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NEWS ABOUT: Tom Coburn

Tom Coburn stories: 13 news summaries
OPINION

 Gun Nuts 
 Firing Blanks 
 in Power Play 

Depleted GOP no "paper tiger — it’s a paper muskrat"

Aug 23, 09 5:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn has some gall. The fact that he can defend gun nuts calling for blood to "water the tree of liberty" after terrorist Timothy McVeigh wore the same Thomas Jefferson quote on his shirt in the Oklahoma City bombing infuriates New York Times columnist Frank Rich.... More »

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Barack Obama • gun control • Tom Coburn • Sarah Palin • Timothy McVeigh

ANALYSIS

Power Meets Prayer at DC 'Family' House

C Street House members believe they 'transcend morality'

Jul 21, 09 2:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The C Street House, the Capitol Hill religious enclave that Mark Sanford, John Ensign, and Chip Pickering have in common, is more than a residence that happened to shelter three lawmakers involved in recent sex scandals, writes Jeff Sharlet in Salon. "If sexual license was all the Family offered... More »

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sex scandal • religion • Charles Grassley • Tom Coburn • Chip Pickering • John Ensign • Washington, DC • Mark Sanford • Jim DeMint • C Street • C Street House

CONFIRMATION HEARINGS

 Firefighters 
 Drop In on 
 Sotomayor 


Jul 15, 09 10:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - The New Haven Fire Department arrived in uniform on Capitol Hill today to watch the third day of Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings, the New York Times reports. So far talk has swirled around abortion, with Sotomayor refuting reports that the Obama administration had given her a “litmus... More »

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abortion • gun control • John Cornyn • Tom Coburn • Senate confirmation hearings • confirmation hearings • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor • Supreme Court justice

UPDATED

Husband Outed Ensign Affair
to Fox News

Hampton's lawyer made 'exorbitant demands': senator

Jun 19, 09 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - The husband of John Ensign’s mistress sent a letter detailing the affair to Fox News just days before the senator’s public admission, the Las Vegas Sun reports. A spokesman said Ensign acknowledged the affair because Doug Hampton had approached “a major television news channel.” The senator's... More »

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Congress • media • Fox News • Tom Coburn • John Ensign • US Senate • extramarital affair • Cindy Hampton • Doug Hampton • Megyn Kelly

(Newser) - When the stimulus was in the works, President Obama went to great lengths to show he was sacrificing his top pet project—a clean-coal power plant to be built in Illinois—on the altar of fiscal responsibilities. “It shows that we’re serious,” a rep for Nancy Pelosi... More »

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Barack Obama • earmarks • Tom Coburn • pork barrel spending • economic stimulus package • Obama administration • clean coal • President Obama • FutureGen

analysis

Questionable Projects Gobble Stimulus Funds

Report skeptical of
$2M dance center,
$1M Okla. guardrail

Jun 14, 09 12:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The economic stimulus is funding a variety of projects, but some possibilities—like a $1.1 million move to fix a guardrail no one uses—don’t seem to fit President Obama’s vision for the money, the Los Angeles Times reports. Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn will question such projects... More »

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alternative energy • Tom Coburn • economic stimulus package • President Obama • public works

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 US Troops Will Exit 
 Iraq by 2011: Odierno 

Coburn praises Obama; Mexican envoy sounds off at NRA

Apr 12, 09 12:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - The top US commander in Iraq said American combat troops may overstay a June 30 deadline calling for their withdrawal from some Iraqi cities, but will likely exit the country entirely as scheduled by 2011. “I think I feel comfortable with that timeline,” said Gen. Ray Odierno, who... More »

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troop withdrawal • Tom Coburn • Evan Bayh • 2009 budget • Gen. Ray Odierno

Senate Committee OKs Holder for Attorney General

Cornyn, Coburn dissent in 17-2 vote; full body could confirm tomorrow

Jan 28, 09 2:08 PM CST
(AP) - Senate Republicans did little to stop the progress of Barack Obama's choice for attorney general, with the Judiciary Committee voting 17-2 today to endorse Eric Holder; John Cornyn of Texas and Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, Republicans both, were the lone dissenters. The Senate could vote as early as tomorrow to... More »

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Department of Justice • Attorney General • Senate Judiciary Committee • Senate Republicans • John Cornyn • Tom Coburn • Eric Holder • Obama administration • President Obama

Senator Told
It's Unethical to
Deliver Babies

Ethics panel sees conflict in Coburn's pro-bono work

Aug 12, 08 5:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sen.Tom Coburn, an obstetrician by profession, is a stubborn guy. Known around the cloakroom as Dr. No, he isn't about to let anyone tell him to stop delivering babies when he's at home in Oklahoma at recess. The Senate Ethics Committee insists it's a conflict of interest, even though... More »

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medicine • Republican • doctor • Tom Coburn • Senate Ethics Committee • conflict of interest • obstetrician-gynecologists

Dems Fail to Override GOP's Bill-Blocker

Reid's bundled bill designed to trump Coburn falls short

Jul 29, 08 9:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - A bill aimed at trumping one senator’s efforts to block dozens of pieces of legislation was itself halted yesterday, the Washington Post reports. Sen. Tom Coburn has held up some 80 bills to prevent spending he considers unnecessary; Democrat Harry Reid's legislative omnibus, which contained 35 bills in one,... More »

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Congress • Senate • Harry Reid • legislation • Tom Coburn • bill

Democrats Out to Thwart Senate's 'Dr. No'

Big bill combines measures all blocked by prickly Coburn

Jul 28, 08 8:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - While the Senate has long been in the business of passing catchall “omnibus” legislation, now Democrats are trying out the Tomnibus, a bill loaded with measures that have all been blocked by one man: Tom Coburn, alias Dr. No. The Oklahoma Republican wields Senate procedure like a deathray—he... More »

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Congress • Senate • Harry Reid • legislation • Tom Coburn

Senator Blocks Presidential Papers Bill

Anonymous hold delays attempt to overturn Bush's records-sealing order

Sep 20, 07 12:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - An unidentified Republican senator is blocking a bill that would overturn President Bush's 2001 executive order allowing presidents to keep their papers permanently classified. The bill, approved by the House 333-93 in March, would easily survive a presidential veto if it passed the Senate. A hold is essentially a... More »

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Senate • Ted Stevens • filibuster • Tom Coburn • presidential papers • George Voinovich • George W. Bush

Ethics Reform Bill Sails Through Senate

Some Republicans unsatisfied with scope; Bush may not sign

Aug 2, 07 6:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - The ethics reform bill, which tightens restrictions on congressional pet projects and lobbyist dealings, easily cleared the Senate today. The final vote was 83-14, with all of those opposed Republicans. Critics say the bill won't go far enough to curb earmark spending, the AP reports, but Dianne Feinstein praised the... More »

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ethics • Senate • Dianne Feinstein • House of Representatives • reform • Russ Feingold • ethics bill • lobbying • Tom Coburn • George W. Bush

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