Senator Thomas Coburn (R)

Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/02/2004
Next Election: 2016
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Carolyn; 3 Children: Callie, Katie, Sarah
Birth date: 03/14/1948
Birthplace: Casper, WY
Home City: Muskogee OK
Religion: Baptist

Profession

Medical Doctor, Family Practice and Obstetrics, 1986-present Family Practice Residency, University of Arkansas Area Health and Education Center, 1984-1986 Surgery Residency, Saint Anthony's Hospital, 1983-1984 Manufacturing Manager, Ophthalmic Division, Coburn Optical Industries, 1970-1978 Former Chair, Obstetrics/Gynecology Department, Muskogee Regional Medical Center

Education

MD, University of Oklahoma Medical School, 1983 BS, Accounting, Oklahoma State University, 1970

Committees

Finance
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Judiciary
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security
Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth
Subcommittee on Health Care
Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia
Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law
Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy
Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security
Subcommittee on The Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights

Recent Votes

HR 2072 Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 2343 Prohibits Increase in Interest Rates for Student Loans
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Nay

S 1925 Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 1789 United States Postal Service Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 2230 Establishes a Minimum 30 Percent Tax Rate for High-Income Taxpayers
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Nay

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