Coburn Foe Stevens Indicted

One of the biggest pork barrel politicians in the Senate, Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, has been indicted by the Justice Department.

Some may point to the beginning of the end of the The King of Pork’s reign the day Oklahoma U.S. Senator Tom Coburn took on Steven’s infamous “bridge to nowhere”on the floor of the Senate in nearly three years ago. Though Coburn lost that day, his reputation as a watchdog against wasteful spending was significantly enhanced, and this week’s events prove the Muskogee Senator is a major budget player in the Congress regardless of his maverick label.

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