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June 10, 2010 6:34 pm ET
Sen. Coburn's Bogus Attacks On Sotomayor, Kagan And International Law
February 25, 2010 10:38 am ET
Health Care Reform Summit: The GOP "Away Team"
The GOP Summit "Away Team" will have a rocky landing at President Obama's bipartisan summit on health care reform. These 18 members of Congress have made no secret of their staunch opposition to health care reform - no matter how much their constituents support it or how it would benefit their districts.
December 17, 2009 11:00 am ET
Sen. Coburn Sends GOP-Approved Lies To The Wall Street Journal
The evening of December 16, 2009 - the same day he tried to force a lengthy delay of a vote to fund our troops - Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) wrote an op-ed that appeared in the Wall Street Journal. As usual, Sen. Coburn relied on GOP-approved talking points instead of anything resembling factual information.
December 01, 2009 11:52 am ET
Republican Senators Have Voted To Cut $1.31 Trillion From Medicare
During Senate debate this morning, several Republican Senators took to the floor to encourage passage of the McCain amendment and to discuss their wrong interpretation of Medicare funding in the Democrats' health care reform legislation. What is most interesting about this morning's debate is that these senators who falsely accused Democrats of cutting Medicare have themselves cut Medicare by $1.31 trillion during their collective tenure in Congress.
July 16, 2009 12:54 pm ET
Sen. Coburn Can't Make Up His Mind On The Application Of Foreign Law
On July 16, 2009, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) asked Judge Sonia Sotomayor, "where do we stand in this country when 80% of the rest of the world allows abortion only before 12 weeks?" However, the very previous day, he stated, "we don't want judges to consider legislation and foreign law that's developed through bodies, elected bodies outside of this country."
May 01, 2009 10:27 am ET
In Their Own Words: The Majority's Prerogative
In 2005, many Republican Senators went so far as to claim the filibuster of judicial nominees was unconstitutional. Now four years later, with President Obama's first Supreme Court appointment looming, will they remain consistent in their position or commit one of the most blatant acts of hypocrisy in the 220-year history of the United States Senate?
