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marinecorpstimes.com - 23 days ago
Coburn named as senator holding up vets bill
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Thirteen major military and veterans groups have joined forces to try to force one senator — Republican Tom Coburn of Oklahoma — to release a hold that he has placed on a major veterans benefits bill. Coburn has been identified by Senate aides as the lawmaker preventing consideration of S 1963, ...
Coburn plans to read the bill …
hotair.com - 20 days ago
Coburn plans to read the bill …
— hotair.com — Oklahoma’s Tom Coburn is an old-school conservative, and an old-school Senator. How traditional can Dr. [...] Read... the rest » (more) Coburn plans to read the bill …

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politico.com - 20 days ago
Coburn threatening to have bill read on Senate floor
— politico.com — November 06, 2009 Coburn threatening to have bill read on Senate floor Sen. Tom Coburn, the Oklahoma... Republican who developed a close friendship with President Obama when they served together in the Senate, is threatening to have the entire health ... (more) Coburn threatening to have bill read on Senate floor

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Reid: Coburn move 'illogical'
politico.com - 16 days ago
Reid: Coburn move 'illogical'
— politico.com — He criticizes Oklahoma GOP-er for backing war funding while blocking health care funding for vets.... (more) Reid: Coburn move 'illogical'

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AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth:  GOP Senator Tom Coburn using secret hold to block bill on veterans benefits

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GOP Senator Tom Coburn using secret hold to block bill on veterans benefits
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — ... procedure in the Senate to prevent action on a bill designed to support veterans. Usually, these "holds" are secret, but the veterans have outed Coburn: ...

Coburn places hold on veterans benefits bill.
Think Progress — ... .” Today, The Marine Corp Times revealed exactly how far Coburn was willing to go to undermine ARRA. It turns out Coburn has been the senator who has placed holds on several veterans benefits bills because he wanted to divert money from unspent ARRA funds them: ...

Tom Coburn places hold on veterans benefits bill
The Political Carnival — ... It turns out [Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK)] has been the senator who has placed holds on several veterans benefits bills because he wanted to divert money from unspent ARRA funds them: ...

Friday's Mini-Report
Political Animal — ... over subsidizing of college sports. * Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) refuses to let the Senate vote on a major veterans' benefits bill . So much for supporting the troops. * Speaking of Republican obstructionism, the White House made some concessions and convinced Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) to ...

The Republican Party of Filibuster, Hold, Bait and Switch
Desert Beacon — ... , the “Veterans' Caregiver and Omnibus Health Benefits Act of 2009.” This wasn't the Senator's first rodeo: “Earlier this fall, Coburn placed holds on S 252, the Veterans Health Care Authorization Act of 2009, and S 728, the Veterans’ Insurance and Benefits Enhancement Act of 2009, which led to the introduction of S 1963, which combines key provisions of the two earlier bills in an effort to get around Coburn’s opposition.” [MarineTimes] Ostensibly what Coburn wants to do is amend the bill to take the funding out of the ARRA appropriations. ...

Exit Wounds: Defending Our Vets
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo — ... to keep funding steady for veterans' health care services during protracted budget negotiations. Yesterday, Sen. Tom ("Dr. No") Coburn (R-Okla.) continued to be the roadblock on a $3.7 billion bill that would expand mental care and offer home assistance to wounded veterans, ...

Wet Pants Dancing Surrender Elephants
Desert Beacon — ... ] Ensign observed we need more programs for amputee vets to "restore dignity," without mentioning that his fellow GOP colleague in the U.S. Senate Tom Coburn (R-OK) has placed a personal hold on S. 1963, the much aforementioned bill to assist veterans' and their caregivers. [USMCTimes] Aside from the tacit approval of the hold (since Senator Ensign hasn't seen fit to condemn it in public), the call for more therapeutic assistance for those physically injured is commendable. It would be even more welcome had the Senator mentioned those "invisible injuries" that are plaguing our ...

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