Word: coburn
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...that provision focusing on earmarks - measures that lawmakers have typically quietly inserted into legislation at the last minute to allot money for pet projects in their home states - that has drawn the loudest criticism from two conservatives, Sen. Jim DeMint, a Republican from South Carolina, and Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, as well as House Minority Leader John Boehner, who have derided the measure as mostly ineffective...
...What they did was wash the outside of the cup, but the inside of the cup is still filthy," railed Coburn, who said the legislation would present the appearance of reform while still leaving open loopholes. "If you want to fix what's wrong in Congress, you have to make the earmarking process completely transparent. We had a great strong bill in January and they gutted it." That bill, which passed the Senate almost unanimously, had stalled after Sen. DeMint blocked a conference committee from meeting to discuss and reconcile the bill's House and Senate versions because...
...this Senate bill passes, I recommend that American citizens assemble at the southern border bearing arms. What do you say? -Richard D. Coburn, DenverAssembling on the border is a fine idea. Guns are probably not necessary because, as the Minutemen were able to show, you can accomplish the same goal-reducing the flow of illegals-with cell phones, binoculars and lawn chairs...
...well as unexpected heroes. Their film, which tells the story of Everest and the drama that unfolded on it, will premiere next spring. This week they offer an advance look at it as the book Everest: Mountain Without Mercy (National Geographic Society, $35), authored by outdoors writer Broughton Coburn and filled with IMAX images, appears in stores...
...Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, a diehard conservative, who went the furthest, calling late in the afternoon for Gonzales' resignation. "The best way to put this behind us is your resignation," Coburn said, a statement Gonzales vehemently took issue with. "At the end of the day I did not do anything improper," he claimed...