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Oklahoma Senators Expected To Split Obamacare Vote

KGOU | By Kurt Gwartney,
Associated Press
Published September 25, 2013 at 8:15 AM CDT
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The Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate is moving toward a test vote Wednesday on an emergency spending bill, despite tea party attempts to stop it.

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The bill gets rid of a House measure to "defund" President Barack Obama's health care bill, adefundingSen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) supports.

Cruz and his allies have been speaking on the Senate floor since Tuesday afternoon in an attempt to delay a vote. When that vote comes, it's likely Oklahoma's two U.S. Senators will find themselves on opposite sides of the tally.

While Senators Jim Inhofe and Tom Coburn are both strong opponents of the Affordable Care Act, Coburn says he will vote to advance the House bill.

That vote is favored by the Democratic leadership because it would then allow them to strip the "defund Obamacare" provisions to ensure funding for the federal government continues.

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Kurt Gwartney
Kurt began his radio career at 16 as weekend disc jockey at KOLS-AM/KKMA-FM (now KMYZ) in Pryor, Okla. He gradually began doing news work at his home town radio station. Kurt studied journalism at Oklahoma State University, serving two terms as managing editor of "The Daily O'Collegian." He returned to his radio roots while at Oklahoma State, working first as a part-time news producer, then as Morning Edition host at KOSU. Kurt left the station in 1990 returning to Pryor to be a part of a new business, ViaGrafix, that developed computer training videos. He eventually sold his business to attend seminary at The Iliff School of Theology in Denver and Phillips Theological Seminary in Tulsa, Okla. He served as minister of communications for St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Oklahoma City for five years before starting his own media business, Discuss Communications LLC.
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