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Timothy P. Carney The Washington Examiner 1/6/2015 Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid scolded Republicans last month for abandoning a federal reinsurance program beloved by many industries: the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act. Reid instructed Republicans to put TRIA — which created a taxpayer backstop for property insurers after 9/11 — at the top of their […] January 6th, 2015 | Tags: federal subsidies, Sen. Harry Reid, Sen. Tom Coburn, Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) | Category: Congress, Federal spending, Lobbying, Taxes | Comments are closed
Sean Lengell The Washington Examiner 12/13/2014 A federal lands package tucked into Congress’ annual defense policy bill has sparked a larger debate over the government’s role as a landlord. The package, which was approved with broad bipartisan support Friday as part of the 2015 Defense Authorization Bill, designates 250,000 acres of new federal wilderness, in […] December 13th, 2014 | Tags: 2015 Defense Authorization Bill, National Park Service, pork barrel spending, public lands, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Sen. Maria Cantwell, Sen. Tom Coburn | Category: Congress, Federal spending, legislation | Comments are closed
Editor AgainstCronyCapitalism 12/10/2014 The below commentary and letter were just posted to Representative Justin Amash’s Facebook page. I post here for your review.
When I learned that the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY 2015 was being rushed to the floor for a vote—with little debate and only a voice vote expected (i.e., simply declared […] December 10th, 2014 | Tags: E.O. 12333, executive authority, H.R. 4681, Intelligence Authorization Act 2015, National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), pork barrel spending, public lands, Rep. Justin Amash, Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Tom Coburn | Category: Congress, Federal spending, legislation, Military, National Intelligence, Right to Privacy, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Gregory Korte USA Today 4/22/2014 WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service handed out $2.8 million in bonuses to employees with disciplinary issues — including more than $1 million to employees who didn’t pay their federal taxes, a watchdog report says. The report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said 1,146 IRS employees received […] April 23rd, 2014 | Tags: bonuses, Campaign for Liberty, Colleen Kelley, donors, Greta van Susteren, National Treasury Employees Union, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, Ron Paul, Sen. Tom Coburn | Category: 1st Amendment, Congress, corruption, IRS, Politics, Right to Privacy, Taxes | Comments are closed
Says administration has violated law Garth Kant WorldNewDaily 8/22/2013 The momentum to remove the president is growing rapidly, as almost every day another lawmaker raises the possibility of impeaching President Obama. Now, it’s Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla, who said Wednesday the president is getting “perilously close” to qualifying for impeachment. Speaking at the Muskogee Civic […] August 22nd, 2013 | Tags: drones, impeachment, Libya, nationalization of businesses, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), Rep. Blake Farenthold, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, Rep. Kerry Bentivolio, Rep. Louis Gohmert, Rep. Michele Bachmann, Rep. Steve King, Rep. Steve Stockman, Rep. Trey Radel, Sen. Jim Inhofe, Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Tim Scott, Sen. Tom Coburn, War Powers Resolution of 1973 | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, Fascism, Politicians, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Joe Saunders BizPac Review 5/23/2013 This is how a conservative Republican smacks down the media. Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn on Thursday went into the lion’s den of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program and not only stuck to his guns on his longstanding opposition to pork-barrel spending dressed up as disaster relief, he went after liberalism’s essential […] May 23rd, 2013 | Tags: "off-sets", "provincial" spending, disaster relief, pork barrel spending, Sen. Tom Coburn, tornadoes | Category: Federal spending, Oklahoma, Taxes, Video | Comments are closed
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