An Arizona conservative congressman is shining light on how President Barack Obama is using $3 million of taxpayer money to teach National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) officials how to lobby Congress. In the first of a series of efforts
National Defense is the most important job of the Federal Government, one that can’t be done elsewhere. I believe in a strong national defense. I believe in Ronald Reagan’s policy of “Peace through Strength.” I believe there are many ways
San Antonio was recently granted $1 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which lies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) according to a congressional statement submitted to Breitbart Texas. The grant was given through the agency’s Urban Areas
Oklahoma City Thunder owner Clay Bennett has joined the T.W. Shannon campaign as a campaign chair days after Shannon received former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s endorsement. According to The McCarville Report, Bennett, the “longtime business leader noted for bringing the
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, whose endorsement former South Carolina Senator and Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint said had the most impact in GOP primaries, endorsed conservative Oklahoman T.W. Shannon on Wednesday in his bid to replace retiring Sen. Tom
TW Shannon served as the youngest and first black Republican Speaker of the House in Oklahoma. Shannon, who is also Native American, is running for the US Senate this year to fill the open seat vacated by Sen. Tom Coburn
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) revealed in a letter to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, an incident that occurred along the U.S./Mexico border in which two men in what appeared to be Mexican military uniforms and who were heavily armed, were
T.W. Shannon, the conservative who stepped down as Oklahoma’s House Speaker to run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), said the country’s spiraling debt is a moral crisis and threatens its national security. Speaking
Vladimir Putin isn’t the only one who can slip a few armed men across an inconvenient border. Buzzfeed has a big story about a possible Mexican Army incursion into Arizona. It’s a big enough deal to have Senator Tom Coburn
Grassroots conservatives at CPAC 2014 may have been a bit surprised to find themselves being addressed by establishment Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and their reaction suggests they were a bit less than overwhelmed by his so called “red meat” speech.
On March 6th Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) brought a gun to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). McConnell carried a rifle onto the stage and handed it to Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK). According to the National Journal, McConnell’s moment with
Some people don’t believe it. In school, we were taught, along with reading, ‘riting, and ‘rithmatic, how the Constitution is amended: an amendment must go before both houses of Congress and pass a two-thirds vote. Before it becomes a permanent
On Wednesday, Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK) cleared the way for other Republican candidates to replace Sen. Tom Coburn by withdrawing his name as a potential candidate for senator in Oklahoma. Oklahoma Senator Coburn, a leader in the fight against government
On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Tuesday, outgoing Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) spoke about his cancer diagnosis and revealed that he lost his cancer specialist as a result of being covered under ObamaCare.
On the eve of Obama’s State of the Union Speech, his signature achievement still remains grossly unpopular with the American people. The latest AP poll shows that 66% disapprove of the law – and there’s no reason to believe the
Most pundits and political professionals expect the GOP to have a good showing in the midterm elections. Historically, the opposition picks up seats in the 6th year of a President’s tenure. Obama’s approval ratings are at rock bottom and the
The Weekly Standard’s Bill Kristol said on CBS’ “Face The Nation” on Sunday that Sens. Richard Burr (R-NC),Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) will lay out an alternative plan to ObamaCare tomorrow…
It is a safe bet that Tom Coburn will not have a big federal building named for him. He is not likely to get a monument erected around here honoring him. He won’t be sitting for an official portrait —
Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn (R) will retire at the end of the current Congress. He has been battling a recurrence of prostate cancer. “Serving as Oklahoma’s senator has been, and continues to be, one of the great privileges and blessings
(AP) Okla. Sen. Coburn to retire after current sessionOKLAHOMA CITYU.S. Sen. Tom Coburn says he plans to finish the current year in office and resign his seat nearly two years before his term is scheduled to end. The 66-year-old Coburn
In response to House Passes ObamaCare Security Bill 291-122 : Yesterday, U.S. Sens. Mike Johanns (R-NE) and John Barrasso (R-WY) introduced legislation in the Senate that is similar to the bill that just passed the House. The Health Exchange
Sen. Tom Coburn, 65, the fiery, conservative Oklahoma Republican who is well-known for pushing socially conservative measures such as anti-abortion bills and defending gun rights and the death penalty, is fighting prostate cancer and might not serve out his term.
(AP) Showdown set on unemployment bill in SenateBy DAVID ESPOAP Special CorrespondentWASHINGTONThe new year looks a lot like the old one in the Senate, with Democrats scratching for votes to pass an agenda they share with President Barack Obama, and
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) Sunday on NBC’s “Meet The Press” …
With the War on Women now apparently behind us, politicians here have turned their attention to the next front: The War on Math. After months of agonizing over the draconian “sequester” cuts to the military and other government programs that
Your tax dollars, to the tune of $914,000, are going to the serious study of romance novels, James Bond, and “Call Me Maybe.” It’s true. According to a report in this year’s Wastebook–a compilation of the most unnecessary and ridiculous federal
Republican Sen. Tom Coburn from Oklahoma, who just released his annual “Wastebook,” calls it a “compilation of about $30 billion of stupidity, incompetence, and waste.” This amount of waste is particularly high considering the Ryan-Murray budget could only muster up
The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General released a report on Monday evaluating DHS’ Information Security Program. According to the executive summary, the report identified a number of issues that concerned Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), ranking member of
The Internal Revenue Service is tasked with calculating tax credits under the Obamacare program but as of yet, does not have a strategy to mitigate tax return fraud on healthcare subsidies. The Inspector General for the Treasury Department reported that
Peter Schweizer’s book, Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes and Line Their Own Pockets, exposes abusive money schemes undermining the legitimacy of representative government. Beltway tactics such as the “tollbooth,” the “milker bill,” and “double milker bills” shamelessly extort campaign
Twenty-seven Republican senators voted for Wednesday’s bill passed by the upper chamber to fund the U.S. government in a continuing resolution and extend the nation’s debt limit. Eighteen voted against the measure, and one was not present. Yea votes Lamar
Sen. Tom Coburn on CBS’s “Face the Nation” Sunday.
College enrollment in the United States dropped by a half million students in 2012 compared to 2011, according to a report released by the U.S. Census Bureau. The Daily Mail reports that the overall number of college students decreased by
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) said President Barack Obama was getting “perilously close” to being impeached at a Wednesday public appearance. “I think those are serious things, but we’re in serious times,” Coburn said in response to a question about impeachment
The Obama Administration’s dire warnings that cuts to the rate of spending increases–known as “sequestration”–would unleash economic destruction and national peril appear to have been wildly overblown, as nearly every major agency has reduced or eliminated altogether the number of
On Wednesday, immediately after the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a proposed ruling that allowed the federal government to subsidize the health insurance premiums of Congressional staffers–even though that may not be allowed under the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)–Sen.
Conservative Republican senators will be using the August recess to organize a “grassroots army” to put pressure on Republican leaders, particularly Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), to defund Obamacare during the budget negotiations that will ensue when they return
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) claimed Tuesday that shutting down the government would not stop Obamacare from being implemented and accused Republicans like Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) of misleading conservatives by pushing to defund the healthcare law
On Wednesday, MSNBC faux conservative morning host Joe Scarborough ripped into Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) over Cruz’s attempt to push defunding of Obamacare. “He is attacking Tom Coburn as being a member of the surrender caucus, when Tom Coburn –
The Republican Party says it will boycott the July 25th nomination hearing for Obama’s pick for Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security. The nominee, Alejandro Mayorkas, is currently being investigated over allegations that he “used his current role as director of U.S.
