Boren a No on Boehner Plan
Rep. Dan Boren, D-Muskogee, said this morning that he will vote against House Speaker John Boehner’s two-step plan to raise the debt ceiling and cut the deficit. Reps. Tom Cole, R-Moore, and James Lankford, R-Oklahoma City, have already said they would vote for it. The vote is scheduled for sometime Thursday.
Here is Boren’s statement:
“The last thing our country needs is to default on its financial obligations, but Speaker Boehner’s plan does not make the necessary changes to address the country’s fiscal problems.…
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U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas Cancels Town Hall Meetings
Because the U.S. House will stay in session next week as leaders try to work out a debt ceiling agreement with the president, Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Cheyenne, announced Tuesday that he must cancel town hall meetings scheduled for Perry, Billings, Blackwell, Ponca City, Stillwater, Cushing and Guthrie.…
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President Obama to Host Twitter Town Hall Meeting
President Barack Obama is scheduled to answer questions at 1 p.m. central time on Wednesday on the first White House Twitter town hall meeting. Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey will moderate the event. Questions can be posed now using the hashtag #AskObama.
More information on the event can be found here.…
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