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Goodbye, Gilcrease
You have five more days (Wednesday, June 30, 2021, to Sunday, July 4, 2021) to visit Tulsa's Gilcrease Museum, before the museum, as you've known it for the last 57 years, goes away forever.
Bridenstine votes against Boehner for speaker
Color me surprised and impressed. Newly sworn-in Oklahoma 1st District Congressman Jim Bridenstine was one of 12 Republicans who did not vote to re-elect incumbent Speaker of the House John Boehner. (I exclude Boehner from that number, as the sitting speaker customarily does not vote.) Bridenstine and two other congressmen,...
Coburn on US credit rating downgrade
Press release from Sen. Coburn's office this morning: U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK) released the following statement after Standard & Poor's downgraded the United States' AAA credit rating. "This announcement is probably long overdue. For decades, political careerism has trumped statesmanship in Washington. Both parties have done what is...
Sullivan on Boehner Plan plus Balanced Budget Amendment
After the Boehner plan (as it stood Thursday afternoon) failed to command enough votes to pass, the proposal was strengthened by adding back in to the bill a requirement that Congress pass a balanced budget amendment and send it to the states for ratification prior to any further increase in...
What would the Boehner Plan achieve?
Earlier today, I had the privilege of participating in a teleconference, along with a half-dozen other Tulsa area activists, with Oklahoma 1st District Congressman John Sullivan and Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan regarding House Speaker John Boehner's proposal (officially known as the Budget Control Act of 2011) for raising the debt...
John Sullivan's rationale for the Boehner Plan, plus Q&A
From an email from Oklahoma 1st District Congressman John Sullivan's office regarding his support for the Boehner Plan for raising the debt ceiling and cutting the growth of federal spending. I've spread it out to the jump page, because it's a very long piece.The Budget Control Act of 2011I said...
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