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• Rush Limbaugh’s Brillant Idea On Health Care–A Firing Line Debate Between–Barach Obama, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi Vs. Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin and Paul Ryan–Take The Presidential Challenge!

  
  Pronk Palisades — Authority: 484
    Godfather pepsi vs coca cola commercial   I was listening to Rush when he was talking about President Obama’s proposed  meeting with both the Republicans and Democrats about their  ideas for health care reform. Given the way both President Obama and the progressive radical socialist Democrats froze ...
  18 hours ago

• TARP Watchdog Launches Audit of Bailout Contracts

  
  On The Hill — Authority: 505
  by Paul Kiel, ProPublica The Treasury Department has spent more than $159 million paying financial companies and legal firms to help the government dole out TARP funds. We at ProPublica have learned that the special inspector general for the TARP ( SIGTARP ), Neil Barofsky, has started an audit of how Treasury ...
  19 hours ago

• Lighter gun restrictions coming to a national park near you

  
  Iowa Independent — Authority: 622
  When Congress passed new consumer protections for credit card holders last May, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., successfully attached a not-at-all-related amendment allowing firearms in national parks, so long as gun carriers comply with laws of the state in which the park is located. That law is now scheduled to take ...
  19 hours ago

• Lighter Gun Restrictions Coming to a National Park Near You

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 749
  When Congress passed new consumer protections for credit card holders last May, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) successfully attached a not-at-all-related amendment allowing firearms in national parks, so long as gun carriers comply with laws of the state in which the park is located. That law is now scheduled to take ...
  20 hours ago

• Tom Coburn is mean…

  
  The Lost Ogle — Authority: 546
  When I think of a strong leader, I think someone who will stick up for a friend or colleague during a time of crisis…not simply throw them under the bus.  According to this logic, Tom Coburn is not a good leader.  He’s also very mean.(p.s.- Last week, we wrote an article that had to do [...]
  1 day ago

• Real Negotiations or Presidential Photo Op?

  
  Let Freedom Ring — Authority: 138
  The first reaction I had when I read that President Obama has finally invited Republicans to the White House to talk about health care was “What took you so long?” The next thought I had was whether he’d insist that some of their ideas be included in a health care bill. Anything’s possible but I’ll ...
  2 days ago

• C Street to Jenny Sanford: Keep Fucking Mark, Even While He’s Cheating on You

  
  Emptywheel — Authority: 719
  I really had no interest in reading Jenny Sanford’s book. But I might have to read it only to get clarity on this tidbit that Ruth Marcus writes about . (h/t Rayne) After one of the all-too-rare pre-affair moments in which Jenny gets angry, Mark enlists leaders of a congressional Christian fellowship to talk her ...
  3 days ago

• i spit in the general direction of your Benefits

  
  The Unsinkable brian cork — Authority: 123
  For a solid reference point, please see one of my earlier posts: healthcare is not for You . On Tuesday the 20th of November 2009, the Senate health committee voted 12-11 in favor of a two-page amendment courtesy of Republican Tom Coburn that would require all Members and their staffs to enroll in any new ...
  5 days ago

• Coburn Embraces Gun-Clinging Tea Partiers

  
  MoJo Blog Posts: mojo — Authority: 144
  At " question time " last week, President Obama called for an end to reckless and bitter partisanship. Rejecting this idea, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) will attach a set of gun rights amendments to must-pass appropriations bills to make Democrats who oppose such measures appear out of step with the public, Roll Call ...
  5 days ago

• GOP Readies Push to Loosen Gun Laws

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 154
  One in five Americans is either jobless or underemployed, and one in six is without health insurance. What’s the GOP’s response? Gun amendments. Senate Republicans, led by Sen. Tom Coburn (Okla.), are readying a number of gun-friendly amendments they intend to offer this year on must-pass appropriations bills, ...
  5 days ago

• No Such Thing as Simple Health Reform

  
  Economix — Authority: 729
  Congress can do it "simply," or do it right, an economist writes.
  1 week ago

• Senators (Drs) Coburn and Barrasso Talk About Stopping Medicare and Medicaid Fraud

  
  ARRA News Service — Authority: 523
  Senator Tom Coburn and Senator John Barrasso discuss how Republicans want to reduce health care costs. One step-by-step way is stopping Medicare and Medicaid fraud that costs billions of dollars. They discuss Senator George LeMieuxs "Prevent Health Care Fraud Act."
  1 week ago

• Quickie- Stallin the stallin: Senate Parliamentarian Derails Tom Coburn

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 158
  By GottaLaff Todays Quickie: Awww, did someone get obstructed? For the second time in as many months, Senate Democrats have prevented Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) from using procedural maneuvers to stall debate , thanks to controversial rulings by the chamber’s Parliamentarian, Alan Frumin. That was todays ...
  2 weeks ago

• Sen. Tom Coburn: Hey, Let’s Cut Spending

  
  The Lonely Conservative — Authority: 648
  Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) has identified a number of federal federal programs that are duplicative and can be cut or consolidated. It only makes sense, if you’re family were in massive debt wouldn’t you cut unnecessary spending? Why the federal government isn’t doing what most American families are doing today ...
  2 weeks ago

• Jim Inhofe CAIR: CAIR Wants Meeting with Inhofe: Tulsa World Refrains from Mentioning CAIR by Name

  
  Maggie's Notebook — Authority: 622
  Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) made a statement at a Senate Armed Services Committee this week that prompted Oklahomas Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) to ask Inhofe for a meeting. My hubby found this piece in the TulsaWorld, who would not even print the word "CAIR." See a video below. During the Senate Armed ...
  2 weeks ago

• Which Senators Oppose Climate Action By The EPA?

  
  That's My Congress — Authority: 434
  39 members of the United States Senate chose to stand with Lisa Murkowski, in opposition to responsible efforts to slow climate change. These senators, chose to align themselves with the short-term corporate profits on the very day when NASAs Goddard Institute reported that the last decade has been the warmest on ...
  2 weeks ago

• Why the conservatives will take Congress in 2010

  
  Amorian — Authority: 118
  Last night after the Massachusetts special election I did an estimate of what the congressional election results will look like in 2010. It looks like the House will be taken by the Republicans, and there is a really good chance they will take the Senate as well.This afternoon I heard Dick Armey on the [...]
  2 weeks ago

• Do certain provisions in the health care bill violate disclosure requirements?

  
  Sunlight Foundation — Authority: 651
  Earlier this week, Sen. Tom Coburn and a group of Republican senators sent a letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid stating that certain provisions in the health care reform bill violated disclosure requirements created in the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007. Here’s a snippet of the letter ( Full ...
  3 weeks ago

• Coburn Town Hall This Friday January 15

  
  Bounded Rationality — Authority: 414
  From Nancy Rothman and the Republican Womens Club of Tulsa County: We hope you will join us this Friday evening for a very important town hall meeting with U.S. Senator Dr. Tom Coburn. U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. will be holding a town hall meeting in Tulsa on Friday, January 15, 2010. Dr. Coburn will take ...
  3 weeks ago

• Coburn And Ensign: Stop The Gotcha Politics And Lay Off Harry Reid

  
  TPM LiveWire — Authority: 818
  Sens. John Ensign (R-NV) and Tom Coburn (R-OK) have both broken with many other GOPers and spoken out in defense of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Following Sen. Reids racial remarks about then-Sen. Barack Obama during the 2008 campaign, a number of Republicans have called for his resignation from the ...
  4 weeks ago

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