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Study: Boren backs Obama most in state's delegation
Democratic U.S. Rep. Dan Boren backed President Barack Obama 81 percent of the time in the president's first six months in office, according to a new study that said Obama is on pace for the most successful presidential year in recent history in terms of congressional support.
Monday evening I attended a reception welcoming Congressman John Sullivan back from his month at the Betty Ford Center .
The Party of No Ideas does have a bag full of tricks to aid with obstruction
House Republicans don't have any ideas, but they do have a bag of tricks -- courtesy of their leader, John Boehner.
Boehner Reaches Into Bag of Tricks to Disrupt Democrats
Representative John A. Boehner came to Washington in 1991 as a rabble-rousing Republican willing to disrupt the House to score points against powerful Democrats.
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Congressman determined to stop cap and trade
By Clint Sloan Staff Writer ADA - An Oklahoma congressman is determined to stop what he calls an unnecessary energy tax on the American people.
Newspaper: Only Warming Is On The Left
Investor's Business Daily has another terrific editorial about the global warming hoax and how so many Democratic members of Congress fell for it in supporting the energy tax bill last week.
The House passed legislation that calls for the first limits on pollution.
There was an all out battle on Capitol Hill over climate change. The political heat created in the House caused the president himself to spend some capital making calls and twisting arms.
In Climate Change Bill, What May Become an Election-Year Issue
As Democrats strained to win over crucial holdouts on the way to narrow, party-line approval of global warming legislation, they were dogged by a critical question: Has the political climate changed since 1993? Veteran members of both parties vividly remember when many House Democrats, in the early months of the Clinton administration, reluctantly ...
House approves bill for 'greener' economy
But Oklahoma's congressional delegation isn't happy about passage of the historic measure.
Oklahomans Voted to Increase Homeland Security Funding
All four of Oklahoma's members in the U.S. House voted Wednesday in favor of a 7% increase in funding for the Homeland Security Department.
From 2001-2008, any vote against a war spending bill was a vote against America, the troops and all things holy.
House Passes Tobacco Bill---State Delegation Divides Votes
The U.S. House on Friday passed a move to put tobacco under the regulation of the Food and Drug Administration, a move that received the support of two Oklahoma Representatives.
Call is made for resumption of union, contractor negotiations
As the strike by union employees of the primary civilian contractor at Vance Air Force Base stretched into its fifth day, Oklahoma's congressional delegation banded together to call for a quick resolution to the work stoppage.
Congressman testifies about imported tires
An Oklahoma congressman believes jobs in his district will continue to be threatened unless existing trade rules are used to stem Chinese tire imports into the United States.
Inhofe lists assets between $3 million and $10 million
WASHINGTON a ' Settlement of a lawsuit and a partnership involving family members gave a significant boost to the value of assets listed by U.S. Sen.
OK politicians opposed to enforcing Lake Texoma regulations
State leaders are meeting Tuesday to discuss what to do with a group of old Lake Texoma policies that the U.S. Coast Guard says it's now going to start to enforcing.
Polling and Political Wrap-Up,
On this holiday of remembrance for those who have given their lives, it is not terribly surprising to see that there is virtually no campaign news from the weekend.
Here's how Oklahoma senators and House of Representatives members voted on key bills and amendments last week.
Coast Guard plan draws opposition from Okla. delegates
Members of Oklahomaa s congressional delegation expressed opposition Friday to the U.S. Coast Guarda s plans to enforce existing licensing requirements for fishing guides on Lake Texoma this weekend.
The U.S. House easily gave final congressional approval Wednesday to provisions by U.S. Sen.