WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Monday defeated an attempt by Sen. Tom Coburn to break the impasse over funding for disabled veterans, rejecting Coburn’s proposal that would have required lawmakers to make cuts to military construction projects and other veterans programs to make room in the budget for aid to disabled vets’ caregivers."We should reduce spending somewhere else to be able to pay ...
Pity the poor Senate clerks. The 2,074-page Senate health care bill released this week by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid would take at least 34 hours to read cover to cover - and that's just what Sen. Tom Coburn wants done on the Senate floor. The Oklahoma Republican has threatened to force the Senate clerk (or more likely, a team of clerks), to read the massive bill before the full Senate ...
Guests on today’s TV news shows: • ABC’s “This Week,” 9:30 a.m. — Guests: Sen. Tom Coburn , an Oklahoma Republican; Sen. Ben Nelson , a Nebraska Democrat; Rep. Marsha Blackburn , a Tennessee Republican; Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz , a Florida Democrat.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday an agreement has been reached to allow a vote on a bill to help severely wounded veterans that has been held up Sen. Tom Coburn.
Republican Sen. Tom Coburn is backing off his threat to require that the Senate read the 2,074-page health care bill because some GOP colleagues aren't supporting the effort.
ALTUS — U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn brought his no-nonsense style to town hall meetings in Altus and Lawton Thursday, addressing issues that ranged from the national health care bill and the struggling economy to his decision to block a veterans’ health care bill. Coburn wasn’t shy about speaking his mind."I know there are going to be a bunch of veterans mad at me,” Coburn said during a morning session ...
