Cross-posted from The Roundtable
The Wall Street Journal has a good article about Senator Tom Coburn, who has blocked 90 bills in 2007. We should all be thankful to him for stopping wasteful projects.
Stopping stuff is Sen. Coburn’s specialty. In a Congress that has had trouble passing even the simplest legislation, Sen. Coburn, who proudly wears the nickname “Dr. No,” is a one-man gridlock machine. This year, the senator, who indeed is a medical doctor, single-handedly blocked or slowed more than 90 bills, driving lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to distraction.
In a time where our Congressmen and Senators clearly are on a spending spree, Dr. Coburn actually stops bills to make them be debated without having them simply rushed through the Senate. He uses a tactic called a “Hold” to accomplish this.
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bluecollarmuse // December 21, 2007 at 1:55 pm
Guys like Coburn and his counterparts in the House, Jeb Hensarling and John Shaddegg, are hard to come by and worth their weight in gold!
Thanks for the post and the heads up on this!
Blue