"I know my Constitution!" Please come CAPTION Tom Coburn (R. OK Senator) [View all]

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Tom, of-one-mind-shattered-into-hundreds, Coburn is saying "It says right here in the United States Constitution that relief from tornadoes is distinctly different than relief after super-storms. The reasoning goes that tornadoes spring up here in the United States whereas super-storms, like hurricanes, always begin in international waters, therefore they are not the Federal Government's responsibility. . . . That's what Ben Franklin wrote down back in 1492!"


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The real story is worse. He doesn't want federal relief if it is not off-set by cutting federal spending elsewhere. As someone note, he is holding OK citizens hostage to his ideology:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/05/21/tom-coburn-tornado-aid-must-be-offset/