Michelle Malkin writes this afternoon about Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) delivering “a rousing defense of the ‘Party of No’” a short while ago in the nation’s capitol: “We’re accused of being the party of no,” he said. But “no is a wonderful word. When your child is misbehaving, you say no. When someone’s stealing liberty, [...]
Senator Coburn Says ‘Yes’ to the Word ‘No’
December 18th, 2009 · No Comments
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Ten ‘Heistman Trophy’ Finalists Named
December 11th, 2009 · No Comments
Today, one year after sharing a similar report in 2008, I share a new oversight report issued this week on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act by Sens. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.). Inside, it contains candidates for what an annual award I’ve decided to call “The Heistman Trophy.” Among those, descriptions of [...]
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Senator Lists Wasteful Provisions of Stimulus Bill
February 4th, 2009 · No Comments
In a post published yesterday on his web site, Sen. Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-Okla.) lists nearly three-dozen “wasteful and non-stimulus spending provisions” in the deeply-flawed Senate stimulus bill. Those provisions appear below: • $2 billion earmark to re-start FutureGen, a near-zero emissions coal power plant in Illinois that the Dept. of Energy defunded last year [...]
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Coburn Offers Fixes for ‘Generational Theft Act’
February 4th, 2009 · No Comments
Sen. Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-Okla.) yesterday began offering amendments to the deeply-flawed Senate stimulus bill in an effort to improve the bill and ensure that taxpayer dollars will go to solutions will stimulate economic growth. His list of amendments includes the following: 1. Require that all money in the bill given to states be a [...]
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Report Highlights Worst Waste of 2008
December 12th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Sen. Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, today released the oversight report, “2008: Worst Waste of the Year.” The look back on 2008 features absurd federal spending from beltway bureaucrats and elected officials. “As we look back on federal spending for 2008, American taxpayers will laugh, and [...]
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Senator Coburn Offers Wise Post-Election Counsel
November 5th, 2008 · 4 Comments
In my ‘Tuesday Evening Quarterback’ post yesterday, I shared my belief that American conservatives, perhaps, would have preferred someone more like Ronald Reagan to be their team’s starting quarterback (i.e., presidential nominee) and mentioned Sen. Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-Okla.) as a worthwhile choice. Today, Senator Coburn released the following statement regarding last night’s election results [...]
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Senator Coburn Needs Help in Filibuster Effort
July 18th, 2008 · No Comments
After reading the news release below which this native Oklahoman and staunch conservative received from Americans for Limited Government moments ago, you’ll understand why I just had to share it with my readers: Americans for Limited Government Calls Upon All GOP Senators to Join Sen. Tom Coburn’s Filibuster Against $25 Billion Omnibus Bill Americans for [...]
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