Sen. Tom Coburn Asks: Why Doesn't the Senate Do Anything?

Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Muskogee, who withdrew this week from the bipartisan “Gang of Six” talks on deficit reduction, has a column in the Washington Post Thursday in which he directly questions the Democratic leadership of the U.S. Senate and says it will take more than just six senators to solve the nation’s debt problem.

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Jason on May 26, 2011 @ 4:25 pm

Stephen, boom on that from Sooner! Preach on Brotha (or sista) Sooner!
Sooner on May 25, 2011 @ 10:45 am

@Stephen Burk - i guess your okay with passing 2000 page bills that no one has read like your apparently beloved democrats did? Have you read the 2000 page health care bill? I bet not.

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