Senator Tom Coburn Threatens To Have Entire Bill Read On Senate Floor

Politico reports that "Sen. Tom Coburn, the Oklahoma Republican who developed a close friendship with President Obama when they served together in the Senate, is threatening to have the entire health care bill read on the Senate floor... 'That's a possibility,' Coburn spokesman John Hart said. 'He wants to make sure everyone has a chance to read the bill.' Coburn, who has a reputation for using procedural rules to block and delay legislation, has been an outspoken critic of the president’s health care overhaul. He recently told the New York Times: 'My mission is to frame this health care debate in terms of the fiscal ruin of this country. … I have instructed my staff to clear my schedule for every minute that bill is on the floor.'"
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