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Dec 06 2012
Dr. Coburn Outlines Ten Special-Interest Expenditures Hidden in Tax Code
Spending in the form of tax giveaways drives debt, must be reformed
Some in Washington want to simply raise tax rates without addressing the underlying waste, spending and corporate giveaways embedded in the tax code. While Congress continues to delay real tax reform Dr. Coburn exposes ten expenditures that could be immediately eliminated or reformed to reduce the deficit by more than $130 billion over the next ten years, including tax breaks for millionaires, the NFL, Hollywood, and NASCAR. Masquerading as tax cuts, many of these programs are no different from any other federal program that spends taxpayer money. Cleaning up the code by eliminating the most egregious tax giveaways will not only generate revenue, but also pave the way for reducing tax rates for all Americans and small businesses. Full overview available here.
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12/6/12 | Current record |
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9/13/12 | Dr. Coburn's Amendments to the Veterans Job Corps Act of 2012 |
9/13/12 | Social Security Disability Programs: Improving the Quality of Benefit Award Decisions |
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6/19/12 | Farm Bill Amendments Update |
6/12/12 | Dr. Coburn's Amendments to the S. 3240, Farm Bill |
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7/27/11 | 9,000,000,000,000 Ways to Balance the Budget |
7/22/11 | Dr. Coburn on C-SPAN's Washington Journal This Morning |
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4/13/11 | New Report Reveals Overbilling of Treasury Department by Law Firms, Misuse of TARP Funds |
4/4/11 | Dr. Coburn's amendments to cut spending by $20 billion |
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11/17/10 | Today, Dr. Coburn filed two amendments to the Food Safety bill |
11/10/10 | Earmark Myths and Realities |
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10/26/10 | What Others Are Saying About "Grim Diagnosis" |
10/7/10 | Dr. Coburn Not Holding Aid to Haiti |
10/4/10 | HHS ADMINISTRATIVE FAILURE |
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2/22/10 | Guns in Parks Fact Sheet |
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11/18/09 | Coburn's efforts to improve the Caregiver and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act |
11/5/09 | Facts about the Veterans Caregiver Bill |
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8/6/09 | Clunkers for Charity |
8/4/09 | Coburn Amendments to the Agriculture Appropriations Bill |
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6/16/09 | Dr. Coburn Releases Stimulus Oversight Report |
6/2/09 | Coburn Amendments to the Family Smoking and Prevention Act |
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5/12/09 | Coburn Gun Amendments 1067 and 1068 |
5/5/09 | Coburn Offers Amendment to Dispose of Unneeded Federal Buildings |
5/1/09 | OMB Responds to Coburn's Letter on Transparency |
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4/22/09 | Coburn Amendments to The Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act |
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1/29/09 | Senate Rejects Opportunity to Provide Health Care to Needy Children at No Additional Cost |
1/7/09 | Senate Leaders to Kick Off New Congress with an Earmark-Laden Omnibus Lands Bill |
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10/16/08 | Highlights of Senator Reid's Omnibus Lands Grab and Energy Restrictions Act Scheduled for Debate Next Month |
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9/27/08 | Coburn Comments on the Fiscal Year 2009 Continuing Resolution |
9/26/08 | Reid Neglects Economy to Pursue Pet Projects |
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8/21/08 | Coburn Applauds HHS Action on Physician Conscience Rights |
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6/20/08 | AMERICAN OIL REMAINS UNTOUCHED |
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3/14/08 | Dr. Coburn's Efforts Fix GINA |
3/11/08 | Coburn's Speech on the 2009 Budget |
3/3/08 | Dr. Coburn Amendment to Ensure Scientists Conduct Research, Not Politicians |
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2/14/08 | Dr. Coburn's amendments to fix the broken Indian Health Care system |
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1/29/08 | Dr. Coburn's Federal Land Bill Amendments |
1/24/08 | Coburn's official visit to Taiwan |
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8/28/07 | Congress celebrates the Year of the Golden Pig |
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2/14/07 | Debating the continuing resolution |
2/7/07 | What's next for the War in Iraq? |
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1/30/07 | Do we need to increase the federal mininum wage? |
1/12/07 | Real reform for the Senate ethics bill |
1/4/07 | The Coburn Principles |
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12/14/06 | 109th Congress Convenes |
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11/16/06 | Coburn amendments to the Agriculture Appropriations bill |
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9/26/06 | Ryan White CARE Act Reauthorization |
9/26/06 | President Bush Signs Coburn/Obama Transparency Act |
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8/23/06 | Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act |
8/2/06 | Coburn amendments to the Department of Defense Appropriations bill |
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5/2/06 | Stop the Senate from approving non-emergency projects in the emergency supplemental |
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12/14/05 | Dr. Coburn letter to HHS on Ryan White CARE Act formulas and ADAP funding |