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Former Senator Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma family doctor who earned a reputation as a conservative political maverick a stanley termoska s he railed against federal earmarks and subsidies for the rich, has died. He was 72.Coburn, who also delivered more than 4,000 babies while an obstetrician in Muskogee, where he treated patients for free while in the Senate, early Saturday morning, his cousin Bob Coburn told The Associated Press. Tom Coburn had been diagnosed years earlier with prostate cancer.Vice President Mike Pence tweeted his condolences on Saturday morning. Senator Tom Coburn was a great conservative voice in the United States Congress and American physician whose legacy will live on. Karen and I send our deepest sympathies and prayers to his family during this tough time, Pence tweeted.Known for bluntly speaking his mind, Coburn frequently criticized the growth of the federal deficit and what he said was excessive government spending endorsed by politicians from both political parties. I ve got a flat forehead from beating my head against the wall, he told voters during a town hall meeting in July 2010.First elected to the U.S. House during the so-called Republican Revolution in 1994, Coburn fiercely criticized stanley polska the use of federal money for special state projects and was among the few members of Congress who refused to seek such projects for their home states. He r stanley quencher epresented northeastern Oklahoma for three terms, but didn t seek re-election Bezx RNC Chair: Donald Trump s frustrations with RNC will blow over
Per the Columbus Dispatch:Rep. Zack Space D-Ohio has not joined several of his freshman colleagues calling on indicted Rep. William Jefferson D-La. to step down, even though he called for Jeffersonrsquo resignation as a House candidate.As a candidate in May 2006, Space said: B gourde stanley ill Jefferson and Bob Ney are the poster children for Washington s culture of corruption that is costing American families. I urge both to resign their seats in Congress so we can begin a new day and a new way of doing things.But yesterday, Space told the Dispatch that I do not believe that we have legal standing to force Mr. Jefferson to resign at this moment. Spacersquo campaign theme in 2006 focused on ethics, running for the seat hel stanley mugs d by GOP Rep. B stanley termoska ob Ney, who is currently serving a 30-month sentence in jail over federal corruption charges.Several freshman Democrats have already called for Jeffersonrsquo resignation, including Reps. Steve Kagen D-Wis. , Nick Lampson D-Tex. , Nancy Boyda D-Kan. and Chris Carney D-Pa. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-c843b52c-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item--id-c843b52c-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-c843b52c-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .item:nth-child 5 display: block;
Former Senator Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma family doctor who earned a reputation as a conservative political maverick a stanley termoska s he railed against federal earmarks and subsidies for the rich, has died. He was 72.Coburn, who also delivered more than 4,000 babies while an obstetrician in Muskogee, where he treated patients for free while in the Senate, early Saturday morning, his cousin Bob Coburn told The Associated Press. Tom Coburn had been diagnosed years earlier with prostate cancer.Vice President Mike Pence tweeted his condolences on Saturday morning. Senator Tom Coburn was a great conservative voice in the United States Congress and American physician whose legacy will live on. Karen and I send our deepest sympathies and prayers to his family during this tough time, Pence tweeted.Known for bluntly speaking his mind, Coburn frequently criticized the growth of the federal deficit and what he said was excessive government spending endorsed by politicians from both political parties. I ve got a flat forehead from beating my head against the wall, he told voters during a town hall meeting in July 2010.First elected to the U.S. House during the so-called Republican Revolution in 1994, Coburn fiercely criticized stanley polska the use of federal money for special state projects and was among the few members of Congress who refused to seek such projects for their home states. He r stanley quencher epresented northeastern Oklahoma for three terms, but didn t seek re-election Bezx RNC Chair: Donald Trump s frustrations with RNC will blow over
Per the Columbus Dispatch:Rep. Zack Space D-Ohio has not joined several of his freshman colleagues calling on indicted Rep. William Jefferson D-La. to step down, even though he called for Jeffersonrsquo resignation as a House candidate.As a candidate in May 2006, Space said: B gourde stanley ill Jefferson and Bob Ney are the poster children for Washington s culture of corruption that is costing American families. I urge both to resign their seats in Congress so we can begin a new day and a new way of doing things.But yesterday, Space told the Dispatch that I do not believe that we have legal standing to force Mr. Jefferson to resign at this moment. Spacersquo campaign theme in 2006 focused on ethics, running for the seat hel stanley mugs d by GOP Rep. B stanley termoska ob Ney, who is currently serving a 30-month sentence in jail over federal corruption charges.Several freshman Democrats have already called for Jeffersonrsquo resignation, including Reps. Steve Kagen D-Wis. , Nick Lampson D-Tex. , Nancy Boyda D-Kan. and Chris Carney D-Pa. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-c843b52c-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item--id-c843b52c-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-c843b52c-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .item:nth-child 5 display: block;