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Most of Oklahoma's congressional delegation settled into a wait-and-see approach Thursday on the proposal to rescue the nation's financial sector.
Money For Bankers, No School Buses For Oklahoma Children
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A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days
Look what we have here : Although Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden routinely mocks his Republican counterpart, Alaska Gov.
Urgent News on the Melanie Blocker Stokes Mothers Act
Urgent news from Susan Dowd Stone, LCSW, chair of the President's Advisory Council of Postpartum Support International, after Senator Tom Coburn once again blocked a vote on the Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS ...
Those who got away with murder during the civil rights era should start being afraid, say supporters of legislation passed Wednesday.
Senate OKs bill on investigation of civil rights murders
WASHINGTON -- The Sen ate passed legislation Wednes day that would give the Justice Department more money to in vestigate unsolved murders from the civil rights era.
Republicans Abandon Free Market, And Each Other
John McCain's economic guru, Phil Gramm, successfully deregulated the financial-services industry; President Bush and Tom DeLay's Congress implemented the plan, and now the economy their initiatives created is ...
Obama says it's "more important than ever" for the people who are vying to be responsible for the economy in January to debate, and he thinks a president "can do more than one thing at a time." So, he wants the ...
Palin defended bridge to 'spinmeisters'
This is tiny Ketchikan, the "nowhere" to be reached by the bridge - or as Sarah Palin's T-shirt defiantly proclaimed, this was "NOWHERE ALASKA 99901." Sarah Palin supported the " bridge to nowhere " long after ...
Lobbying Blitz Targets Leery Lawmakers
Festering discontent over the Bush administration's $700 billion plan to save Wall Street hasn't sapped the White House's confidence that it can cinch a deal with Congressional leaders this week.
Progress report on effort to bring Truman Birthplace into National Park System
By Richard Cooper WASHINGTON, D. C. - On August 23, during a visit to the open house at the Prairie Pride biodiesel plant in Vernon County by Fourth District Congressman Ike Skelton, the Democrat asked the ...
Barack Obama worked with conservative stalwart Tom Colburn on government accountability measures in the Senate, but such bipartisanship would be unlikely in an Obama administration, Fortier writes.
Sauerberg gets ally in blasting Durbin for earmarks
A chief opponent of so-called pork barrel spending, Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn, came to candidate Steve Sauerberg's aid Friday and blasted Sen.
Coburn Omnibus stakes increase
The stakes in the showdown between Majority Leader Harry Reid and Sen. Tom Coburn continue to go higher.
State delegation divided on bailout plan
They see the need for action, but some withhold support for the decision. WASHINGTON Reactions from Oklahoma's congressional delegation were far from unanimous Friday to a dramatic proposal to put hundreds of ...
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Doubt exists on getting Amtrak to Enid
ENID, Okla. - There is interest in having Amtrak train service to Enid, but some people doubt whether it is attainable.
To help make up my mind, I slogged through the many TV debates and researched meat-and-potato issues.
GOP Senators Vow to Fight House Democrats' New Ban on Offshore Drilling
Sen. Tom Coburn told CNSNews.com that if a House bill that bans oil drilling within 50 miles of shore comes up in the Senate, he will do everything he can to stop it.
Legislative logjam could leave agencies in the lurch
A logjam of issues is threatening to block the exits and keep Congress in session beyond the scheduled Sept.
Conservative are winning some battles against good old boys
The tide may be turning in Tulsa. That's the view of Randy Harris of OK-SAFE, a local expert on conservative, constitutional politics.