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.
On Wednesday, Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) of the Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs penned a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack pointing out waste and abuse within the department that could be cut in order to pay
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) sent a bracing letter to Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday accusing him of failing to redirect wasted money within the Department of Justice from frivolities to necessities. Pointing out that the Department of Justice claimed
Sen. Tom Coburn said Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”
Sunday on CBS’ Face the Nation, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) stated that Attorney General Eric Holder should be prevented from investigating himself over accusations concerning Department of Justice targeting of journalists. “Allowing the very person that authorized the two things
As Oklahomans were suffering after Monday’s devastating tornado, Roll Call reporter Meredith Shiner callously wondered on Twitter if Republican lawmakers who were tweeting “thoughts and prayers” to the victims of the deadly tornado would demand that disaster aid be offset. Will
