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Dick Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, and Sen. Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma, just sent a letter to Twitter CEO Dick Costolo requesting detailed information about the company’s handling of takedown notices, injunctions and subpoenas. Laudably, by...
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 26: Sen. Tom Coburn (L) (R-OK) and Sen. Carl Levin (R) (D-MI) confer before a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee January 26, 2012 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony on the... View Photo »
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The new IHOP is not located in an ―underserved community but a popular Washington D.C. neighborhood. The neighborhood is Columbia Heights, which has become a local shopping hot spot for some and ―one of Washington‘s more desirable neighborhoods. Other businesses in the area include Target, Bed Bath and ...
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Is Senator Tom Coburn the ONLY one? (maybe not the only one…but we sure could use more….read on…)
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The unfortunate part, however, is that I don’t see his identification of waste and fraud as prodding his colleagues and the President to do much about it. There is lots of blah blah blah about it when politicians run for office and want your vote but...
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Social Security, much-needed changes to Medicare would require open debate. Several promising proposals for reforming Medicare have been brought forward in Congress. I applaud those of my colleagues of both parties who are working to find responsible...
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He will face the winner of the Republican primary, either U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy or challenger Evan Feinberg, who grew up in Peters Township. Both Republicans live in Upper St. Clair. Feinberg is a former aide to U.S. Sens. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, and Tom...
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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 20: U.S. Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) (L) and U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) head to the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol September 20, 2011 in Washington, DC. Alexander announced that his is resigning... View Photo »
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This is what (Republican Sen.) Tom Coburn said on the floor of the Senate—it's absurd to think that the government deciding to no longer subsidize a business is a tax increase
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Act requires), we should expect to see a reduction of these bases in the Pacific: 108 in Japan, 82 in South Korea and several right here in our home island that have been here for over 60 years. These bases are part of the nearly 1,000 U.S. bases...
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Newt showed his true self and you cannot put the genie back in the bottle pretending to be nice. Too many members of Congress who served with him detail how nasty he could get. Ask Steve Largent, Tom Coburn, or Joe Scarborough for starters. When he...
About Tom Coburn
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Thomas Allen "Tom" Coburn, M.D. (born March 14, 1948), is an American politician and medical doctor. A member of the Republican Party, he currently serves as the junior U.S. Senator from Oklahoma. Full Article
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WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 02: U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), rides an elevator following the vote to raise the dept limit at the U.S. Capitol on August 2, 2011 in Washington, DC. Washington, DC. The Senate voted 74-26 to approve the bill to raise the debt ceiling, allowing the U.S. to...
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Tom Coburn, R-Okla. , left, one of the so-called Gang of Six bipartisan negotiators seeking a solution to the debt crisis, walks to the Senate with Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C. , at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 28, 2011.
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Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. , one of the so-called Gang of 6, leaves the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, July 20, 2011.
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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 10: Senate Judiciary Committee's Privacy, Technology and the Law Subcommittee ranking member Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) listens to witnesses testify about privacy on mobile devices during a hearing on Capitol Hill May 10, 2011 in Washington, DC. This was the first...
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Ranking member Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) listens to testimony during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled "Protecting Mobile Privacy: Your Smartphones, Tablets, Cell Phones and Your Privacy" on Capitol Hill in Washington May 10, 2011.
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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 20: U.S. Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) (L) and U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) head to the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol September 20, 2011 in Washington, DC. Alexander announced that his is resigning from his post in GOP leadership but...
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 16: Senate Finance Committee member Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) (L) greets U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner before a hearing of the committee on Capitol Hill February 16, 2011 in Washington, DC. Geithner faced questions from Republicans about the Obama...
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FILE - In this June 14, 2011 file photo, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. , talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Taking aim at huge federal deficits, two Senate rebels outline a plan to raise the age of eligibility for Medicare from 65 to 67 and to charge wealthier seniors more...
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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 10: Senate Judiciary Committee's Privacy, Technology and the Law Subcommittee Chairman Al Franken (D-MN) (R) questions witnesses about privacy on mobile devices during a hearing with ranking member Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) on Capitol Hill May 10, 2011 in Washington, DC.
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FILE - In this May 10, 2011, file photo, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. , walks to an elevator on Capitol Hill in Washington. Coburn said on Thursday, May 26, 2011, that an account by the Senate ethics panel of his role in negotiations involving disgraced colleague Sen. John Ensign is totally...
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Senate Finance Committee member Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. , left. , talks with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011, before the start of the committee's hearing on the fiscal 2012 federal budget.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 08: FBI Director Robert Mueller speaks with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee behind closed doors prior to his testimony on Capitol Hill June 8, 2011 in Washington DC. Mueller testified on U.S. President Barack Obama's request to extend the duration of his...
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FILE - In this May 2, 2011 file phboto, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Taking aim at huge federal deficits, two Senate rebels outline a plan to raise the age of eligibility for Medicare from 65 to 67 and to charge wealthier seniors more for their care.
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. , talks to the media on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, March 1, 2011, in Washington, after a Republican policy luncheon. He is joined by, from left, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. , Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. , and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas.
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WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 02: U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), rides an elevator following the vote to raise the dept limit at the U.S. Capitol on August 2, 2011 in Washington, DC. Washington, DC. The Senate voted 74-26 to approve the bill to raise the debt ceiling, allowing the U.S. to...
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