Tom Coburn

Drew Bond and John Hart believe that conservatives have the right solutions to address climate change through free market capitalism.

The 116th Congress will convene on Jan 3rd, bringing with it a radical shift leftward in the U.S. House of Representatives with the Democrat Party holding the majority.

Tom Coburn, former Republican senator from Oklahoma, talked about his new book, Smashing the DC Monopoly: Using Article V to Restore Freedom and Stop Runaway Government, on Thursday’s Breitbart News Daily.

The federal Department of Veterans Affairs blew through at least $20 million during a decade when the veterans seeking care, including aging veterans of World War II and military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, were shunted aside and performance audits were altered and forged, so that VA employees qualified for performance bonuses.

Former Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma joined host Stephen K. Bannon on Thursday’s edition of Breitbart News Daily to offer his assessment of the 2016 Republican primary field, and discuss his endorsement of Senator Marco Rubio in the Republican primary. He said Rubio was the most “trustworthy” and electable of the candidates, while Cruz has difficulty getting things done and would have too much difficulty winning support from voters who didn’t wholeheartedly agree with his ideas, and he dismissed Trump as a “carnival barker.”

Sen. Marco Rubio is making headlines by exchanging personal blows with Donald Trump, as he mocked his hands, his hair, his face, his spray tan, and his makeup, and even alluded to the size of his anatomy. But on Super Tuesday, he appears ready to stop the childish insults.

Former Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn, a longtime conservative champion in the Senate, is endorsing Sen. Marco Rubio for president.

Retired Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) has signed on as a senior adviser to the Convention of States Project, a citizen-driven campaign that views the federal government as “increasingly bloated, corrupt, reckless and invasive,” while endorsing a constitutionally legitimate process to correct America’s course.

On Sunday’s broadcast of CBS’s “60 Minutes,” outgoing Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) discussed his time in the U.S. Senate, oftentimes being a “maverick,” and about his friendship with President Barack Obama, who was a freshman senator the same time Coburn

Illinois Gov.-elect Bruce Rauner, a Republican, will soon face the first real test of his reform agenda. Next month, he’ll name a successor to fill the term of the late Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka.  Topinka, who for a long

After years of construction on a test tower in Mississippi, America’s space agency was thrilled to announce this year that the job was finally done. But despite the $349 million price tag, the thing was immediately shut down. Why? Because

The media were agog Thursday with feigned outrage at the suggestion, made by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), that President Barack Obama’s unconstitutional executive amnesty could lead to “anarchy” and “violence.” CNN host Brooke Baldwin was particularly aggrieved–oddly, since she kept

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) is concerned that President Barack Obama’s forthcoming executive amnesty may lead to anarchy and violence.  “The country’s going to go nuts, because they’re going to see it as a move outside the authority of the president,

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) took particular offense after the director of the National Institute of Health complained that if only the government agency had more money, they would probably have a cure for Ebola. In response, Coburn revealed five ways

WICHITA, Kansas– Kansas Independent candidate Greg Orman remains notoriously lose on important issues and Kansas Republicans are wasting no time to define their opponent. Wichita local radio host Joseph Ashby kicked off a political rally here with a play on

With September 30th as the end of the U.S. government’s budget year, bureaucrats facing use-it-or-lose-it rules swept up over $50 billion in leftover cash and went on the biggest one-day Porkapolooza shopping spree of the year.  The “system typically creates panic

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) argued that the major political fight in the United States is not Republicans versus Democrats, but rather career politicians versus non-career politicians on Thursday’s “Laura Ingraham Show.” “It’s not Republicans and Democrats, it’s career politicians versus

The Senate approved a continuing resolution for the budget which included a provision authorizing President Obama to arm and train Syrian rebels for the purpose of combating Islamic State terrorists. The legislation passed 78-22. Of the 22 Senators that voted

The federal government has reportedly lost track of more than 6,000 foreigners on student visas, some of whom may be in the country “to do us harm.” According to an ABC News investigation, “58,000 students overstayed their visas in the past

ABC News chief investigative correspondent Brian Ross reported that the U.S. government is investigating the whereabouts of over 6,000 individuals with student visas who have disappeared on Monday’s “ABC World News Tonight.”  “As of today, U.S. authorities are investigating the

Planning and management failures by leadership at Immigration and Customs Enforcement resulted in the release of over 600 illegal immigrants with criminal convictions last February, according to a government audit released Tuesday. Before sequestration took effect in March, ICE released

In a classic Washingtonian political maneuver, both parties are prepared to introduce a massive new Veterans Affairs health care entitlement and force members to vote up or down on the entire package before they hustle off to their awaiting flights

There did seem to be something off as the senators left the headquarters of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) Tuesday. An unidentified NRSC staffer had come out of the building and jokingly referred to me as a “tracker”–a term

The Obama administration is prohibiting anyone from asking for the immigration status of the parents or family members who are picking up illegal immigrant children from detention centers. At a Senate hearing on Wednesday, Health and Human Services Acting Assistant

Republican Senators blasted government officials on Wednesday for obstructing members of Congress from visiting facilities where unaccompanied minors were being held. During a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) blasted Heath and Human Services

The Department of Veterans Affairs has been taking heavy criticism from all corners of the country, and now even the White House is piling on, calling for an overhaul of the agency. In a new White House report, the VA

BILOXI, Mississippi — Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) was scheduled to appear at a campaign event at the airport here in south Mississippi for Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) on Sunday evening, but wasn’t able to attend. But even though McCain wasn’t

Just days after he criticized ads by outside groups attacking Congressman James Lankford (R-OK), retiring Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) has criticized a new ad by a different outside group attacking T.W. Shannon, Lankford’s opponent in the June 24 Oklahoma U.S.

In the wake of the VA scandal, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) calls on President Barack Obama to nominate a new Veterans Affairs Secretary who has the management skills, leadership ability and determination to correct the myriad failings at the agency.

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said Dave Brat’s shocking victory over House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) on Tuesday can give momentum to conservative Senate candidates in Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Louisiana.  Chris McDaniel has a runoff against incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran

The VA problem is not Shinseki, it’s socialism. The Veterans Affairs health-care system is completely government run. It is a pure single-payer program. National Review editor Rich Lowry calls it “an island of socialism in American health care.” He is

In a radio interview on the Tea Party News Network, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) explained how the federal government pressured states to adopt the Common Core standards with lures of money and waivers from the federal education restrictions associated with

Democrats spent weeks before and months after the sequester last year claiming that Republicans were somehow laying waste to the federal government with the budget cuts contained in the deal. But despite the doomsday scenarios, it is now reported that

Conservative Oklahoma Senate candidate T.W. Shannon has opened up a 10-point lead after trailing Rep. James Lankford (R-OK) by 35 points just two months ago in the race to replace retiring Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK). That represents a net swing