COBURN STILL FIGHTING MASSIVE “OMNIBUS”
FITSNews - July 28, 2008 - We’ve had some fun with MARTA buses lately ( here and here ), but another out-of-control bus is screeching toward unsuspecting taxpayers in Washington, D.C.
It’s called the “ Coburn Omnibus ,” a collection of some forty pieces of unnecessary spending legislation that have been successfully held up by Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn . To get around Coburn’s blockade of the bills, Senate Democrats have decided to lump them all together into one “Omnibus” bill, which they are attempting to shove through the U.S. Senate this afternoon.
Fortunately, both of South Carolina’s Republican Senators are opposing this boondoggle and the multi-billion dollar hole it would blow in an already deficit-ravaged federal budget.
Yet several Republicans - including Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch and this guy - are indicating that they plan on backing the bill. ...
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Filibuster watch From: peacearena.org Post Date: 2008-11-05 21:39:14
The following Republicans are up for re-election in 2010. The netroots will be watching them and posting about any shenanigans.
Richard Shelby of Alabama
Lisa Murkowski of Alaska
John McCain of Arizona
Mel Martinez of Florida
Johnny Isakson of Georgia
Mike Crapo of Idaho
Chuck Grassley of Iowa
Jim Bunning of Kentucky
David Vitter of Louisiana
Kit Bond of Missouri
Judd Gregg of New Hampshire
Richard Burr of North Carolina
George Voinovich of Ohio
Tom Coburn of Oklahoma
Arlen Specter of Pennsyl... more
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Conservatives find the charge that they have been suddenly expelled from American political life surreal because we have been a minority within the majority, then a minority within the minority, [...]
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The Hotline has assembled this compilation of cash-on-hand levels (as of the end of September of this year) for the Senate incumbents up for re-election in 2010. Go to The Hotline’s link to also see cash-on-hand levels for House members who might potentially consider a Senate bid (for which they have a long list), though I have some selected House members below.
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