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Coburn Warns Vote-Switchers on Health Care
The New York Times ^
| 03-18-10
| CARL HULSE
Posted on 03/18/2010 6:49:51 PM PDT by GOP_Lady
There are senators who use their power to block bills and nominations in the Senate, and then there is Senator Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma.
Raising the bar on Republican opposition maneuvers in the Senate, Mr. Coburn on Thursday threatened to put future holds on any Democratic House members who switch their vote in favor of the health care bill, lose their election as a result next November, and then are rewarded with a high-ranking job in the Obama administration.
If you voted no and you vote yes and you lose your election and you think any nomination to a federal position isnt going to be held in the Senate, Ive got news for you, its going to be held, said Mr. Coburn, a physician known somewhat affectionately around the Senate as Dr. No.
Mr. Coburn, appearing at a news conference with 10 fellow Republican lawmakers who are also doctors, promised to scour upcoming spending bills for any special projects that may be given to lawmakers who reluctantly back the health care bill.
If you think you can cut a deal now and it not come out until after the election, I want to tell you that isnt going to happen and be prepared to defend selling your vote in the House, Mr. Coburn warned those making up their minds across the rotunda.
(Excerpt) Read more at thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com ...
TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Oklahoma
KEYWORDS: coburn; health; healthcare; obamacare
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To: LZ_Bayonet
Juan McCain’s bill McCain-Feingold helped give us a Dem 2006/2008 Congress and 2008 Obama.
We may get ObamaCare thanks to McCain and Newt NY-23 Gingrich.
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posted on
03/18/2010 7:08:01 PM PDT
by
Frantzie
(TV - sending Americans towards Islamic serfdom - Cancel TV service NOW)
To: hstacey
Tell me about it, and I’m from Cleveland.
Cleveland will elect ANYONE with a ‘D’ after their name.
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posted on
03/18/2010 7:08:09 PM PDT
by
GOP_Lady
To: GOP_Lady
There’ve been a number who’ve done well. We’ll remember at voting time.
To: bronxville
I heard Dr COburn on audio - he was terrific.
To: GOP_Lady
Ye gads!!! A Republican senator with balls!!!
Isn’t that against the rules somehow?
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posted on
03/18/2010 7:13:21 PM PDT
by
Ronin
To: onyx
I agree. And the Deemorats response was?
There is no limit to what the other side will do to protect the insurance companies, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said.
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posted on
03/18/2010 7:16:27 PM PDT
by
fightinJAG
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To: GOP_Lady
Oklahoma is blessed with two great senators.
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posted on
03/18/2010 7:20:51 PM PDT
by
bwc2221
To: onyx
Doctor Senator Tom Coburn must be VERY GOOD with a scalpel!
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posted on
03/18/2010 7:28:21 PM PDT
by
SubMareener
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To: SoCalRight
To: Lady on the Lake
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posted on
03/18/2010 7:40:02 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do)
To: GOP_Lady
SICK EM
AND BITE HARD . . . IN VERY TENDER PLACES.
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posted on
03/18/2010 7:41:10 PM PDT
by
Quix
(BLOKES who got us where we R: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
To: GOP_Lady
'Bout time we started playing a bit of hardball. I love it.
Nam Vet
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posted on
03/18/2010 7:43:01 PM PDT
by
Nam Vet
(Inuendo IS NOT an Italian suppository.)
To: GOP_Lady
I’m from California so it isn’t any better here. They just look like the’re pulled too much (facelifts)....
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posted on
03/18/2010 7:43:31 PM PDT
by
hstacey
(An ounce of pretension is worth a pound of manure...)
To: Norman Bates
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posted on
03/18/2010 8:00:01 PM PDT
by
onyx
(BE A MONTHLY DONOR - I AM)
To: bwc2221
People in OK know how to elect officials, that’s for sure. :-)
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posted on
03/18/2010 8:02:48 PM PDT
by
GOP_Lady
To: fightinJAG; SubMareener
Doctor Senator Tom Coburn is up for reelection this year. It’s for his second term and he has already said that his second term will be his final term. He truly “gets it.”
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posted on
03/18/2010 8:05:46 PM PDT
by
onyx
(BE A MONTHLY DONOR - I AM)
To: GOP_Lady
Coburn was my favorite Sen. Then he voted yes on the first stimulus. Stabbed me in the heart.
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posted on
03/18/2010 8:11:45 PM PDT
by
PilotDave
(No, really, you just can't make this stuff up!!!)
To: GOP_Lady
If you think you can cut a deal now and it not come out until after the election, I want to tell you that isnt going to happen and be prepared to defend selling your vote in the House, Mr. Coburn warned those making up their minds across the rotunda. who does he think he is kidding? This has been SOP for decades
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posted on
03/18/2010 8:17:03 PM PDT
by
paul51
(11 September 2001 - Never forget)
To: PilotDave
I love Pelosi’s comment at the end in the article.
She is MANDATING that EVERYONE in the US buy insurance and giving massive subsidies if the money can't all be extracted out of the person.
So basically she is handing over billions of dollars to the insurance companies... and she says “there is nothing the Republicans won't do to save the insurance companies”
There was never a single democratic proposal that failed to include an individual mandate and subsidies.
The insurance companies love her.
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posted on
03/18/2010 8:18:41 PM PDT
by
evandi
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