Tom Coburn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Tom Coburn

Medical doctor, politician

Date of Birth: 14-Mar-1948

Place of Birth: Casper, Wyoming, United States

Profession: physician, politician, obstetrician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Tom Coburn

  • Thomas Allen Coburn (born March 14, 1948) is an American politician and physician.
  • A member of the Republican Party, he was a United States Representative and later a United States Senator from Oklahoma. Coburn was elected to the U.S.
  • House of Representatives in 1994 as part of the Republican Revolution.
  • He upheld his campaign pledge to serve no more than three consecutive terms and did not run for re-election in 2000.
  • In 2004, he returned to political life with a successful run for the U.S.
  • Senate.
  • Coburn was re-elected to a second term in 2010 and pledged not to seek a third term in 2016.
  • In January 2014, Coburn announced he would retire before the expiration of his final term.
  • He submitted a letter of resignation to Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin, effective at the end of the 113th Congress.Coburn is a fiscal and social conservative, known for his self-proclaimed global warming denial, opposition to deficit spending and pork barrel projects, and for his opposition to abortion.
  • Described as "the godfather of the modern conservative, austerity movement", he supports term limits, gun rights and the death penalty and opposes same-sex marriage and embryonic stem cell research.
  • Democrats have referred to him as "Dr.
  • No."After leaving Congress, Coburn worked with the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research on its efforts to reform the Food and Drug Administration, becoming a senior fellow of the institute in December 2016.
  • Coburn also serves as a senior advisor to Citizens for Self-Governance, where he has been active in calling for a convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution.

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