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Coburn cracks down on flip-floppers
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Mar 18, 2010 04:17pm |
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| Category | General |
| Author | ELISE FOLEY |
| News Date | Thursday, March 18, 2010 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) is already geared up to block nominations for House Democrats who flip flop on their health care votes and eventually end up being nominated for administration positions.
"Be prepared to defend selling your vote in the House," Coburn said at a news conference with other GOP doctors.
Coburn, who has a history of placing holds, vowed that he would block the nomination process if Democrats who switch from voting “no” to “yes,” lose their elections and then end up getting some kind of federal nomination in the future.
Coburn also had harsh words for the Congressional Budget Office, which released estimates Thursday that the Democrats’ bill would cut the federal deficit reduce the deficit by about $130 billion in the first 10 years and by $1.2 trillion over the second 10 years. Coburn said the estimates do not take into account increases in physician pay or other factors and are merely part of gaming the American people.
“It’s not only smoke and mirrors, it’s flat out dishonest,” he said. |
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