October 22, 2009: Vote on H.R. 2647  (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010)

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, to provide special pays and allowances to certain members of the Armed Forces, expand concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA disability benefits to disabled military retirees, and for other purposes.

What the bill does: Authorizes funding for our troops and our military, gives pay raises to some of our servicemen and -women, expands hate crimes to cover crimes committed because of a person's sexuality, and makes it easier for troops overseas to vote in our elections.

Coburn (R-OK), Nay
Inhofe (R-OK), Nay

HR 2647 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 68 - 29

Inhofe and Coburn say NO to stopping rapists

October 6, 2009: S.Amdt. 2588  to H.R. 3326  (Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010)
To prohibit the use of funds for any Federal contract with Halliburton Company, KBR, Inc., any of their subsidiaries or affiliates, or any other contracting party if such contractor or a subcontractor at any tier under such contract requires that employees or independent contractors sign mandatory arbitration clauses regarding certain claims.

What the amendment does: "Prohibit[s] government contracts with companies that use mandatory arbitration clauses to deny assault victims the right to have their cases heard in court."

Coburn (R-OK), Nay
Inhofe (R-OK), Nay

Amendment SA 2588 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 68 - 30

Inhofe and Coburn say NO to better health care

August 25, 2009: Yesterday CNN's Rick Sanchez aired a segment from a health care town hall where a weeping constituent explained to Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) that her husband's health insurer refuses to cover his treatment for a traumatic brain injury. As the woman continued to cry, Coburn told her that his office would try to assist her individually. But, he added, "the idea that the government is the solution to our problems is an inaccurate, a very inaccurate statement." [...]

CNN's Sanchez follows the segment by asking, "What's interesting about that is that Senator Coburn just essentially said, 'The government is not the solution.' But then you have to ask yourself, he just told her to come and see him. Isn't he the government?"

August 28, 2009: At a town hall meeting Wednesday Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) told Chickasha residents he does not need to read the 1,000 page health care reform bill, he will simply vote against it.

"I don't have to read it, or know what's in it. I'm going to oppose it anyways," he said.