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2 hrs ago | The Hill

Coburn: Oklahoma constituents suggesting that IRS audited major Romney donors

Sen. Tom Coburn said Thursday his constituents have suggested they were audited by the Internal Revenue Service because they donated to Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Oklahoma Government, Oklahoma, Mitt Romney, US House of Representatives, Patrick Tiberi

Thu May 23, 2013

WKXW-FM Trenton

Christie To Tornado Victims: Be Strong [VIDEO/AUDIO]

The disturbing images of tornado-ravaged Oklahoma towns have reignited some memories of the devastation in New Jersey immediately following Superstorm Sandy .

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Chris Christie, US Governors, Mary Fallin

The Wichita Eagle

Senate votes to cut crop insurance aid for wealthy

The vote was one small victory this week for critics of a massive, five-year farm bill that would cost almost $100 billion a year and includes generous subsidies for the nation's biggest crops.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, US Politics, US News, Republican, Debbie Stabenow, Democrat

CNN

Sen. Coburn: My bogus dilemma on tornado aid

Editor's note: Tom Coburn, a Republican, is a U.S. senator from Oklahoma and the ranking member on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which oversees the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, FEMA, Journalism, Opinion

Daily Kos

Do you agree with Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn that federal relief for the Oklahoma tornado victims should be held up until equal-sized cuts can be made in other parts of the federal budget?

Do you agree with Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn that federal relief for the Oklahoma tornado victims should be held up until equal-sized cuts can be made in other parts of the federal budget? There are people who grow up believing the world to be a fair and just place.

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Related Topix: US News, US Senate, Republican, US Politics, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Government, Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Sandy, Rush Limbaugh, Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat

NewsBusters.org

NBC's Lauer Uses Oklahoma Tornado to Bash GOP Over Sandy Relief

In an interview with Congressman Tom Cole on Wednesday's NBC Today about the tornado that devastated his hometown of Moore, Oklahoma, co-host Matt Lauer saw an opportunity to hit congressional Republicans for daring to oppose pork barrel spending shoved into the Hurricane Sandy relief bill: "Back in January, you did something that a lot of your ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Tom Cole, US Senate, Today, Entertainment, Television, Moore, OK, Matt Lauer

NewsBusters.org

Gayle King to Tom Coburn: Deficit-Neutral Disaster Relief Risks...

On Wednesday's CBS This Morning , open Obama supporter Gayle King strongly hinted to Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn that he would face voter backlash for seeking cuts in the federal budget to pay for tornado disaster relief: "You voted against relief plans for Hurricane Sandy, and it sounds that you would do the same if it was raised in Oklahoma.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, CBS This Morning, Entertainment, Television, Moore, OK, Family, Kids

Wed May 22, 2013

The Washington Post

In Oklahoma, volunteers clean up cemetery in preparation for burial of tornado victims

Cathie Parker and her two daughters brought their wheelbarrow, rakes and shovels to the Moore city cemetery Wednesday, wanting to make sure that the victims of Monday's monster tornado are buried in a place of peace and beauty.

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Related Topix: US Senate, Republican, US Politics, US News

Daily Kos

Tom Coburn Should Read "No Man is an Island" Before Talking About Budget Cuts and Tornado Relief

When I was in middle school, my home town was hit by a devastating tornado. We were fortunate.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Hamden, CT, New Haven, CT, Liberal Political News

CBS Local

Rep. King Blasts Okla. Lawmaker For 'Absolute Hypocrisy' In Voting Against Sandy Aid

New York Congressman Peter King has singled out one of Oklahoma's senators, labeling him a hypocrite for voting against federal aid for victims of superstorm Sandy now that the tables are turned and Oklahoma is in need of federal assistance.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Tom Cole, James Inhofe, US Senate, Peter King, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Government

The Guardian

Oklahoma rescuers wind up search and prepare for tornado clean-up

Attention shifts to clearing the rubble and debris as officials say they are no longer searching for any more missing people Moore, Oklahoma.

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Related Topix: Tornado, Natural Disasters, US Politics, James Inhofe, US News, US Senate, Republican, Oklahoma, Moore, OK

KMOV-TV Saint Louis

Oklahoma tornado victims start picking up the pieces

With her son holding her elbow, Colleen Arvin walked up her driveway to what was left of her house of 40 years.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Oklahoma City, OK, Moore, OK, FEMA

Democracy Now

Senate Panel Advances Immigration Overhaul; Same-Sex Marriage Protection Removed

Local authorities in Moore, Oklahoma, have lowered their estimate of the death toll from Monday's devastating tornado.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Sandy, Senator Rand Paul

The Jersey Journal

N.J. Politics Roundup: Lawmakers support Oklahoma tornado aid; Buono to air first TV ad

TRENTON - New Jersey lawmakers say victims of Monday's tornado in Oklahoma don't deserve the standoff those affected by Hurricane Sandy saw in Congress over relief aid.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Rush Holt, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Frank Pallone, US Senate, Frank Lautenberg, Republican, Immigration Reform, Trenton, NJ

ABC News

Rep. Tom Cole: Okla. Needs Help, Not a Funding Battle

Republican Rep. Tom Cole, whose district took a direct hit from a powerful tornado on Monday, said the residents of the tornado ravaged towns in Oklahoma need help, not a political battle over funding in Washington.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Tom Cole, US Senate

Tue May 21, 2013

Slate

No, Sequestration Didn't Affect the Tornado Forecast This Time

President Barack Obama speaks about the tornadoes that devastated Oklahoma joined by Vice President Joe Biden, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and FEMA Deputy Administrator Richard Serino at the White House on May 21, 2013.

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Related Topix: US Politics, James Inhofe, US News, US Senate, Republican, FEMA, Natural Disasters, Weather

The Washington Post

Inhofe: Tornado 'totally different' from Hurricane Sandy

The senator appeared to be referring to the fact that some funds from the Sandy package for the Federal Highway Administration could go to the Virgin Islands, as well as $2 million allocated to the Smithsonian for roofs damaged by the storm.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Sandy, US Politics, Representative James Lankford, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Oklahoma Government, Oklahoma, FEMA

WTVF Nashville

Senators require fingerprinting at 30 airports

Conservative Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn says that any additional federal aid to help tornado victims and to rebuild devastated areas of his state should be financed with cuts to other programs in the government's... Conservative Oklahoma Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Orrin Hatch, Richard Durbin, Democrat, Jeff Flake, US House of Representatives, Senator Jeff Flake, Lindsey Graham

CBS News

Oklahoma tornado leaves dozens dead, including many children

A woman carries her child through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Representative Mary Fallin, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Tornado, Natural Disasters, Oklahoma, Moore, OK

WTHR-TV Indianapolis

Obama offers help for Oklahoma tornado victims

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is searching offices at the Indianapolis City-County Building Tuesday.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Indianapolis, IN, Weather