Coburn puts hold on civil rights cold cases bill.
By on Dec 10th, 2007 at 8:25 pm
Coburn puts hold on civil rights cold cases bill.
This summer, “legislation to beef up investigations into unsolved murders from the civil rights era” passed the House by an overwhelming margin of 422-2. But the bill is being held up in the Senate, where Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) has put a hold on the bill because he believes that “its price tag of $13.5 million a year” is too much. Sens. Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) have vowed to continue pushing the legislation.
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coburn should be buried alive. what an ass.
December 10th, 2007 at 8:30 pmSen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) … believes that “its price tag of $13.5 million a year†is too much
December 10th, 2007 at 8:32 pm– - What would be a fair cost, Tom? A buck, three eighty?
Sen. Tom Coburn (RePugniScum-OK) is phu(ked up to the core!!
Bigger Scumbags are hard to find!!!
December 10th, 2007 at 8:35 pmklan roots run deep
December 10th, 2007 at 8:47 pmCoburn’s just doing damage control for the GOP and the election of 08 since he knows these investigations will blow the lid off of any GOP hopeful. In the process, though, Coburn is besmerching the tattered shreds of the party he represents….those 24-27%ers~!
December 10th, 2007 at 8:47 pmklan roots not only run deep; they run republican as well.
December 10th, 2007 at 8:48 pmIt’s understandable: he’s only protecting his redneck constituents from the consequences of their past.
December 10th, 2007 at 8:52 pmI don’t understand these Senate rules. How can one person (outside of the president, of course) affect laws like this? One person? What happened to co-equal branches of the government and majority rules. Majority rules apply… except if only one person disagrees? This is crazy.
December 10th, 2007 at 8:52 pmy – they never get any gay airport sex.
December 10th, 2007 at 9:01 pmHow in the hell can these thugs “put a hold” on this stuff. The Dems could not seem to block anything when they were the minority…. Now being the minority party has some magical power I guess…. Or maybe the Dems have and always be a bunch of spineless wimps….
December 10th, 2007 at 9:01 pmThank your ineffective Democratic leadership that doesn’t know how to get anything done.
Comment by cold_hard_left — December 10, 2007 @ 8:59 pm
Frickin’ hypocrite. If they were accomplishing their agenda, you’d be crying like a little baby. Whenever they’re obstructed by Republics, you whine that they’re ineffective.
December 10th, 2007 at 9:09 pm#6 – Word.
December 10th, 2007 at 9:18 pmThe Grand Old Perverts try to portray themselves as friends to Black America. But this should shut them up once and for all.
December 10th, 2007 at 9:35 pmThe irony to me is that Coburn comes from a part of the country almost devoid of any African Americans.
December 10th, 2007 at 10:05 pm“…its price tag of $13.5 million a year†is too much.
And the billions per year we’re spending in Iraq is…what…”just about right”?
December 10th, 2007 at 10:10 pmHow about instead of your useless observations, you tell us whether you agree with the 422 US representatives or the 2 representatives and 1 congressmen. As a bonus, maybe you can offer an logical explanation.
December 10th, 2007 at 10:38 pmNah, let’s thank a sick moron who most likely bought his way into office, Coburn should be buried alive.
December 10th, 2007 at 11:13 pmSay, Oklahoma. Could y’all do something about your obstructionist senators?
December 10th, 2007 at 11:16 pmThe truth about the Repubs is sadly demonstrated by people like Coburn. Bigots, hypocrites, crooks. Is that a coalition for America? Defenders of the faith indeed. They think we are all idiots.
December 10th, 2007 at 11:55 pmSo Coburn won’t be voting in favor of the next funding bill for the war?
December 11th, 2007 at 12:06 am“Say, Oklahoma. Could y’all do something about your obstructionist senators?”
Don’t bother. Oklahoma is stuck in the dark ages. 75% of those mouthbreathing idiots agree with him. That state is worse than Texas.
December 11th, 2007 at 12:55 amMy first thought was “who is Coburn protecting?”
December 11th, 2007 at 1:22 amThey only spend “taxpayer dollars” if someone gets hurt. Or, at least blow up a few “Terruhists”. Muslims don’t really count as “someone” to these folks.
December 11th, 2007 at 1:22 amVerbal, Coburn hates darkies. He is protecting the Great White.
December 11th, 2007 at 1:29 amCoburn can’t figure a way to privatize this expenditure into the hands of Republican donors.
December 11th, 2007 at 1:29 amCoburn has some extreme views on abortion and other matters, but frankly, I give him the benefit of the doubt on this one.
Coburn is consistently in favor of budget cutting and accountability. He is one of the few in the GOP who reached across the aisle to work with Dems (including Sen. Obama).
When he was elected, I thought he was a genuine dingbat in the Saxby Chambliss mode, but he actually has shown himself to be a relatively thoughtful senator.
If a lot of his GOP friends had done this, I would be first in line to condemn latent racism. But not Coburn. You may disagree with the policy and the budget priorities, but I just don’t see this as racism.
December 11th, 2007 at 10:01 amIf it’s this easy for ONE senator to hold up a bill, then why didn’t at least ONE Democrat (preferably one who wouldn’t be running for office again, like Bob Graham (D-FL), place a hold on the so-called PATRIOT Act in 2001?
Any experts out there have the answer to this question?
December 11th, 2007 at 11:02 amIn regard to the comments above (16, 21, and 24) about Coburn and war funding:
On May 24, 2007 the US Senate voted 80-14 to fund the war in Iraq. Coburn was one of the 14.
As noted above, he co-sponsored legislation along with Sen. Obama to limit earmarks and to provide for more openess when it comes to spending.
Coburn also lead a recent attack on diverting spending from the Iraq war to pay for a $700 million project to relocate a rail line along the Mississippi coast so that Mississippi could build a new east-west highway.
Sen. Coburn just doesn’t like spending any money.
December 11th, 2007 at 11:12 amMore inept dim leadership. reid and pelosi have shown their true allegience, which is to the imperial presidency. Those two ran under false flags as being Democrats when actually they are DINOs. Too many of the congress are comfortable under the cover of the DINO leadership so we have the rethugs running the congress in all but name. When the dims were out of power they accomplished exactly the same as they are doing in power. The rest of the dim leadership – emanuel, shumer, hoyer, et. al – are no better.
As far as Coburn not having hidden racial motives for the rejection of the funding of the investigations, please, go back and reassess what you have said.
December 11th, 2007 at 11:13 amWhen one lawmaker can obstruct the will of all others how can that be called a democracy. It just boggles the mind. Anyone else think this should be abolished?
December 11th, 2007 at 11:15 am“As far as Coburn not having hidden racial motives for the rejection of the funding of the investigations, please, go back and reassess what you have said.”
How about this: How about looking at the facts before tossing out the racist label?
I’ve got better Dem credentials than the vast majority of people here. I work campaigns and I run a Dem precinct. Speaking as a Dem, I can say that Coburn may be a bad Senator and that Carson would have been a great senator, but we need to give Coburn credit on this one. He is a budget cutter. The rest of his GOP pals want to spend and spend, but on the issue of the budget at least, Coburn is consistent.
December 11th, 2007 at 11:58 amWhat good xtian! We spend $10-12M AN HOUR in Iraq but $13M a year is too much to spend on people of color.
December 11th, 2007 at 11:59 amBronco214,
December 11th, 2007 at 12:01 pmCoburn voted AGAINST the Iraq spending.
And by the way “Bronco”, you really think it is appropriate to write “xtian.”
Show some respect for the religion. We demand that the far right show respect for Islamic moderates. We need to do that for all religions.
Every time some idiot makes a comment like #33, it makes everybody in the middle or on the left look like idiots. It makes it easy for FoxNews to label all progressives as ignorant Christian-haters.
December 11th, 2007 at 12:04 pmklan roots run deep
Comment by tombaker — December 10, 2007 @ 8:47 pm
Yes they do. Who were the Klan members and the civil rights opponents in the ’60s’? The DEMOCRATS – the Republicans were the ones to push through the Civil Rights Bill. And many of those same D’s are still in power, although they are old now.
Don’t tell me I’m full of crap – I was there then – most of you weren’t.
December 11th, 2007 at 8:50 pmRichg,
You are full of crap.
First, there was no “Civil Rights Bill.” There was a Civil Rights Act of 1965. Who was President in 1965 and was able to build a coalition to push it through?
Moreover, did you ever hear of “the southern strategy”?
December 12th, 2007 at 9:55 amYou are an expert, Richg.
Tell everybody about the GOP and “the southern strategy.”
Richg,
You are full of crap.
Comment by Skeeter1 — December 12, 2007 @ 9:55 am
Richg,
You are full of crap.
First, there was no “Civil Rights Bill.†There was a Civil Rights Act of 1965. Who was President in 1965 and was able to build a coalition to push it through?
“Bill”, “Act”. you may be technically correct about the precise word, but this makes no difference in relation to my point. Yes, it was LBJ as president, another powerful Texan with ties to Big Oil. The coalition was mostly R’s, to overcome the opposition from mainline D’s. THAT was my point.
Moreover, did you ever hear of “the southern strategy�
You are an expert, Richg.
Tell everybody about the GOP and “the southern strategy.â€
Please, do – it wasn’t part of my point, so it’s up to you.
December 12th, 2007 at 4:43 pm