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Tom Coburn: “Senator Coburn threatened to delay the Senate health-care debate by reading a 767-page amendment out loud.”

On the recordDecember 15, 2009
Senator Coburn threatened to delay the Senate health-care debate by reading a 767-page amendment out loud.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

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Senator Coburn's threat to delay Senate proceedings regarding health care.

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