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New York Times columnist and Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman is questioning Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn’s claim that Obamacare caused him to lose his cancer specialist. “It’s a garbage story, it really is,” said Krugman in a back-and-forth with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on CNN after the State of the Union on Tuesday. Coburn, who announced earlier this month that he’ll resign from office at the end of the year as he battles his fourth bout with cancer, told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that his oncologist was no longer covered under his health care plan.

Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK), is known as a Tea Party favorite who isn't afraid to go after anyone, but now he's turning his attention to professional sports -- and it could cost the PGA Tour millions in new taxes. The PGA Tour and LPGA Tour, like its fellow U.S.-based sports leagues, are classified under the law as a 501(c)(6) organization -- a tax-exempt status granted to Business Leagues, Chamber of Commerces and Real Estate Boards. Coburn's bill, the PRO Sports Act (S. 1524) would exclude major sports leagues from receiving tax-exempt status and force the PGA Tour, which generated more...

Just about the time you're tucking into your Thanksgiving leftovers, the Senate will get around to a final vote on the food safety bill. By Thursday night in the Capitol, it was all about negotiating with the lone hold-out, Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK).Coburn had threatened to hold up the food safety bill to get a vote to ban spending on lawmaker's pet projects, a.k.a. an "earmarks" ban. And eventually, he got that assurance. [snip] The bill would give the Food and Drug Administration more authority to recall tainted foods and increase inspections, as well as put new produce safety requirements...

Thanks to a bill President –elect Barack Obama help pass in 2006 we will be able to see where some of the billions of tax dollar he will spend will go. Inspired by this bill by Senator T. Colburn and Obama, elected officials at the state level also set up internet sites where taxpayers can now be “fiscal watchdogs”.