Politics

Despite State Disasters, Coburn and Inhofe Oppose FEMA Aid Bill

Published: September 29, 2011 Comment on this article Leave a comment

The Center for Public Integrity has a new report showing Sens. Tom Coburn, R-Muskogee, and Jim Inhofe, R-Tulsa, were among those lawmakers opposing disaster relief unless the costs were offset with cuts elsewhere in the budget.


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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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