C000560 1948-03-14 172 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] N00005601 11285 Republican 202-224-5754 OK Tom Thomas Coburn 4.65454545454545 http://coburn.senate.gov/public/ SenatorCoburn 400576 Person sen\. Sat Nov 07 11:07:29 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...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 'c':54 'r':30 'say':52 'sen':26 'tom':27 'top':36 'bill':4 'busi':17 'caus':50 'debt':6,49 'goal':37 'halt':2 'late':13 'move':9 'okla':31 'plan':21 'rise':46 'slow':44 'tide':47 'howev':24 'month':23 'polit':15 'stand':18 'whose':35 'worri':7 'coburn':28 'famili':33 'lawmak':1,40 'r-okla':29 'sensit':16 'omnibus':3 'heraldnet':55 'physician':34 6608375 true true daylife HeraldNet http://www.heraldnet.com/ OK http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091107/BIZ/711079954/-1/rss03 400576 Person sen\. Sat Nov 07 11:07:29 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...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 '2':12,18 '25':13,19 'ask':4 'sen':29 'tom':30 'u.s':28 'bill':10,44 'call':26 'drop':7,35 'hold':8,37 'last':15 'vote':41 'allow':39 'offer':46 'tulsa':56 'world':57 'wound':52 'assist':47 'coburn':5,31 'friday':33 'improv':49 'modifi':16 'benefit':50 'support':3,25 'veteran':1,22,53 '11/7/2009':11,17 'washington':21 6608374 true true daylife Tulsa World http://www.tulsaworld.com/ OK http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20091107_16_A1_WASHIN225160&rss_lnk=11 400576 Person sen\. Fri Nov 06 22:21:31 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...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 'r':33 'one':14 'sen':29 'tom':30 'vet':7 'war':1 'bill':8,15 'heat':4 'okla':34 'pass':20 'sing':53 'time':55 'want':38 'word':3 'amend':51 'block':27 'could':18 'doesn':36 'given':46 'offer':50 'quick':19 'coburn':31 'measur':24,40 'packag':12 'propos':11 'r-okla':32 'unless':43 'blockag':9 'brought':41 'committe':10 'consider':21 'militari':54 'opportun':48 6604104 true true daylife Military Times http://www.militarytimes.com/ OK http://www.militarytimes.com/news/2009/11/military_akaka_coburn_veteransbill_110609w/ 400576 Person senate Fri Nov 06 22:21:30 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...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 'd':4 'mr':11 'ok':3 'pr':48 'sen':29 'tom':30 'u.s':1 '9/11':6 'also':27 'bill':9 'mean':10 'rule':22 'amend':14,33 'could':15 'debat':24 'money':38 'offer':19 'polit':45 'senat':26 'spend':8 'strip':37 'trial':2 'would':35 'coburn':31 'longer':17 'nation':41 'reject':28 'scienc':42,46 'vitter':12 'foundat':43 'newsmax':49 'suspect':7 'research':47 6604103 true true daylife NewsMax http://www.newsmax.com/ OK http://www.Newsmax.com/newsfront/terror_trials_us/2009/11/06/282686.html 400576 Person senator Fri Nov 06 11:15:31 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...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 'r':33 'say':55 'sen':29 'tom':30 'top':39 'bill':8 'busi':20 'caus':53 'debt':52 'goal':40 'move':16 'okla':34 'plan':24 'rise':49 'slow':47 'star':57 'tide':50 'voic':11 'vote':12 'howev':27 'month':26 'often':9 'senat':3 'stall':4 'stand':21 'updat':2 'whose':38 'wound':5 'coburn':31 'famili':36 'lawmak':14,43 'r-okla':32 'stripe':59 'athwart':22 'caregiv':7 'veteran':6 'militari':1 'physician':37 6597824 true true daylife Stars and Stripes http://www.stripes.com/ OK http://feeds.stripes.com/~r/starsandstripes/general/~3/J_tsSWcXtn0/article.asp 400576 Person senate Thu Nov 05 22:25:00 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...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 'r':34 'say':36 'sen':30 'tom':31 'tri':25 'bill':43 'cobu':55 'dont':26 'harm':20 'hous':38 'okla':35 'pass':40 'tell':13 'wont':50 'year':45 'senat':2,49 'wrong':17 'coburn':1,32 'listen':7 'r-okla':33 'recent':53 'speech':54 'thwart':4 'alreadi':23 'newsmax':56 'patient':10 'obamacar':5 'healthcar':42 6593549 true true daylife NewsMax http://www.newsmax.com/ OK http://www.Newsmax.com/insidecover/coburn_obama_healthcare/2009/11/05/282455.html 400576 Person congress Thu Nov 05 11:17:28 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...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 '12':17 '-11':18 'new':47 'run':50 'sen':29 'tom':30 'two':24 'mani':7 'mark':1 'page':25 'plan':52 'tank':3 'vote':16 'amend':26 'daili':56 'enrol':44 'favor':20 'memor':5 'senat':12 'staff':41 'would':33 'coburn':31 'govern':49 'health':13,51 'member':36,42 'recent':10 'requir':34 'servic':14 'ashland':55 'maynard':2 'two-pag':23 'written':27 '11/05/09':8 'committe':15 'congress':38 'independ':57 'government-run':48 6587351 true true daylife Ashland Daily Independent http://www.dailyindependent.com/ OK http://www.dailyindependent.com/columns/local_story_309001856.html 400576 Person republican Thu Nov 05 22:25:00 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...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 'up':3 'air':50 'sen':21 'tom':22 'tri':17 '1963':30 'bill':34 'forc':51 'hold':27 'lift':25 'time':52 'enact':41 'infor':49 'organ':10 'approv':39 'coburn':6,23 'legion':2,8 'contact':44 'omnibus':32 'persuad':19 'pressur':4 'veteran':33 'american':1,7 'campaign':13 'oklahoma':15,47 'grassroot':12 'legionnair':45 'republican':20 6593550 true true daylife Air Force Times http://www.airforcetimes.com/ OK http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2009/11/military_coburn_hold_american_legion_110509w/ 400576 Person congress Thu Nov 05 11:17:27 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...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 'd':13 'r':31 'vt':14 'ask':25 'sen':9,27 'tom':28 'case':4 'd-vt':12 'give':17 'judg':42,50 'make':2 'okla':32 'past':44 'rule':47 'said':43 'time':53 'broad':19 'court':46 'leahi':11 'limit':37 'power':20,40 'regul':22 'senat':6 'coburn':29 'r-okla':30 'suprem':45 'tribun':54 'commerc':24 'interst':23 'patrick':10 'vanaski':1 'chairman':8 'committe':7 'congress':18 'scranton':51 'constitut':16,35 'times-tribun':52 6587349 true true daylife Scranton Times-Tribune http://www.scrantontimes.com/ OK http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news/vanaskie_makes_his_case_before_senate_committee?localLinksEnabled=false 400576 Person democrat Thu Nov 05 11:17:28 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...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 'd':30,37 'r':15,22 'key':7 'max':34 'sen':18,33 'tom':19 'urg':3,24 'ariz':16 'bill':11,55 'care':54 'hous':25,58 'john':12 'mont':38 'news':62 'okla':23 'talk':60 'tort':48 'calif':31 'claim':49 'insur':45 'nanci':27 'radio':61 'baucus':35 'coburn':20 'd-mont':36 'exclud':40 'exempt':44 'health':53 'pelosi':28 'propos':52 'provis':8,42 'r-ariz':14 'r-okla':21 'revers':6 'servic':63 'arizona':1 'compani':46 'd-calif':29 'shadegg':13 'speaker':26 'democrat':4 'healthcar':10 'republican':2 6587352 true true daylife Talk Radio News Service http://talkradionews.com/ OK http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheTalkRadioNewsService/~3/44eXaAA-h2M/ 400576 Person congress Sat Nov 07 11:07:29 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...studies like this one, which concluded that congressmen can boost their approval ratings by holding Internet town halls. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., proposed an amendment banning the use of NSF funds for such political science studies. Nine Republicans vo 'r':30 'vo':48 'ban':35 'nsf':39 'one':11 'sen':26 'tom':27 'use':37 'fund':40 'hall':25 'hold':22 'like':9 'nine':46 'okla':31 'rate':20 'town':24 'amend':34 'appar':4 'boost':17 'polit':43 'spend':2 'studi':8,45 'approv':19 'coburn':28 'propos':32 'r-okla':29 'scienc':44 'conclud':13 'congress':3 'internet':23 'prioriti':7 'rantburg':49 'republican':47 'congressmen':15 6608376 false true daylife Rantburg http://rantburg.com/ OK http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?D=2009-11-07&ID=282702 400576 Person senator Sat Nov 07 11:07:23 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 This post was mentioned on Twitter by Anthony G. Martin and Lisa_Sage, Angry & Pissed!. Angry & Pissed! said: Senator Tom Coburn Standing his ground against the Health Care bill that will financially destroy ths Nation! ... 'g':19 'big':1,46 'sen':8 'ths':44 'tom':30 'bill':39 'blog':3 'care':38 'lisa':22 'love':7 'piss':25,27 'post':12 'sage':23 'said':28 'angri':24,26 'senat':29 'stand':32 'archiv':4 'coburn':9,31 'govern':2,47 'ground':34 'health':37 'martin':20 'nation':45 'reason':10 'anthoni':18 'destroy':43 'financi':42 'mention':14 'twitter':16 6608368 false true google blog Big Government http://biggovernment.com/ OK http://biggovernment.com/2009/11/06/why-we-love-sen-coburn-reason-325-dr-no-threatening-to-have-bill-read-on-senate-floor/ 400576 Person sen\. Sat Nov 07 11:07:29 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...objectively as I can. I see a lot to like in both of them, myself. The important thing is that they answer questions and engage with you, more so than me. I don't get an actual vote in this one. See link above for more on Coburn's actions on our behalf 'get':40 'lot':13 'one':46 'see':11,47 'sen':1 'tom':2 'like':15 'link':48 'stop':5 'view':61 'vote':43 'yell':4 'engag':30 'riehl':59 'thing':23 'world':60 'action':55 'actual':42 'answer':27 'behalf':58 'coburn':3,53 'import':22 'object':6 'question':28 6608373 false true daylife Riehl World View http://www.riehlworldview.com/carnivorous_conservative/ OK http://www.riehlworldview.com/carnivorous_conservative/2009/11/sen-tom-coburn-yells-stop.html 400576 Person republican Sat Nov 07 11:07:23 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Sen. Tom Coburn, the Oklahoma Republican who developed a close friendship with President Obama when they served together in the Senate, is threatening to have the entire health care bill read on the Senate floor. ... 'dr':4 'sen':12 'tom':13 'bill':41 'care':40 'read':42 'serv':28 'stop':9 'close':21 'entir':38 'floor':46 'obama':25 'senat':32,45 'coburn':5,14 'health':39 'mccain':3,49 'pelosi':11 'presid':24 'togeth':29 'develop':19 'oklahoma':16 'threaten':34 'prescript':7 'friendship':22 'republican':17 6608372 false true google blog The Other McCain http://rsmccain.blogspot.com/ OK http://rsmccain.blogspot.com/2009/11/dr-coburns-prescription-to-stop-pelosi.html 400576 Person democrat Sat Nov 07 11:07:23 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Right now, in a disgraceful move, my Senator, Tom Coburn, is single-handedly holding up some very important veteran legislation. Sen. Coburn is trying to block S. 1963, "The Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2009. ... 'act':47 'sen':32 'tom':19 'tri':35 '1963':39 '2009':49 'hand':24 'hate':8 'hold':25 'mole':1,50 'move':16 'block':37 'right':11 'senat':18 'singl':23 'coburn':20,33 'health':45 'import':29 'legisl':31 'servic':46 'caregiv':41 'disgrac':15 'omnibus':44 'veteran':10,30,43 'democrat':4,53 'progress':3,52 'republican':7 'single-hand':22 6608370 false true google blog Mole's Progressive Democrat http://moleprogressive.blogspot.com/ OK http://moleprogressive.blogspot.com/2009/11/why-do-republicans-hate-our-veterans.html 400576 Person democrat Sat Nov 07 11:07:23 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) “is threatening to have the entire health care bill read on the Senate floor,” POLITICO reports. Senior Senate Democratic aides had heard Coburn was considering having potentially thousands of pages read aloud ... 'r':15 'ok':16 'aid':36 'tom':12 'bill':10,25 'care':24 'forc':3 'page':46 'r-ok':14 'read':7,26,47 'aloud':48 'clerk':5 'could':2 'entir':8,22 'floor':30 'heard':38 'senat':4,11,29,34 'coburn':1,13,39 'consid':41 'health':9,23 'report':32 'senior':33 'potenti':43 'senatus':49 'democrat':35 'politico':31 'thousand':44 'threaten':18 6608371 false true google blog SENATUS http://senatus.wordpress.com/ OK http://senatus.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/coburn-could-force-senate-clerks-to-read-entire-health-bill/ 400576 Person senate Fri Nov 06 22:21:25 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Yesterday the Senate defeated Tom Coburn's amendment to kill the National Science Foundation's political science program -- which had my colleagues up in arms -- by a 62-36 vote that broke down largely along party lines: PartyYesNo ... Each senato '62':34 '-36':35 'arm':31 'tom':11 'kill':16 'larg':40 'line':43 'vote':4,36 'along':41 'amend':3,14 'broke':38 'nyhan':6,48 'parti':42 'polit':22 'senat':9 'coburn':2,12 'defeat':10 'nation':18 'scienc':19,23 'senato':46 'brendan':5,47 'foundat':20 'program':24 'colleagu':28 'yesterday':7 'partyyesno':44 6604100 false true google blog Brendan Nyhan http://www.brendan-nyhan.com/blog/ OK http://www.brendan-nyhan.com/blog/2009/11/the-coburn-amendment-vote.html 400576 Person democrat Fri Nov 06 22:21:31 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Tom Coburn, the Oklahoma Republican who developed a close friendship with President Obama when they served together in the Senate, is threatening to have the entire health care bill read on the Senate floor. Senior Senate Democratic aides had heard Cobu 'dr':1 'aid':48 'tom':11 'bill':6,39 'care':38 'cobu':51 'read':7,40 'serv':26 'close':19 'entir':36 'floor':10,44 'heard':50 'obama':23 'senat':9,30,43,46 'coburn':12 'health':37 'presid':22 'senior':45 'togeth':27 'develop':17 'democrat':47 'oklahoma':14 'politico':53 'threaten':3,32 'friendship':20 'republican':15 6604105 false true daylife The Politico http://www.politico.com/ OK http://www.politico.com/livepulse/1109/Dr_No_threatening_to_have_bill_read_on_Senate_floor.html 400576 Person republican Fri Nov 06 22:21:25 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Regarding Fiorina's base, she gained conservative support on Thursday from Senator Tom Coburn along with much of the Republican mainstream following her announcement on Wednesday. DeVore has a big mountain to climb both with national ... 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