Tom Coburn

Tom Coburn continues as the Senator in Oklahoma with his re-election to the seat in the November 2010 elections. Coburn says this will be his last term.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/02/AR2010110206695.html

Tom Coburn is a Republican senator from Oklahoma, who was elected to the Senate on November 2, 2004 on the platform of reducing wasteful spending. Coburn maintains he is interested in balancing the budget and improving health care access. http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutSenatorCoburn.Biography

Before becoming a Senator, he was a state representative from 1995 through 2001. He has worked with Barack Obama in creating an online database where the people can view government spending.http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutSenatorCoburn.Biography This is a search engine where the tax dollars are tracked and listed. It has been used by hundreds of thousands of people nationally.

He has served on the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Indian Affairs Committee, The committee on Health Education, the Labor and Pensions Committee, and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=LegislationIssues.CommitteeAssignments He has pledged to serve only two terms as Senator before returning to his medical practice.http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutSenatorCoburn.Biography

Republican Senator Tom Coburn sought to be re-elected to the Oklahoma U.S. Senate seat. His opponent was Democrat Jim Rogers. The September Rasmussen Reported the telephone survey results as Coburn having 68% of the vote and Rogers 26%. This was slightly higher than the last survey which put Coburn at 67%. Rogers has run for the seat on two other occasions.http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2010/election_2010_senate_elections/oklahoma/election_2010_oklahoma_senate Senator Coburn was re-elected in the November 2010 elections.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/02/AR2010110206695.html

Dr. Coburn has stated he wants health care accessibility and quality of health care. To that end, Coburn introduced The Patient’s Choice Act. This Act would allow all Americans the choice of health care coverage and universal health insurance without increasing the role of government in health care decisions.http://coburn.senate.gov/public/?p=accomplishments He also brought out legislation that he believes promotes wellness and prevention of disease, with accountability for the way health care money is spent, and making sure it is used on patients first.http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutSenatorCoburn.Accomplishments

Tom Coburn also supports the right to bear arms as is stated in the second amendment.http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutSenatorCoburn.Accomplishments

Coburn raised controversy over his refusal to criticize violent protesters who carried guns to political rallies and protests.http://www.okiefunk.com/node/625

He has also sparked controversy over the Health Care bill. He asked for his supporters and those against the bill to pray that one of his Democratic colleagues would not make it to the vote and give the Democrats their necessary 60 votes to pass the bill. "What the American people ought to pray is that somebody can't make the vote tonight," he said. "That's what they ought to pray." Many believed his comments were aimed directly at 92 year old Senator Robert Byrd.http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts1039