Inhofe says climate change bill will be 'dead in the water' in Senate
tulsaworld.com 7/1/2009 — Inhofe says climate change bill will be "dead in the water" in Senate By JIM MYERS World Washington Bureau Published: 6/30/2009 7:33 PM Last Modified: 7/1/2009 9:17 AM WASHINGTON — U.S. Jim Inhofe, who earlier said a criminal investigation “probably ...

Sen. Inhofe: Obama is “un-American”
horsesass.org 6/5/2009 — It’s one kind of crazy to believe these sort of things, as many Republicans obviously do, but it’s an entirely whole new level of crazy for a sitting US Senator to come out and say it . Sen. Jim Inhofe said today that President Barack ...

Inhofe: This Bill Does Nothing To Address Climate Change (Which I Don't Believe In)
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 4/1/2009 — Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) doesn't much care about greenhouse gas emissions, but that doesn't stop him from taking full advantage of his platform as the ranking member on the Environment and Public Works committee. For instance, just today he commented ...

Inhofe Attacks Obama's "Un-American" Speech -- "I Just Don't Know Whose Side He's On"
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 6/5/2009 — Mark down Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) as one of the more outspoken critics of President Obama's speech yesterday in Egypt -- in fact, he told The Oklahoman the speech was "un-American" for calling the Iraq conflict a "war of choice." Inhofe also ...

Breaking: Inhofe Does Not Question Obama’s Legitimacy As President
theplumline.whorunsgov.com 7/27/2009 — GOP Senator James Inhofe doesn't question Obama's legitimacy as president, his spokesman tells me.

Inhofe Rips Obama As ‘Un-American,’ Suggests He’s On The Side Of Terrorists
thinkprogress.org 6/5/2009 — Reacting to President Obama’s outreach to the Muslim world yesterday, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) decried the president’s speech as “un-American” and even suggested Obama might be on the side of terrorists : Sen. Jim Inhofe said today that President ...

Inhofe blames Obama for right-wing conspiracy theory
washingtonmonthly.com 7/27/2009 — INHOFE BLAMES OBAMA FOR RIGHT-WING CONSPIRACY THEORY.... Sen. James Inhofe (R) caused a bit of a stir today, when the Politico reported that the right-wing Oklahoman believes Birther activists "have a point." Greg Sargent contacted Inhofe's office ...

Inhofe: No More Than 35 Votes For Climate Bill
politics.theatlantic.com 7/1/2009 — The cap and trade bill that narrowly passed in the House last week won't get more than 35 votes in the Senate--despite the additional, presumed "yea" from Al Franken-- according to Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), the top Republican on the Senate Environment ...

Inhofe: Obama Not On The Side Of Terrorists--Or Our Troops.
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 6/5/2009 — Liz Cheney's basic line about President Obama's historic speech yesterday is that she's "troubled" that Obama thinks he can stop terrorism with "hand-holding." Pretty harsh, right? Well, she's got nothing, though, on Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) . He ...

Inhofe on Why He Refuses to Meet Sotomayor
corner.nationalreview.com 6/22/2009 — Senator James Inhofe's refusal to meet with Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor seems to have caused some consternation in certain liberal circles; at Talking Points Memo they've accused him of not being "open-minded." I called Inhofe's office ...

Brown: Bonuses aplenty, but not honesty — CNN.com - Politics 3/19/2009
Why is it so hard to get an honest answer from our politicians? We learned today that a member of Congress hasn't been truthful with us about the AIG bonuses, and we have a pretty good idea now that some in the Obama administration's Treasury ...

Congress: Liddy offers half — First Read 3/19/2009
“Under intense pressure from the Obama administration and Congress, the head of bailed-out insurance giant AIG declared Wednesday that some of the firm’s executives have begun returning all or part of bonuses totaling $165 million,” the AP writes.  ...

2009/2010: Dodd under fire — First Read 3/19/2009
Per Roll Call , DSCC Chair Sen. Robert Menendez laid out the 2010 map and "said he is encouraged by Democrats’ strong early recruiting effort, a rash of retirements on the other side of the aisle and a Republican political strategy that he said is ...

Today's Twitter sound-offs — First Read 3/19/2009
From NBC's Domenico MontanaroSome random pluckings from around the Congressional Twitter Web: R-CA Darrell Issa Lincoln fired incompetent generals. So, Mr. President: why waver in firing Economic Field Marshall Tim "AIG Is Alright With Me" ...

Senate's Conrad sees $1.6 trillion in extra deficit (Reuters) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 3/19/2009
Reuters - U.S. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad said on Thursday he expects federal deficit spending will be about $1.6 trillion greater over the next ten years than President Barack Obama's budget plan forecasts.