Tom Coburn

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. Sen. Tom Coburn on Sunday denied that he...

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...allegation in an interview with "Nightline's" Cynthia McFadden that will air on Monday. 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...

In this article: John Ensign, Oklahoma, and Allegation

...this morning by bringing in our panel. I am joined by Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, Republican of Tennessee, Senator Tom Coburn , Republican of Oklahoma, Senator Ben Nelson , Democrat of Nebraska, and Congresswoman Debbie...

In this article: George Stephanopoulos, Ben Nelson, Marsha Blackburn, Robert Reich, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Unemployment, Tim Geithner, and Walter Isaacson

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Sen. Tom Coburn is backing off his threat to require that the Senate read the 2,074-page health care bill because some GOP colleagues aren't supporting the effort. The Oklahoma lawmaker said there's uncertainty...

In this article: GOP, Washington, Oklahoma, and Associated Press

...said Wednesday an agreement has been reached to allow a vote on a bill to help severely wounded veterans that has been held up Sen. Tom Coburn. Advertisement Reid, D-Nev., said the agreement also calls for a vote on an amendment by...

In this article: Harry Reid, United Nations, Washington, Oklahoma, and Nevada

Health. A week after Democrats ripped Republicans for the refusal by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., to take up a bill to authorize funding for home care of wounded veterans, Senate Majority Leader Reid and Coburn have reached an agreement to...

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...sought budget cuts to offset aid for vets' caregivers WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate on Monday defeated an attempt by Sen. Tom Coburn to break the impasse over funding for disabled veterans, rejecting Coburn's proposal that would have...

In this article: Tim Johnson, U.S. Senate, Defense Department, Veterans Affairs Department, United Nations, Washington, South Dakota, and United States

On Tuesday, The Post published a puff piece on Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), relating his life at the C Street House and his relationships with his roommates, including Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) and former representative Chip Pickering; their...

In this article: John Ensign, Richard J. Durbin, Chip Pickering, John McCain, Fort Hood, and Oklahoma

...hoped the measure would sail through on the eve of Veterans Day by unanimous consent, but they got one no vote: Republican Tom Coburn. He says there is no budgeted money for the bill and that other programs should be cut to pay for it, and...

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Tom Coburn is a Southern Baptist deacon, a family man married to a former Miss Oklahoma, a white-coated physician back in Muskogee who has delivered more than 4,000 babies and sees patients free of charge every Monday. But there's a...

In this article: John Ensign, Washington, Ben Cardin, Mark Sanford, and Orrin Hatch