Tom Coburn

Coburn: I Acted As Ensign-Hampton Go-Between

TPMmuckraker (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) says he acted as an intermediary between Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) and Doug Hampton, the man whose wife Ensign had an affair with.

Coburn on Ensign Affair

ABC News (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009

Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., defends his role in Ensign affair scandal on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos." Health care - George Stephanopoulos - United States - Health - Health Policy

• Coburn: No Negotiation Over Ensign Affair - George's Bottom Line

Tom Coburn: I Didn't Help Negotiate Ensign Affair Pay-Off

The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009

Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., told me flatly that he did not offer to broker a million-dollar deal between his Senate colleague, John Ensign, R-Nev., and the family of Ensign's mistress. Doug Hampton, the husband of a staffer with whom Ensign had an affair, makes the explosive allegation in an interview with "Nightline's" Cynthia McFadden that will air on Monday.

Coburn Denies Role in Negotiating Ensign Affair Payoff

American Conservative Daily (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009

Sen. Tom Coburn on Sunday denied that he had a role in helping Sen. John Ensign negotiate a payoff of a former aide and close friend, whose wife had an affair with the Nevada Republican senator.

Coburn Denies Role in Negotiating Ensign Affair Payoff

Fox News (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009

Sen. Tom Coburn on Sunday denied that he had a role in helping Sen. John Ensign negotiate a payoff of a former aide and close friend, whose wife had an affair with the Nevada Republican senator.

Coburn: No Negotiation Over Ensign Affair

George's Bottom Line (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009

Senator Tom Coburn told me flatly that he did not offer to broker a million dollar deal between his Senate colleague, John Ensign and the family of Ensign’s mistress.

Republicans are clinging to their old 'Reefer Madness' mentality

Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009

... the Republicans all a-dither, as you can see in the video above of the hysterical grilling Sen. Tom Coburn gave Attorney General Eric Holder earlier this month about the issue. Similarly, Republicans on the local level are working quietly to undermine this policy shift. In Washington state, as Lee Rosenberg recently reported for HorsesAss, the state's GOP attorney general, Rob McKenna, has...

The result of their labors

Rising Hegemon (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009

... in the interview who he says are associated with the Family: * Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kansas * Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. * Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wy. * Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa * Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla. * Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. * Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark. * Rep. Mike McIntyre, D-N.C. * Rep. Joe Pitts, R-Penn. * Rep. Heath Shuler, D-N.C. * Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich. * Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn....

FBI Grabs Muslim Mafia Documents: FBI Stops Document Return to CAIR

Maggie's Notebook (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009

... - a federal court order or an FBI warrant." Buy the book from WND . Related and Background: Tom Coburn Calls IRS Investigator for CAIR CAIR and Judge Kollar-Kotelly: Gaubatz Ordered to Return CAIR Documents CAIR and Rep. Sue Myrick: CAIR Buys Interns - Myrick Investigates - Liberals Object

Pull up a chair

RenewAmerica columns (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009

(Ken Connor) - In anticipation of Senate Democrats' introduction of an $849 billion dollar plan to overhaul the nation's health care system, Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn last week announced his intention to press for a full reading of the 2,074 page bill on the floor of the Senate, a process estimated to require between 34 and 54 hours to complete. Not surprisingly, Coburn's effort to...

C Street Tied To Proposed Uganda Law: Death Penalty for Gays

The Political Carnival (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009

... of current elected officials Sharlet mentioned in the interview: Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kansas Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wy. Sen. Chuck Grassley Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla. Sen. Bill Nelson, Fla. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark. Rep. Mike McIntyre, D-N.C. Rep. Joe Pitts, R-Penn. Rep. Heath Shuler, D-N.C. Rep. Bart Stupak, R- Mich. Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn. Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va. Other...

Hotline After Dark -- Like Sands Through The Hour Glass ...

The Hotline on Call (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009

... we're friends, we're close, we're brothers in Christ. We need power to confront this. Senator Tom Coburn , the hit man." Hampton, on confronting Ensign about the continued affair. "Tom [Coburn] really kind of takes the helm." Hampton, on how angry Coburn is at this point: "Oh he's smoking. I mean he is one upset man. ... And then John kind of breaks down...

Follow The Money: The American Connection to Uganda’s Death Sentence For Gays

Box Turtle Bulletin (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009

... you look at the concerns of politicians like Senator Sam Brownback, Senator Jim Inhofe, Senator Tom Coburn, all these guys who are very involved members — you see homosexuality, you see all the culture-war issues taking a place alongside biblical capitalism and this foreign affairs expansionism, and, in fact, merging in The Family’s view into one sort of united world view. Other key members...

Mending Health Care -- By: Yuval Levin

The Corner (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009

... and Pelosi bills has to pass or else we just leave our health care system as it is. But as Senator Tom Coburn and former Deputy HHS Secretary (and regular Cornerite) Tevi Troy argue over at Forbes today, this is no way to think about public policy. The notion that our only options are a massive new entitlement (complete with huge job-killing tax increases, a bloated new government program,...

Will The DeMint Revolution Amount To Much?

Marc Ambinder (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009

... only has the NRSC endorsed several DeMint-approved candidates, like Pat Toomey in Pennsylvania and Tom Coburn in Oklahoma, it remains a potent fundraising force that DeMint cannot hope to match. It's well and good that DeMint is helping Marco Rubio raise $100,000 in Florida, but Charlie Crist has raised twelve six times as much as Rubio. $12,000 for Chuck DeVore's race in California pays...