22 'statement':52 'cnsnews.com':65 6734175 true true daylife CNSNews.com http://www.cnsnews.com/ OK http://www.cnsnews.com/public/checker.aspx?rsrcID=57375 400576 Person congress Wed Nov 18 22:20:05 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Republican lawmakers when they talk about the debate over reforming the nation's health care system." The two doctors, Sens. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and John Barrasso of Wyoming, "say the Democratic lawmakers' proposals being presented to Congress would 'say':38 'sen':28 'tom':29 'two':26 'care':23 'john':34 'news':49 'step':6 'talk':13 'wyom':37 'debat':3,16 'medic':48 'senat':2 'today':50 'volum':8 'would':47 'coburn':30 'doctor':27 'health':22 'lawmak':10,41 'nation':20 'propos':42 'reform':18 'system':24 'present':44 'approach':4 'barrasso':35 'congress':46 'democrat':40 'oklahoma':32 'partisan':5 'republican':9 6734174 true true daylife Medical News Today http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/ OK http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171327.php 400576 Person sen\. Wed Nov 18 11:12:46 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...prayer meetings, while the upstairs houses residents that recently included three House members as well as Ensign and Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), our colleague Manuel Roig-Franzia reported in June. It was there that Coburn, an obstetrician and gynecologi 'c':6 'r':35 'pew':55 'sen':31 'tom':32 'hous':8,18,24 'june':45 'life':60 'meet':14 'okla':36 'roig':41 'well':27 'forum':56 'resid':19 'three':23 'church':12 'coburn':33,50 'column':1 'ensign':29 'includ':22 'manuel':39 'member':25 'offici':4 'prayer':13 'public':59 'r-okla':34 'recent':21 'report':43 'street':7 'franzia':42 'upstair':17 'colleagu':38 'religion':58 'gynecolog':54 'obstetrician':52 'roig-franzia':40 6726982 true true daylife Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life http://pewforum.org/ OK http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19077 400576 Person sen\. Wed Nov 18 11:12:46 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...an agreement has been reached to allow a vote on a bill to help severely wounded veterans that has been held up Sen. Tom Coburn. Reid, D-Nev., said the agreement also calls for a vote on an amendment by Coburn, R-Okla. Coburn, who has been blocking a vo 'd':36 'r':52 'vo':60 'nev':37 'sen':31 'tom':32 'also':41 'bill':8,20 'call':42 'held':29 'help':22 'okla':53 'reid':34 'said':38 'vote':17,45 'allow':15 'amend':4,48 'block':58 'd-nev':35 'offer':3 'reach':13 'sever':23 'tulsa':61 'world':62 'wound':6,24 'coburn':1,33,50,54 'r-okla':51 'veteran':7,25 'agreement':10,40 6726983 true true daylife Tulsa World http://www.tulsaworld.com/ OK http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20091118_11_0_WASHIN462120&rss_lnk=1 400576 Person sen\. Thu Nov 19 22:19:00 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...a statement stating that Reid honored her wish for 72 hours to read the bill but didn’t signal how she would vote Saturday. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) had threatened to read the entire bill, but it won’t happen this weekend. That also will allow sen 'r':34 '72':15 'dem':2 'sen':30,54 'tom':31 'won':45 'also':51 'bill':20,42 'didn':22 'hour':16 'okla':35 'read':18,39 'reid':1,10 'stay':3 'vote':28 'wish':13 'allow':53 'entir':41 'honor':11 'state':8 'would':27 'coburn':32 'happen':47 'r-okla':33 'signal':24 'weekend':49 'cautious':4 'optimist':5 'politico':56 'saturday':29 'threaten':37 'statement':7 6739614 false true daylife The Politico http://www.politico.com/ OK http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29746.html 400576 Person republican Thu Nov 19 22:19:00 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Times: The 2,074-page Senate health care bill would take 34 hours to read cover to cover — and that’s just what Sen. Tom Coburn wants done on the Senate floor. The Oklahoma Republican has threatened ... 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