California Conservative

God bless Sen. Coburn. Today, Sen. Coburn told vulnerable Democrats that he’ll filibuster any ambassadorships or any special deals they’ve negotiated. Here’s what he said:

SEN. TOM COBURN (R), OKLAHOMA: I want to send a couple of messages to my colleagues in the House.

If you voted no and you vote yes, and you lose your election, and you think any nomination to a federal position isn’t going to be held in the Senate, I’ve got news for you. It’s going to be held.

Number two is, if you get a deal, a parochial deal for you or your district, I’ve already instructed my staff and the staff of seven other senators that we will look at every appropriations bill, at every level, at every instance, and we will outline it by district, and we will associate that with the buying of your vote. So, if you think you can cut a deal now, and it not come out until after the election, I want to tell you that isn’t going to happen. And be prepared to defend selling your vote in the House.

In other words, Sen. Coburn is telling House Democrats that they’ll never collect on their special deals because he’ll filibuster them into the ground.

There’s another thing that Democrats have to consider after Sen. Coburn’s declaration, which is that these Democrats will have flipped for nothing by voting for a bill most of them don’t like.

Why on God’s green earth would a supposedly moderate Democrat from the midwest or the south change their vote to pass a bill that (a) will lead to their defeat this November and (b) is a bill they have to hold their noses while voting for this legislation.

Another thing not contained in the Coburn article that’s going to make people mad is a new special carveout for the Bank of North Dakota:

The package of fixes to the Senate health care bill contains a special provision for student loans that applies only to the Bank of North Dakota. The provision was written by Sen. Kent Conrad, the Democrat from North Dakota. Conrad is chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, which is taking the lead in managing the reconciliation bill in the Senate.

The provision would allow the Bank of North Dakota to continue to originate and service student loans even though a pending overhaul says that all such loans will originate through the U.S. Department of Education, beginning July 1. The bill stipulates that only North Dakota residents attending North Dakota schools would be eligible for the loans.

This is obviously a special deal that got included in the health care bill so that Earl Pomeroy can say that he brought home the bacon for his state. This is important because Rep. Pomeroy might not get re-elected because of his support for the Democrats’ health care legislation.

The Democrats’ health care legislation isn’t popular in North Dakota, which means it’s pretty much like everywhere else in the nation. Rep. Pomeroy’s support for the Democrats’ health care legislation is causing his job approval ratings to plummet.

The American people are upset with the corruption that they see happening to pass the Democrats’ health care legislation. They don’t care that Republicans and Democrats alike have lit up the ‘legislative Christmas tree’.

What the American people are most upset about is that Democrats have ignored the will of the American people for over a year while crafting this legislation. The Democrats, starting with President Obama and Speaker Pelosi, have told the American people that they don’t know what’s in the bill. They’ve told the American people that this administration knows best.

That isn’t playing well with the American people because they’ve reached the conclusion that this administration is both corrupt and inept.

I’d like to take the time to thank Sen. Coburn for playing hardball with House Democrats. If they plan on getting cushy jobs inside this administration or if they were promised special deals for their district, those promises won’t be kept because Sen. Coburn is leading a gang of senators that will put a halt to these bribes.

Follow this link if you’d like to take time to email Sen. Coburn for thanking him for playing hardball.

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Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog

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