For our neighbors across the Red River information

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Call your local church for help because these guys will probably cut your throat...

Thanks Tea Party

Oklahoma Senators Jim Inhofe, Tom Coburn, Face Difficult Options On Disaster Relief

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In 2011, both senators opposed legislation that would have granted necessary funding for FEMA when the agency was set to run out of money. Sending the funds to FEMA would have been "unconscionable," Coburn said at the time.




http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/20/oklahoma-senators-disaster-relief_n_3309234.html?utm_hp_ref=daily-brief?utm_source=DailyBrief&utm_campaign=052113&utm_medium=email&utm_content=NewsEntry&utm_term=Daily%20Brief

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1. It just gets worse

Senator Jim Inhofe: Oklahoma Tornado Aid Will Be 'Totally Different' From Sandy Aid

WASHINGTON - Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe (R) said on Tuesday that federal aid to tornado-ravaged parts of his home state will be "totally different" than a Hurricane Sandy aid bill he voted against late last year.

Speaking on MSNBC, the lawmaker said that in the case of Hurricane Sandy, "everybody was getting in and exploiting the tragedy that took place." However, he said, "that won't happen in Oklahoma."


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/21/inhofe-oklahoma-tornado-aid_n_3312972.html

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2. talking out boths side of his mouth again

Tom Coburn: Tornado Relief Bill Unnecessary, 'Washington Creating A Crisis' To 'Advantage Themselves'

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/23/tom-coburn-tornado-relief_n_3324948.html

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3. Budget Offsets to Pay for Tornado Relief: End Subsidies to Oil Companies

Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) is adamant that spending offsets need to be found to pay for disaster relief, even for his home state.

If that is what he wants, perhaps we should give it to him. Other senators from other states may view their own states differently, but this Coburn's state and it is what he wants.

The most obvious place to cut spending is to eliminate subsidies for oil companies. No program for the poor and middle class need be touched.

Just eliminate the taxpayer subsidies that enable the top five oil companies to earn $118B instead of $116B they would earn without them.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-abrams/budget-offsets-to-pay-for_b_3314051.html