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Mondale, Strom condemn DM&E; loan

Former vice president says debate, hearings should have been held

By Dan Linehan

The Free Press

October 28, 2006

Only a dysfunctional Congress would allow a U.S. Senator to quietly alter legislation to allow a former employer an opportunity to collect a $2.3 billion federal loan, former Vice President Walter Mondale argued Friday at a public forum.

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10/31/06
Lewis’ Legal Bills Soar Past $800K

By Paul Kane
Roll Call
10/31/06
Capitol Visitor Center Watch

By John McArdle
Roll Call
10/31/06
Can Pork Be Stopped?

Parade magazine

10/31/06

Association's New President Urges Medical Schools to Put Public Good Above Private Gain

By KATHERINE MANGAN

10/31/06

A Major Milestone on the Path to Health Care Information Technology?

By John Reichard, CQ HealthBeat Editor

Congressional Quarterly HEALTHBEAT NEWS

10/31/06
Baltimore region fears big slash in AIDS funds

By Jonathan Bor
Baltimore Sun
10/31/06
Weldon earmark is study in the ways of the Hill

The Philadelphia Inquirer
10/31/06
Who brings the most bacon home to Montana?
10/30/06
Poor Marks for College Tuition Pricing

By RICHARD VEDDER and BRYAN O'KEEFE
10/30/06
Ethics rules send NIH scientists packing

By Rita Beamish
Associated Press
10/29/06
Coburn blockades cancer bill

By Chris Casteel
The Daily Oklahoman

10/29/06

How Congressional Earmarks Undermine Local Decision Making

By Pat Stith

The News & Observer

Current record

10/27/06

In Clean Politics, Flesh Is Pressed, Then Sanitized

By Mark Leibovich

The New York Times

10/27/06
Blinding Medicaid waste and fraud

The Washington Times

10/26/06

Idled CDC jet back on pricey medical missions

By ALISON YOUNG

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

10/26/06
Malaria Good News

By Paul Driessen

10/25/06

Tuition Again Rises Faster Than Inflation

By JONATHAN D. GLATER

The New York Times

10/25/06
National Medicaid transport probed

By Jim McElhatton
THE WASHINGTON TIMES

10/24/06

College tuition, fees up 6.3% at 4-year public schools, 5.9% at private 4-year colleges

By Justin Pope

Associated Press

10/24/06
US says Medco to pay $155 million in kickback case

By Peter Kaplan
Reuters

10/24/06

Specter Mulls Labor-HHS Without Earmarks

By Emily Pierce and Erin P. Billings

Roll Call

10/24/06
Another earmark, another fix

By Editorial
The Courier-Journal

10/24/06

Online Tools Aren't Perfect, but They Can Help Identify the Best Health Plan

By Christopher J. Gearon

Washington Post

10/23/06

Opinion: Ask, even when the candidates evade the issue

By John E. Evans

Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel

10/23/06
Medicaid drivers take D.C. for ride

By Jim McElhatton
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
10/23/06
Nowhere bridge may get a road

The Anchorage Daily News

10/22/06

Research proposal undermines NIH competitive peer review

By Sen. Tom Coburn

Muskogee Phoenix

10/20/06
2008 Presidential Race One of Three Listed Topics at Upcoming HIV/AIDS Conference
10/20/06
Coburn to investigate AIDS conference spending

10/20/06

We must reform Medicare

By U.S. Sen. Dr. Tom Coburn, Washington, D.C .

Lawton Constitution

10/20/06
Coburn wants to fix existing food distributions

By Liz McMahan
Muskogee Phoenix
10/19/06
Competition good for your health (care)

By Robert E. Moffit

10/18/06

7 departments miss senator’s deadline to list high-cost IT projects

By Daniel Friedman

Federal Times

10/18/06
Study Finds a Widespread Risk of Reactions to Some Medicines

ASSOCIATED PRESS
10/17/06
GAO: U.S. pays insurers' health care tab

By KEVIN FREKING
Associated Press
10/17/06
DDT Ban Makes Sense -- Only If You're Rich

By Andrew Ferguson
Bloomberg News

10/16/06

Security caves to AIDS gala; “We’re saving lives!” says organizer in response to noise complaints.

By Yeas and Nays

DC Examiner

10/16/06
Relatives have 'inside track' in lobbying for tax dollars

USA Today

10/16/06

Relatives have 'inside track' in lobbying for tax dollars

By Matt Kelley and Peter Eisler

USA Today

10/15/06
Micromanaging cancer research

By U.S. Sen. Tom A. Coburn, M.D.
The Oklahoman
10/15/06
Chemist's killer of a cure

By Jeff Jacoby
The Boston Globe

10/13/06

U.S. Research Budget for Homeland Security Shrinks, but Defense Earmarks Survive

By JEFFREY BRAINARD and KELLY FIELD

The Chronicle of Higher Education

10/13/06

Congressmen call for investigation into FEMA program

By Sally Kestin

McClatchy Newspapers

10/12/06
Doctors Slow to Adopt E-Records for Patients

By Christopher Lee
Washington Post

10/12/06

Nuclear trade to join Kim's drugs, cash and ivory

By Richard Lloyd Parry

The Australian

10/12/06

Opinion: Competition: Good For Your Health (Care)

By Robert E. Moffit

McClatchy Newspapers

10/12/06
Pols carefully hide pork in defense bill

By ROBERT NOVAK
Chicago Sun-Times
10/12/06
Pork or Public Service?

By Brian McNeill
Connection Newspapers

10/11/06

Bringing It Home: Seat in Congress Helps Mr. Taylor Help His Business

By JOHN R. WILKE

Wall Street Journal

10/10/06
FBI Agent Pulled Files on Specter

By John Stanton
Roll Call

10/10/06

$8 million earmark has "produced few tangible results while spawning several state and federal investigations" while enriching lobbyists

By John Stanton

Roll Call

10/10/06
Editorial: Welcome new law

Joplin Globe

10/10/06

Officials tout Defense Travel System as much improved

By Gordon Lubold

Federal Times

10/09/06
Opinion: Shielded Earmarks

By Robert Novak
Chicago Sun-Times
10/09/06
Living life on the list

By Jason Miller
Government Computer News

10/07/06

UN-Acredited NGOs Bulletin: Spreading the Message of Hate and Terrorism

By Anne Bayefsky

Eye On the UN

10/06/06

Having split the atom and put a man on the moon, the federal government has funded its most ambitious project yet.

By Patrick Hruby

ESPN.com

10/06/06
Bloggers Interview Senator Tom Coburn

Peter and Helen Evans
10/06/06
Latest attempt to cut Defense Travel System fails

By Daniel Pulliam
GovExec.com
10/05/06
Feds recoup nearly $1.5 billion in fraud cases

By Jeffrey Young
The Hill

10/05/06

Why did Congress kill DOD earmarks report card?

By Editorial

The Washington DC Examiner

10/05/06
The Economist

The Economist

10/05/06

The Revival of a Notorious Solution to a Notorious Scourge

By TINA ROSENBERG, EDITORIAL OBSERVER

The New York Times

10/04/06
OMB Welcomes Help From Anti-Pork Bloggers

By Elizabeth Williamson
Washington Post
10/04/06
Hooray for DDT's life-saving comeback

By John Stossel
10/03/06
Avoid Budget Cuts: Declare Crisis!

By DANIEL FRIEDMAN
Federal Times
10/03/06
WHO’s Thumbs-up

By Deroy Murdock
National Review Online
10/02/06
Coburn: Agency IT project info due Oct. 13

By Jason Miller
Government Computer News
10/02/06
Coburn’s anti-conference crusade

By Aimee Curl
Federal Times
10/02/06
Senate OKs record $448B defense bill

By Andrew Taylor
The Associated Press
10/02/06
Battle Over DDT

The Standard, Nairobi-Kenya.
10/02/06
State Fines New York Clinic $16.5 Million in Medicaid Inquiry

By RAY RIVERA
10/01/06
Congress checks out with flurry of security-related bills

The Associated Press

Senator Tom Coburn's activity on the Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security

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Mondale, Strom condemn DM&E; loan

Former vice president says debate, hearings should have been held

By Dan Linehan

The Free Press

October 28, 2006

October 2006 News

10/31/06

By Paul Kane

Roll Call

10/31/06

By John McArdle

Roll Call

10/31/06

Parade magazine

10/31/06

By KATHERINE MANGAN

10/31/06

By John Reichard, CQ HealthBeat Editor

Congressional Quarterly HEALTHBEAT NEWS

10/31/06

By Jonathan Bor

Baltimore Sun

10/31/06

The Philadelphia Inquirer

10/31/06

10/30/06

By RICHARD VEDDER and BRYAN O'KEEFE

10/30/06

By Rita Beamish

Associated Press

10/29/06

By Chris Casteel

The Daily Oklahoman

10/29/06

By Pat Stith

The News & Observer

10/27/06

By Mark Leibovich

The New York Times

10/27/06

The Washington Times

10/26/06

By ALISON YOUNG

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

10/26/06

By Paul Driessen

10/25/06

By JONATHAN D. GLATER

The New York Times

10/25/06

By Jim McElhatton

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

10/24/06

By Justin Pope

Associated Press

10/24/06

By Peter Kaplan

Reuters

10/24/06

By Emily Pierce and Erin P. Billings

Roll Call

10/24/06

By Editorial

The Courier-Journal

10/24/06

By Christopher J. Gearon

Washington Post

10/23/06

By John E. Evans

Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel

10/23/06

By Jim McElhatton

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

10/23/06

The Anchorage Daily News

10/22/06

By Sen. Tom Coburn