Coburn blocks cancer bill

 
By Chris Casteel
Published: October 29, 2006

WASHINGTON - Sen. Tom Coburn will continue to block consideration of a breast cancer research bill, despite broad bipartisan support for the legislation.

"I'm not lifting my hold on that bill," Coburn said last week. "I'm not going to fold on this. It's not good science; it's not good policy."

Coburn, R-Muskogee, has for two months single-handedly blocked sure Senate passage of a bill that would authorize r...


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