"It's always safer in politics to avoid risk, to just kind of go along with the status quo. But I didn't get into government to do the safe and easy things."
Sarah Palin

Coburn Challenges Senate Pay Raises

October 5th, 2009 in Congress, Jim DeMint, Spending, Taxes ~ No Comments

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) says that the Senate should lead by example. He and Jim DeMint are some of the few courageous enough to speak out and oppose this routine Senate bill (see my “Capitol Foolery” post).


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