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	<title>Oklahoma Political News Service &#187; Pork</title>
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		<title>CBS News Video: Coburn On USDA Conferences</title>
		<link>http://okpns.org/2008/05/27/cbs-news-video-coburn-on-usda-conferences/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 13:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pork]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Tom Coburn]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sen. Coburn is interviewed by CBS News on the U. S. Department of Agriculture&#8217;s wasteful spending. He is particularly critical of the conferences USDA officials have been attending lately. He lists for example, officials attending Crayfish conferences in Australia, and trips to Hawaii to study the U.S. Congress.
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		<title>&#8216;Stimulus&#8217; is code for more bad spending</title>
		<link>http://okpns.org/2008/01/09/stimulus-is-code-for-more-bad-spending/</link>
		<comments>http://okpns.org/2008/01/09/stimulus-is-code-for-more-bad-spending/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Ernest Istook]]></category>
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By Ernest Istook
When is $20 billion in pork-barrel spending not enough?
Answer: When &#8220;preventing a recession&#8221; becomes an excuse for Congress to spend more.
They just gave us a 3,417-page &#8220;omnibus&#8221; bill, finishing the year with 11,000 special projects earmarks ($20 billion worth!) last year. Now they have a new excuse to add more: economic stimulus.
But one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coburn Seeks Probe of Coconut Road Earmark, May Opt to Hold Up Legislation</title>
		<link>http://okpns.org/2007/12/19/coburn-seeks-probe-of-coconut-road-earmark-may-opt-to-hold-up-legislation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Earmarks]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Tom Coburn]]></category>

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By Susan Crabtree


Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) is threatening to withhold support for legislation making technical corrections to the 2005 highway bill if it does not require a “full and open” investigation into the now-notorious Coconut Road earmark.

Coburn wrote a letter to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) Tuesday informing him that he would object to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quote Of The Day</title>
		<link>http://okpns.org/2007/12/18/quote-of-the-day-8/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pork]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Tom Coburn]]></category>

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“President Bush was wise to challenge Congress to scale back what has become known as the ‘earmark favor factory’ in Washington. Special interest earmarks divert billions of dollars from higher priority needs and undermine public confidence in Congress, which is at an all-time low. President Bush should veto this bloated spending bill and force members [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Spending Site Launched,Thank You Tom Coburn</title>
		<link>http://okpns.org/2007/12/14/federal-spending-site-launchedthank-you-tom-coburn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pork]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Tom Coburn]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is a win for every Oklahoman and American. With leaders like Senator Tom Coburn leading the charge against pork barrel spending, maybe we can get our country on track.


Sen. Tom Coburn and the Office of Management and Budget this morning announced the launch of a new government website that will provide Americans with easier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Buck Stops Here</title>
		<link>http://okpns.org/2007/12/11/the-buck-stops-here/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pork]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Tom Coburn]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Ryan Grim &#8211; The Politico


A typical bill moving through the Senate has a number of institutional hurdles to clear: subcommittee, committee, leadership and Coburn. It’s that last one that you won’t find in a textbook.
 
Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican, has long been known as the Senate’s gadfly, crusading against wasteful government spending. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Single Senator Blocking Cold-Case Bill</title>
		<link>http://okpns.org/2007/12/10/single-senator-blocking-cold-case-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://okpns.org/2007/12/10/single-senator-blocking-cold-case-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Tom Coburn]]></category>

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We have always applauded Sen. Coburn for his aggressive exposure of pork spending in the federal government. It is admirable that there are still a few politicians willing to stand up to the special interests. But in this case, Sen. Coburn will lose the public relations battle in his principled war against wasteful spending. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taxpayers Go Trick Or Treating</title>
		<link>http://okpns.org/2007/10/31/taxpayers-go-trick-or-treating/</link>
		<comments>http://okpns.org/2007/10/31/taxpayers-go-trick-or-treating/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>C. W. McBlackville</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Tom Coburn]]></category>

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Much scarier than the prospect of being haunted by the undead is the prospect of being spooked by a record $8.6 trillion national debt.  In the Halloween spirit, Citizens Against Government Waste provides a list of who deserves taxpayer tricks and treats. 

Treat:  To Sens. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CCAGW: Sen. Coburn Rocks; Rolls Million Dollar Earmark Out Of Spending Bill</title>
		<link>http://okpns.org/2007/10/22/ccagw-sen-coburn-rocks-rolls-million-dollar-earmark-out-of-spending-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://okpns.org/2007/10/22/ccagw-sen-coburn-rocks-rolls-million-dollar-earmark-out-of-spending-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>C. W. McBlackville</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pork]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Tom Coburn]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) today        celebrated Sen. Tom Coburn’s (R-Okla.)        successful removal of a $1 million wasteful earmark in H.R. 3043, the        fiscal 2008 Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smoke On This Hippies!!</title>
		<link>http://okpns.org/2007/10/19/smoke-on-this-hippies/</link>
		<comments>http://okpns.org/2007/10/19/smoke-on-this-hippies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>C. W. McBlackville</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pork]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Tom Coburn]]></category>

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by Andrew Roth
Congrats to Senators Tom Coburn and Jon Kyl who offered an amendment today to defund the $1 million earmark to the Woodstock Museum in New York. The Senate just accepted the amendment, 52-42.
Actually, that Woodstock guy &#8212; billionaire Alan Gerry &#8212; is scheduled to be on CNBC&#8217;s Squawk Box tomorrow morning to debate [...]]]></description>
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