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		<title>BREAKING: Coffee At The Brink?</title>
		<link>http://okpns.org/2010/02/01/breaking-coffee-at-the-brink/</link>
		<comments>http://okpns.org/2010/02/01/breaking-coffee-at-the-brink/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[OK Senate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Capitol sources say Senate Republicans have confirmed a contentious caucus to pick the next senate leader as mandated by the constitution is underway at 23rd and Lincoln.
Supporters of Coffee’s choice for leader, Sen. Brian Bingman, are pushing to get Bingman appointed quickly.  But revelations last fall and last week about questionable actions by Coffee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smear Job Revealed, OKPNS Predicted It Last Week</title>
		<link>http://okpns.org/2010/01/18/smear-job-revealed-okpns-predicted-it-last-week/</link>
		<comments>http://okpns.org/2010/01/18/smear-job-revealed-okpns-predicted-it-last-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[OK Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OK Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Press Bias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Glenn Coffee]]></category>

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We told you last week about the smear job that was percolating between a powerful legislator and a lazy, willing reporter at the state&#8217;s main newspaper. well the smear job has come to light. We know the newspaper and reporter and now we know the candidate being maligned. The one piece missing in the puzzle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An OKPNS Analysis</title>
		<link>http://okpns.org/2010/01/13/an-okpns-analysis/</link>
		<comments>http://okpns.org/2010/01/13/an-okpns-analysis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[OK Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OK Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Press Bias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Glenn Coffee]]></category>

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After performances like today, it is easy to understand why rank and file Republicans continue to be disgusted by conniving RINO’s, and little wonder why thinking conservatives continue to abandon our party and head to the Tea Party movement.
Oklahoma is the reddest of Red States, but continuing to turn a blind eye to venal and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Batesline Questions Coates Appointment</title>
		<link>http://okpns.org/2008/11/25/quote-of-the-day-batesline-questions-coates-appointment/</link>
		<comments>http://okpns.org/2008/11/25/quote-of-the-day-batesline-questions-coates-appointment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>C. W. McBlackville</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HB 1804]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OK Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Glenn Coffee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Harry "Turn" Coates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There has to be some super Machiavellian reasoning behind this, right? Coates??? A guy who &#8211; during this past election &#8211; did robo calls FOR Democrats from THEIR party headquarters!
From Batesline: 
&#8220;Why are the Oklahoma Senate Republicans putting their caucus&#8217;s lone HB 1804  opponent, an outspoken opponent of enforcing immigration laws, in charge of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Kerry and Dirty Harry Wreck Another Political Career</title>
		<link>http://okpns.org/2008/05/08/john-kerry-and-dirty-harry-wreck-another-political-career/</link>
		<comments>http://okpns.org/2008/05/08/john-kerry-and-dirty-harry-wreck-another-political-career/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 18:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[OK Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Harry "Turn" Coates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Patrick Anderson]]></category>

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Sen. &#8220;Dirty Harry&#8221; Coates

Sen. Patrick Anderson


Yesterday, embattled Sen. Dirty Harry Coates sided with all the Democratic senators to scuttle the official English bill, which some polls say is supported by nearly 90% of the Oklahoma public.  The bill has been sent to conference committee, where by design it will be difficult to resurrect this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: News 9&#8217;s Kelly Ogle&#8217;s &quot;Two Cents&quot; on English as the Official State Language</title>
		<link>http://okpns.org/2008/05/07/video-news-9s-kelly-ogles-two-cents-on-english-as-the-official-state-language/</link>
		<comments>http://okpns.org/2008/05/07/video-news-9s-kelly-ogles-two-cents-on-english-as-the-official-state-language/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 21:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[OK Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Randy Terrill]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Kelly Ogle gives his 2 Cents on whether making English as the official state language would be good for the Sooner State.

Related:
NewsOk.com: Bid fails to pass official English bill
]]></description>
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		<title>OK Senate: Progressive Measures Toward Socialized Medicine</title>
		<link>http://okpns.org/2008/02/22/ok-senate-progressive-measures-toward-socialized-medicine/</link>
		<comments>http://okpns.org/2008/02/22/ok-senate-progressive-measures-toward-socialized-medicine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[OK Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Socialism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insurance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Brain Tumor Buzz, reports that yesterday a Senate committee passed legislation that would require insurance companies to pay for experimental treatments:
Sen. Andrew Rice, the bill&#8217;s author, said it was a matter of fairness. He said Medicaid and Medicare patients can go through clinical trials and still have their routine care compensated.
The bill is called Steffanie&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oklahoma Politician Who Authored Video Game Law is Now ESRB’s Pal</title>
		<link>http://okpns.org/2007/12/05/oklahoma-politician-who-authored-video-game-law-is-now-esrb%e2%80%99s-pal/</link>
		<comments>http://okpns.org/2007/12/05/oklahoma-politician-who-authored-video-game-law-is-now-esrb%e2%80%99s-pal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[OK Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Glenn Coffee]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From GamePolitics.com:
We’ll say it again:

Politics makes strange bedfellows.


Yesterday, an ESRB press release trumpeted yet another partnership with a state-level politician. This time it is State Senator Glenn Coffee (R) who is teaming up with the video game industry’s content rating board on a parental awareness program.

In partnering with the ESRB Coffee follows in the footsteps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Costs &amp; Benefits of a Tied Senate</title>
		<link>http://okpns.org/2007/06/15/costs-benefits-of-a-tied-senate/</link>
		<comments>http://okpns.org/2007/06/15/costs-benefits-of-a-tied-senate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[OK Legislator's Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OK Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Gumm]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ By Senator Jay Paul Gumm, D-Durant
Hello again, everybody! It has been an interesting process learning how to work in a Senate divided evenly between Democrats and Republicans.That split has a financial cost. Because things were shared evenly by both parties, it cost the Senate more than $600,000 to level the playing field between both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Laster Leaves Everyone But Meacham Laughing</title>
		<link>http://okpns.org/2007/03/31/laster-leaves-everyone-but-meacham-laughing/</link>
		<comments>http://okpns.org/2007/03/31/laster-leaves-everyone-but-meacham-laughing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2007 00:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brad Henry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OK Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Meacham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Laster]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Tecumseh Countywide News &#38; Shawnee Sun:
By Wayne Trotter
State Sen. Charlie Laster has been a strong supporter of Gov. Brad Henry but that didn&#8217;t keep him from sending the governor an unmistakable message last week &#8211; don&#8217;t mess around with the Senate on this budget issue.
“I love Brad and he&#8217;s my No. 1 guy [...]]]></description>
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