Inhofe, Lucas Against Obama Proposals


Published: May 19, 2009 Comment on this article Leave a comment

Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Tulsa, and Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Cheyenne, are taking public stands today against proposals of President Barack Obama.

Inhofe will lead an effort to assure detainees at Gitmo won’t be transferred to prison facilities in the United States.

And Lucas is holding a news conference to say rural America will suffer disproportionately from the president’s goal of slashing greenhouse gas emissions.



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by Chris Casteel
Washington Bureau

Chris Casteel began working for The Oklahoman's Norman bureau in 1982 while a student at the University of Oklahoma. After covering the police beat, federal courts and the state Legislature in Oklahoma City, he moved to Washington in 1990,...

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