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The retiring senator blocked more bad ideas and lousy bills than most Americans will ever know. Kimberley A. Strassel The Wall Street Journal 1/1/2015 Members of Congress come and go, and many leave Washington no better or worse than they found it. A few make a mark, and Congress is losing one of them: Tom […] January 3rd, 2015 | Tags: retirement, Sen. Tom Coburn MD | Category: Congress, Department of Homeland Security, legislation, Oklahoma, Politicians, Politics | Comments are closed
Melissa Quinn The Daily Signal 12/11/2014 In an emotional farewell address, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., today encouraged fellow lawmakers to heed their oath of office, saying it doesn’t include securing goodies for their home states. Coburn, perhaps best known for combating government waste, took to the Senate floor for his remarks. The Oklahoma Republican reminded […] December 12th, 2014 | Tags: Farewell Address, retirement, Sen. Tom Coburn MD | Category: Congress, Oklahoma, Politicians, Politics, US Constitution, Video | Comments are closed
Philip Wegmann The Daily Signal 7/10/2014 Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., said President Obama would rather play politics than follow the law to remedy the humanitarian crisis festering at the southern border. “This is a direct failure of presidential leadership,” Sessions said Thursday at the Eagle Forum’s annual leadership conference. “I’ve never seen anything like this […] July 11th, 2014 | Tags: Attorney General Greg Abbott, border control, Gov. Rick Perry, leadership, Mark Greenburg, rule of law, Sen. Jeff Sessions, Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Tom Coburn MD, Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, Department of Health and Human Services, Federal spending, Illegal Immigration, Politicians, Texas | Comments are closed
Katrina Trinko The Foundry Heritage.org 4/2/2014 Comedian Jimmy Fallon isn’t buying the hype over the 7.1 million Obamacare enrollees announced yesterday. “It’s amazing what you can achieve when you make something mandatory, and fine people if they don’t do it, and keep extending the deadline for months,” cracked the Tonight Show host. “It’s like a […] April 2nd, 2014 | Tags: "Repeal and Replace", cancer treatment, employer mandate, individual mandate, insurance mandates, Jimmy Fallon, Joe Scarborough, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), penalty, Sen. Harry Reid, Sen. Tom Coburn MD | Category: Barack Obama, Health Care, Humor, IRS, unemployment, Video | Comments are closed
$1.058 trillion in new taxes, five million insurance cancellations Elizabeth Harrington The Washington Free Beacon 4/1/2014 Sens. Tom Coburn (R., Okla.) and John Barrasso (R., Wyo.) released a new report Tuesday evening highlighting Obamacare’s failures, including forcing millions of Americans off their health insurance plans and adding $1 trillion in new taxes. The senators, both […] April 1st, 2014 | Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), Sen. John Barrasso, Sen. Mark Udall, Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Tom Coburn MD | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, Health Care, insurance, Medicine, Taxes | Comments are closed
Philip Klein The Washington Examiner 1/27/2014 Republican senators on Monday unveiled a plan to replace President Obama’s health care law that reflects the limitations on GOP health policy created by the rollout of Obamacare. Sens. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., Richard Burr, R-N.C., and Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, would repeal Obamacare as part of the Patient Choice, Affordability, […] January 27th, 2014 | Tags: cancer, Coburn-Burr-Hatch proposal, Medicaid, Office of Health Financing, Patient Choice Affordability Responsibility and Empowerment Act, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), Sen. Orrin Hatch, Sen. Richard Burr, Sen. Tom Coburn MD, tax credits | Category: Congress, Health Care, insurance, legislation, Medicine, Treasury Department | Comments are closed
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