President Barack Obama has repeatedly advocated making the federal tax code “fairer” for Americans, but his White House is …
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Oklahoma Lawmaker Faces Conservative Skeptics in Senate Bid
James Lankford is looking to succeed fellow Republican Tom Coburn
Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn Retiring From Congress
Citing health and other concerns, ‘Dr. No’ says no more
President Signs HOPE Act, Clearing the Way for HIV Positive Organ Donation
The new law could potentially lead to organ donations between HIV positive people.
Newt Gingrich’s Battle with the GOP ‘Establishment’
On Tuesday morning, former Vice President Dan Quayle endorsed Mitt Romney, as did California Congressmen Jerry Lewis, Ken Calvert and Brian Bilbray. On Monday morning, Tennessee Congressmen Jimmy Duncan, Diane Black and Phil Roe announced their support. In the past month Senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, New Hampshire’s Kelly Ayotte …
As Prospects for a Grand Debt Deal Fade, Gang of Six Shapes Plan B
At a White House meeting on July 7 when President Obama told congressional leaders he wanted a grand bargain on deficit reduction, Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Senate Democrat and a member of the bipartisan so-called Gang of Six, began …
With Deficit Plan Revived, Senate Gang of Six Gains Traction — and a Nod from Obama
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An ambitious deficit reduction framework crafted by the Senate’s bipartisan Gang of Six earned two key endorsements on Tuesday as President Obama called it “broadly consistent” with what he wants from …
What if There Was a Reasonable Compromise on Medicare?
Sen. Joe Lieberman has found an ally for the middle-of-the-road Medicare reform proposal he laid out a few weeks ago. On Tuesday, the independent Senator from Connecticut and conservative Republican Tom Coburn unveiled a tweaked version of Lieberman’s plan. They hope to build a coalition of support for the proposal, which they say …
Grover Norquist, Tom Coburn, AARP and the Looming Deficit Showdown
As I type this, Vice President Joe Biden is one floor below me, cloistered in a room with congressional negotiators trying to work out a deal to slash deficits and raise the debt ceiling before the Aug. 2 deadline, when the …
Coburn Takes On Ethanol Hypocrisy
The Senate voted down a bill Monday afternoon that would’ve strip $6 billion in annual ethanol subsidies and get rid of an import tariff on ethanol, particularly from Brazil, coming into the United States. The measure, co-sponsored by Oklahoma Republican Tom Coburn and California Democrat Dianne Feinstein, garnered a surprising amount of …
The Gang Falters: Coburn Breaks from Deficit Negotiations
Senator Tom Coburn on Tuesday said that he’s “taking a break” from the Gang of Six, the Senate group that has been trying for months to reach a bipartisan deal on deficit reduction. The Oklahoma Republican’s withdrawal …
Lingering Questions from the John Ensign Files
The lurid revelations from the Senate Ethics Committee’s report on John Ensign’s alleged cover-up of an extramarital affair have raised a battery of questions, including why the Department of Justice and Federal Election …
Thank Tom Coburn for This Beauty
Per Ben Smith, Sharron Angle is now running an ad saying that Harry Reid “actually voted to use taxpayer dollars to pay for Viagra for convicted child molesters and sex offenders. What else could you ever need to know about Harry Reid?”
Presto, another example of members of Congress conducting politics under the guise of legislating. …