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Coburn getting dinged on the nets
Politico Live's Blogs —
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) is the target of a YouTube video made by Senate Democrats, calling him out for objecting to a range of popular legislative items in a package known as the Coburn Omnibus.
"Each change he's told us he wanted, we've made," said Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on the floor of the Senate Tuesday. In the video, Reid brings up bill after popular-sounding bill -- from combating strokes to fighting ALS Lou Gehrig's disease and others -- forcing Coburn to object for the camera. A Coburn aide said that discussion with Reid were ongoing.
ThinkFast: September 24, 2008
Think Progress —
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Coburn’s Obstructionist Hypocrisy
Wonk Room —
In July, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) successfully derailed the “the so-called Coburn omnibus,” a package of nearly 40 uncontroversial bills that extended funding for cancer research, paralysis, Lou Gehrig’s Disease and crime prevention.
Yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) attempted to bring the measures to a vote piecemeal, only to be rebuffed by the senate’s “fly in the soup.” Watch it:
According to the Majority Leader’s office, Coburn had assured Reid that he would clear the measures, but once Reid reintroduced the ...
