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16 Dec 2009, 6:48 pm by gheriot
I love this guy: "The Senate health care debate has run into a major delaying maneuver by Republican Sen. [read post]
23 Sep 2010, 8:17 am
Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid (D-NV) asked for "unanimous consent on a bipartisan agreement worked out by the Senate HELP Committee, incorporating amendments exempting small farms and restrictions on the use of the Bisphenol-A chemical in food and beverage containers. [read post]
23 Sep 2010, 2:59 am
Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) sparred over the food safety bill on the Senate floor, providing no progress and more political hurdles for a bill that has been plagued by setbacks.Yesterday afternoon Coburn rejected Reid's attempt to bring the bill up under unanimous consent, a procedural move to limit debate and set rules for amendments. [read post]
30 Jan 2007, 12:26 pm
Coburn smiled at the suggestion. [read post]
26 Nov 2010, 1:59 am
 Citing a slew of recent high-profile outbreaks, recent USA Today food safety exposes, and foodborne illness stats, the paper's editorial staff penned an Op-Ed in support of the bill, which would be the first major overhaul of the U.S. [read post]
18 Sep 2010, 2:59 am
On the Senate floor Thursday, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said Sen. [read post]
16 Sep 2010, 2:59 am
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters Monday that he thought the bill was cleared to move forward, but learned that Coburn was objecting. [read post]
18 Sep 2010, 2:59 am
  On the Senate floor Thursday, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said Sen. [read post]
11 Jun 2007, 6:25 pm
A majority of the Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee - Coburn, Grassley, Kyle, Sessions and Brownback, wrote Senate Judiciary Chairman Leahy and ranking committee Republican Arlen Specter, observing that last week's hearings rendered obvious that the Patent Reform Act of 2007 is badly done. [read post]
22 Sep 2010, 2:59 am
Coburn isn't responsible for the Majority Leader's failure to write offsets into the base bill. [read post]
12 Jun 2007, 12:08 pm
Note that a majority of the a majority of the Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans co-signed the letter. [read post]
14 Jul 2009, 4:37 pm
From the SJC Majority: “Tomorrow, the Committee will convene at 9:30 a.m. to conclude the first round of questions, with Senators Cornyn, Cardin, Coburn, Whitehouse, Klobuchar, Kaufman, Specter and Franken questioning Judge Sotomayor. [read post]
27 Sep 2010, 2:59 am
 We're not going to be doing anything next week anyway," Coburn told Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) on the floor Thursday, in a heated exchange. [read post]
16 Jun 2011, 2:16 pm by Jonathan Zasloff
As the clip suggests, this measure was co-authored by Coburn and California’s Dianne Feinstein. [read post]
6 Sep 2011, 9:59 pm by Patent Docs
The motion required a three-fifths majority vote of the Senate (i.e., 60 votes) to pass. [read post]
15 Jun 2011, 5:43 am by Jonathan H. Adler
Senate majority leader Harry Reid actively whipped against the measure because of alleged procedural problems. [read post]
17 Dec 2014, 7:36 pm by Jon Gelman
“It’s unfortunate, but his objection is going to kill TRIA,” Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, said last night on the Senate floor. [read post]
25 Sep 2010, 12:49 pm by Drew Falkenstein
A little more thought should go into Senator Coburn's next move on food safety. [read post]