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May 31 2013

#SequesterThis: Congress Should Lead By Example and Address Waste in the Legislative Branch

Dr. Coburn sent a letter to Congressional leaders outlining areas of wasteful spending in Congress's own halls including sleep classes for staffers and taxpayer-funded vehichles for Members of Congress.
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Date Title
5/31/13 Current record
5/29/13 Dr. Coburn Questions Secretary Sebelius' Solicitation of Private Funds to Implement Health Care Reform
5/23/13 Senators Coburn and Pryor Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Require Federal Employees to Pay Federal Taxes
5/23/13 SENATE VOTES TO REDUCE CROP INSURANCE SUBSIDES, SAVE TAXPAYER DOLLARS
5/21/13 Dr. Coburn Offers Amendments to Farm Bill
5/21/13 Dr. Coburn’s Statement on Oklahoma Tornadoes
5/20/13 Dr. Coburn Questions HUD on Use of Disaster Aid Funds Spent on Television Advertisements
5/17/13 Senators Question Reports of FAA Salary Bonuses as Sequestration Approached
5/16/13 Senators Coburn, Burr React to GAO Report on Hospital Payment Modification
5/16/13 New CRS Memo Shows HHS Secretary is the IPAB-of-One
5/16/13 Senate Doctors Introduce Bill To Stop Adoption of ICD-10 Codes
5/15/13 IN LETTER TO PRESIDENT, SENATE REPUBLICANS DEMAND COMPLETE COOPERATION INTO IRS INVESTIGATION
5/15/13 Senators Coburn, Burr Introduce Bill to Prevent Unrealistic Medicaid FMAP
5/15/13 GAO Report Identifies Cost-Saving Strategies for Contracting for Services
5/14/13 Chairman Carper, Ranking Member Coburn Highlight GAO Report on Data Center Consolidation Progress
5/14/13 Dr. Coburn Outlines Necessary Conditions for Unanimous Consent Agreements in Letter to Senate Colleagues
5/9/13 Senators Hatch, Carper, Coburn, McCaskill, Johnson Follow Up on HHS' Use of Surety Bonds
5/7/13 Dr. Coburn Offers Amendments to the Water Resources Development Act
5/7/13 Social Security Report Calls for Increased Attention to the Death Master File
5/6/13 GAO Report Outlines Improper Federal Employees’ Compensation Payments
5/6/13 Dr. Coburn Asks Treasury to Outline Plan for Addressing the Debt Limit
5/1/13 GAO Report Describes Medicaid Improper Payments
5/1/13 Sequester This: Interior Department Counting Sheep While Threatening to Reduce Flood Predicting Programs
5/1/13 Chairman Carper, Ranking Member Coburn Continue Oversight of Boston Bombings