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Sen. Coburn to House Dems: If you vote 'yes' this time, I will expose your pork and filibuster your nomination after you lose Dr. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., the Senator from bomb-throw: SEN. TOM COBURN (R), OKLAHOMA: I want to send a couple of messages to my colleagues in the House. If you voted no and you vote yes, and you lose your election, and you think any nomination to a federal position isn't going to be held in the Senate, I've got news for you. It's going to be held. Number two is, if you get a deal, a parochial...

I didn't know it until a couple minutes ago, but Senator Coburn is speaking now, likely to an empty chamber. At 1AM EST tomorrow - I think - a new procedural vote happens, and we'll see if the Democrats have their 60 votes.

Modifies bailout to states, eliminates Hollywood bailout, other non-stimulus items : Hollywood(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK) today began offering amendments to the deeply-flawed Senate stimulus bill in an effort to improve the bill and ensure that taxpayer dollars will go to solutions will stimulate economic growth. “When the American people learn what this bill contains they will reject it. This bill is about spending money we don’t have on things we don’t need. We got into this mess by spending and investing money that didn’t exist. We won’t get out of this mess by doing more...

Successful adult germ line reprogramming research conducted by PrimeCell(TM) Therapeutics LLC (http://www.primecelltherapeutics.com) was acknowledged by three Members of Congress during the recent Capitol Hill debate over stem cell research. On April 10, Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn, M.D., a practicing physician who has used stem cell therapies in his medical practice, alluded to PrimeCell's work when he said, "We now produce almost every cell type that man has from germ cells, research done in this country..." He emphasized the promise of the germ cell, "...which I happen to believe is going to be another great option in terms of multipotent and...

A senator has delayed submitting a resolution to honor pioneering environmentalist Rachel Carson on the 100th anniversary of her birth after a colleague signaled he would block it because of her aggressive fight against pesticides. Carson's 1962 book "Silent Spring" revealed the harmful effects of DDT and other pesticides and helped launch the environmental movement. The longtime resident of Silver Spring, Md., died in 1964. She would have turned 100 this Sunday. Sen. Benjamin Cardin (news, bio, voting record)'s resolution had intended to honor Carson for her "legacy of scientific rigor coupled with poetic sensibility." But Susan Sullam, a spokeswoman...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) -- US Senator Tom Coburn has introduced a bill that would require parents be notified before contraceptive drugs and prescription devices are distributed to minor children by certain public health clinics. The Oklahoma Republican and practicing physician says he disagrees with the federal policy that allows children to make reproductive decisions without their parent's knowledge. He says the policy contributes to a growing problem of sexually transmitted diseases and unintended teen pregnancies and abortions by discouraging parental involvement. A companion bill was introduced in the House by Representatives by Missouri Republican Todd Akin.