Uproar over spending might wake up lawmakers
E ARLIER this month, U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn butted heads with Oklahoma colleague Jim Inhofe over a bill providing $40 million to help terror victims in Uganda — a cause both senators vigorously support. Coburn objected because the bill wasn’t paid for with spending cuts.
Ultimately, process questions were worked out — Inhofe also favored finding spending offsets — and Coburn dropped his o...
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