Stimulus Package full of Pork Barrel Spending (See List)

Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) put out a report today of the Top 100 Stimulus projects that appear to be pork barrel projects.  One example of this is 3.4 million dollars to provide safe passage for wildlife under...

Report Highlights Worst Waste of 2008

Sen. Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, today released the oversight report, “2008: Worst Waste of the Year.” The look back on 2008 features...

Biden, Obama helped keep 'Bridge to Nowhere' alive

"By Drew Griffin and Kathleen JohnstonCNN Special Investigations UnitDEWEY BEACH, Delaware (CNN) -- Although Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden routinely mocks his Republican counterpart, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, for her onetime support of the infamous "Bridge...

Batman vs. Babies: Sen. Tom Coburn's Battle with the U.S. Senate

The brawl between Sen. Dr. Tom Coburn (R-OK) and the U.S. Senate escalated again this week as an Ethics panel attacked him for delivering babies--for free. The feisty Oklahoma senator says that the core issue is about citizen representation. Citing Washington and other...

Genetic Nondiscrimination Bill Stalled in Senate

How Gattaca is this?!"With several private companies launching businesses to provide customers with unprecedented access to their genomes' secrets, legislation protecting people from genetic discrimination is more...

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