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1 day ago ago from Ball Medicine
Sens. Tom Coburn, R-Muskogee, and Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Tulsa voted against the health care bill today. Here's what they had to say:Coburn: This vote is indeed historic. This Congress will be remembered for its arrogance, corruption and stupidity. In the year of 2009, a Congress ignored the coming economic storm and impending bankruptcy of our entitlement programs and embarked on an ideological Go here to read the rest ...
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