“Tom Coburn” on The Daily Caller

In a video interview with The Daily Caller, Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn said former President George W. Bush’s time in office was “a missed opportunity of tremendous proportions,” particularly due to the creation of a new unfunded entitlement program. (more)

Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn told The Daily Caller in a video interview that he views Timothy Geithner as the “most partisan treasury secretary” the U.S. has had in “a long time,” but stopped short of calling for his resignation. (more)

Oklahoma Republican Senator Tom Coburn told The Daily Caller in a video interview that the federal government is in the “midst of committing murder to our republic” and predicted that the U.S. faces a financial meltdown in 2-5 years. (more)

If you’re concerned about our nation’s growing fiscal crisis — and regardless of political persuasion, you should be — then Senator Tom Coburn’s new book, The Debt Bomb: A Bold Plan to Stop Washington from Bankrupting America, should be the next title you pick up. Coburn identifies the root of the current problem, exposes the devastating effects of staying the course and provides detailed solutions for getting the nation back on track. Pulling no punches, the senator goes after both Republicans and Democrats who are content with serving their own self-interests while ignoring the greater economic situation. (more)

President Barack Obama has done something no other president has ever done. (more)

Sen. Tom Coburn is a fiscal crusader. (more)

Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn told The Daily Caller that President Obama’s energy policy should ”keep all the green incentives, but let’s take care of our own oil.” (more)

Speaking this month to The Daily Caller’s Ginni Thomas, Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn said Nevada Democratic Sen. Harry Reid is the worst Senate Majority Leader he has ever seen. (more)

A spokesman for Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn wouldn’t answer when The Daily Caller asked him yet again whether his boss thinks Attorney General Eric Holder should resign over the growing Operation Fast and Furious scandal. (more)

Five senators introduced a bill Tuesday that would require an independent scientific study of the health effects of certain X-ray scanners now in wide use in airports across the country. (more)

1.) Eric Holder hopes Santa doesn’t check his list twice this year — You’ll never guess who’s to blame for Eric Holder’s problems. Or maybe you know already, assuming you own a mirror. That’s right, it’s your fault! TheDC’s Matthew Boyle reports: (more)

In an interview with the American Enterprise Institute’s Stuart James and Daniel Hanson for its “Banter”podcast on Wednesday, Americans for Tax Reform founder and president Grover Norquist relived a dust-up he had with Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn this year, in which the two publicly traded barbs over the merits of ending ethanol tax credits during a budget fight. In the podcast, Norquist accused Coburn of dishonesty and said he had a hidden agenda. (more)

A report authored by Republican Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn entitled “Shooting the Messenger: Congress Targets the Taxpayers’ Watchdog” warns that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) faces further budget cuts at the same time Congress has increased its own budget from “$1.2 billion to nearly $2.3 billion” — its highest level in history. (more)

In an exclusive video interview with The Daily Caller, Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn said the American people want the country to get its “mojo back.” (more)

In an exclusive video interview with The Daily Caller, Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn said the Occupy Wall Street movement is “proposing the end of our country” by advocating for the “mass redistribution of wealth.” (more)

Wealthy celebrities including Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Quincy Jones and Ted Turner have received federal subsidies, according to “Subsidies of the Rich and Famous,” a new report from the office of Oklahoma Republican Senator Tom Coburn. (more)

President Barack Obama today said he “can’t wait” for Congress to cut travel spending by federal employees, so he’s ordering a 20 percent cut by himself. (more)

Senators Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and Joe Lieberman of Connecticut are pressing the deficit-reduction supercommittee to make substantial cuts to Medicare, reports The Hill. (more)

Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions and Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn are pushing to strip technical language — that would act as a bailout for a large law firm and a pharmaceutical manufacturer — out of the patent reform bill currently pending in the Senate. (more)

If you’re a small-government type, there’s a lot to like in Senator Tom Coburn’s “Back to Black” deficit-reduction plan, which was released yesterday. What makes Coburn’s spending cut plan different — and better — than most is that it’s detailed, balanced and just (I’ll leave it to others to discuss the revenue side of his plan). These three elements are critical to changing the culture of spending in D.C. (more)