Capitol briefs: Some issues from last Congress will confront the new session

 

Published: January 7, 2009

WASHINGTON — As Congress began a new session Tuesday, Oklahoma lawmakers confronted some issues left over from the last one. Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Tulsa , reintroduced a bill to freeze the balance of the $700 billion approved to bail out the financial industry. And Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Muskogee , criticized Senate Democratic leaders for announcing that a sweeping public lands bill would be among the first mat...

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