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36 Senators Introduce Bill Prohibiting Virtually Any New Law Helping Workers

Posted on August 3, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Ian Millhiser More than three-quarters of the Senate Republican caucus signed onto legislation introduced Wednesday by Sens. Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Rand Paul (R-KY) that could render it virtually impossible for Congress to enact any legislation intended to improve working conditions or … Continue reading →

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Republicans say aid efforts in Haiti are a failure

Posted on May 12, 2011 by The Soul Brother

How dare they make such a statement! Do they have amnesia? It was one of their own, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) who blocked roughly $917 million dollars from the rebuilding effort.  If it is a failure they have their own to … Continue reading →

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The Total Failure of Global Aid in Haiti

Posted on October 21, 2010 by The Soul Brother

The deep-seated global vendetta against Haiti is appalling. The United States has not released its pledged aid (thanks to Sen. Tom Coburn-let him know you do not agree), so in some respects the rest of the global community has that as an excuse,”…the … Continue reading →

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Nine Months After the Quake — A Million Haitians Slowly Dying

Posted on October 11, 2010 by The Soul Brother

Bill Quigley writes a piece that provides us all with a picture of what the situation on the ground is and just how much aid to Haiti is needed. My position on this is and has been crystal clear, the people of … Continue reading →

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Bill Clinton lobbies for earthquake aid to Haiti

Posted on October 7, 2010 by The Soul Brother

Outraged! That’s how I feel about this situation. Unfortunately, in Righting A Wrong I identified the reason Haiti seems to be victimized by the global community. As I have previously posted Sen Tom Coburn is the hearatless legislator holding up the … Continue reading →

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Haiti Still Waiting For Pledged U.S. Aid

Posted on September 29, 2010 by The Soul Brother

This is completely unacceptable. A certain political party talks about streamlining government. Yet, according to this article one of their own Sen. Tom Coburn is aiding the hold up by injecting an additional $1 million expense for an “independent” administrator … Continue reading →

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