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  • Coburn Forces Reading of 767-Page Single Payer Amendment

    12/16/2009 10:10:26 AM PST · by Maelstorm · 309 replies · 18,511+ views
    http://spectator.org/ ^ | 12.16.09 | By Philip Klein
    Sen. Tom Coburn has just demanded that the Senate clerk read the single-payer amendment offered by Sen. Bernie Sanders -- and it's 767 pages. Typically, Senators offering amendments will ask for unanimous consent to avoid reading the entire meausure, but all it takes is one Senator to object to demand its reading, and Coburn objected to Sanders attempt to dispense with the reading of the amendment. To give you a sense of how this could delay things, it took the Senate clerk 18 minutes to get through the first 6 pages of the amendment, which were the table of contents....
  • Senator Coburn on Fox and Friends.

    07/13/2005 5:39:26 AM PDT · by ConservativeMan55 · 44 replies · 1,314+ views
    Fox and Friends.
    This is a transcript of Senator Coburn's remarks on Fox and Friends. Doocy: Good Morning Senator. Its a pleasure to have you here. Coburn: Its a pleasure to be here Steve. Doocy: Ok we brought you on here to discuss the Supreme Court situation. What do you think? Coburn: I believe its the Presidents prerogative. You know its like one of my Democrat colleages in the House said. If you want to nominate judges to the Supreme Court you need to win the Presidency. The demand for input is just that. Its a demand. There is nothing constitutional about it....
  • Coburn wins Okla. Senate primary

    07/28/2004 6:21:06 AM PDT · by CharlieOK1 · 52 replies · 1,480+ views
    Boston Globe ^ | 7/28/04 | Ron Jenkins, Associated Press
    OKLAHOMA CITY -- Former three-term congressman Tom Coburn won the Republican nomination yesterday for the seat of Senator Don Nickles. Nickles, a Republican, is retiring after 24 years in the Senate.. Coburn trounced former Oklahoma City mayor Kirk Humphreys after a bruising and expensive three-candidate race marked by allegations of backstabbing and shady land deals. Coburn will meet Democratic Representative Brad Carson in November in a race that could play a big role in who controls the Senate.