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State delegation standing by

Most of Oklahoma's congressional delegation settled into a wait-and-see approach Thursday on the proposal to rescue the nation's financial sector.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Oklahoma Government, US News, US Senate, Oklahoma, Republican, John Sullivan, Frank Lucas, US House of Representatives, Tom Cole

Fri Sep 26, 2008

Okie Funk

Money For Bankers, No School Buses For Oklahoma Children

Free Okie Funk Ebook Okie Funk is now offering a free download of an ebook based on posts from May 2004 to May 2006 on this blog.

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Related Topix: Oklahoma, Oklahoma Government, US Senate, Republican, US Politics, US News

A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days

Well, Well . . .

Look what we have here : Although Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden routinely mocks his Republican counterpart, Alaska Gov.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Joe Biden, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Ketchikan, AK, US Senate, Republican

Thu Sep 25, 2008

Postpartum Progress

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 ...

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Related Topix: Robert Menendez, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Bobby Rush, US Senate, Republican

The Clarion-Ledger

Senate passes cold-cases bill

Those who got away with murder during the civil rights era should start being afraid, say supporters of legislation passed Wednesday.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Christopher Dodd, Oklahoma, US Senate, Republican, Violent Crime

Montgomery Advertiser

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.

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Related Topix: US Senate, Republican, US Politics, US News

Wed Sep 24, 2008

The Nation

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 ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, John McCain, US News, George Bush, US Senate, Republican

Inside Long Island Politics

Obama: Let's debate

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 ...

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Related Topix: US News, US Senate, Republican, US Politics

Politico.com

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 ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, John McCain, US News, US Governors, Ketchikan, AK, Sarah Palin, US Senate, Republican, Alaska Government, Alaska

Tue Sep 23, 2008

SmartMoney

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.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Emanuel Cleaver, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Senate, Republican, James Inhofe, George Bush

The Lamar Democrat

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 ...

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Jeff Bingaman, Democrat, Republican

Mon Sep 22, 2008

Washington Examiner

How would Obama govern?

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.

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Related Topix: US Politics, John McCain, US News, Barack Obama, US Senate, Republican

Sun Sep 21, 2008

Free Republic

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.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Hillary Clinton, Immigration Reform, Illinois

Washington Examiner

Coburn Omnibus stakes increase

The stakes in the showdown between Majority Leader Harry Reid and Sen. Tom Coburn continue to go higher.

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Related Topix: US Senate, Republican, US Politics, US News

Sat Sep 20, 2008

Tulsa World

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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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, John Sullivan, Frank Lucas, US House of Representatives, Tom Cole, Democrat, Dan Boren

Fri Sep 19, 2008

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers a...

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.

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Related Topix: Oklahoma City Metro, Enid Metro, Enid, OK, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Oklahoma, Ponca City, OK

Voice of the People

Obama has proved himself

To help make up my mind, I slogged through the many TV debates and researched meat-and-potato issues.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Richard Lugar, US Senate, Republican, 2008 Presidential Election, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Opinion

Cybercast News Service

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.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, 2008 Presidential Election, James Inhofe

Thu Sep 18, 2008

Government Executive

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.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US House of Representatives, Democrat, 2008 Presidential Election, US Senate, Republican

Tulsa Beacon

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.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, John Sullivan, US House of Representatives, Tulsa, OK, Broken Arrow, OK

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