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Posted in Deficit, Tom Coburn on Aug 1st, 2011
Here is the man with real solutions to the real problems. The real problem in America is a corrupt ruling party. When President Obama, Senator Reid, and company refused to consider real solutions, they showed that they are 90% of the problem. Let’s not pretend both parties are to blame. Republican leaders scored a victory [...]
Posted in Deficit, Infrastructure, Spending, Tom Coburn, Waste on Mar 1st, 2011
Remember when $10 million dollars meant something? Nowadays, such denominations are merely rounding errors for many of our Federal Government agencies and their myriad profligate spending programs. In today’s Wall Street Journal, reporter Damian Paletta reminds us in his ‘Billions in Bloat Uncovered in Beltway’ article of how millions quickly add up to billions. Thanks to [...]
Posted in Deficit, Tom Carper, Tom Coburn on Dec 6th, 2010
Senator Carper has joined in a group of 14 Democrats who support Tom Coburn and Mike Crapo in efforts to bring the deficit commission plan to Congress. The Hill gives us some background on the Bipartisan Plan. The 11 commissioners who did vote for the plan includes a mixture of liberals and conservatives, Democrats [...]
Posted in Chris Coons, Earmarks, Earmarxists, Tom Carper, Tom Coburn on Dec 1st, 2010
Delaware’s Two Senators helped block an Earmark ban yesterday. Harry Reid pet Chris Coons spouted the party line, but Senator Tom Carper surprised observers because he had voiced support for the ban. Maybe the Language needed to be worked out. Here is the Coburn amendment, you decide. SA 4697. Mr. COBURN (for himself, Mrs. McCaskill, and [...]
Posted in Tom Coburn on Apr 13th, 2010
If Senator Tom Coburn can take FoxNews to task for perpetuating the notion that people will be imprisonedfor not getting health insurance, then I can respectfully point out that it doesn’t. Someone in a town hall may have said they got it from Foxnews and they may have from some guest on a show, but [...]
Posted in Healthcare, Tom Coburn on Mar 19th, 2010
Senator Coburn has thrown down the gauntlet to house sell outs. For state employees blocked from Youtube and slow connections, here is the money quote. Can you say scorched earth? SEN. TOM COBURN (R), OKLAHOMA: I want to send a couple of messages to my colleagues in the House. If you voted no and you [...]
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