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September 11, 2013
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The Hill - Russell Berman, Erik Wasson and Molly K. Hooper

The federal government moved closer to the brink of a shutdown on Wednesday as House Republicans failed to quell a conservative rebellion and were forced to delay a vote on a stopgap spending bill.


September 11, 2013
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Indian Country Times - Rob Capriccioso

U.S. House members across the aisles are reacting harshly to a plan by the Obama administration to cut contract support cost (CSC) reimbursements to tribes in the federal budget’s continuing resolution currently being considered by Congress.


September 11, 2013
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Tulsa World - Randy Krehbiel

Tom Cole watched the events of Sept. 11, 2001, unfold from an office across Lafayette Park from the White House. A television told him what was happening in New York. From a window, he could see troops deploying around and on the White House as jet fighters screeched through the sky. In the distance, smoke rose over the Pentagon.


September 10, 2013
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The Hill - Alexander Bolton
Congress slammed the brakes Tuesday on all legislation authorizing military action against Syria, quashing the possibility of a vote this week that could have handed President Obama a major defeat.
The day began with a bipartisan group of senators working on a new resolution authorizing military action th

September 6, 2013
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New York Times - By John Harwood and Jonathan Weisman
Representative Tom Cole started hearing it in the morning when he went to grab coffee.
“I was just at Starbucks, and a woman there recognized me,” he told a Chamber of Commerce gathering here. “She said, ‘Everybody here’s a no on Syria.’ ”
Mr.

September 3, 2013
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Red Dirt Report - Andrew W. Griffin

Wrapping up his congressional summer recess town hall blitz, U.S. Rep. Tom Cole (R-Moore) was in good company Tuesday evening at his Rose State College stop when he told the largely older and conservative crowd that he was a “lean ‘no’” on the issue of attacking Syria.


September 3, 2013
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The Oklahoman - Bryan Dean

U.S. Rep. Tom Cole said Tuesday during his last town hall meeting of the summer that he was leaning toward voting against military action in Syria but wanted to hear what his constituents think.


August 27, 2013
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Ardmoreite - Jennifer Lindsey

Although they are too young to vote for him, Oak Hall Episcopal School students have deemed Rep. Tom Cole to be "cool."


August 14, 2013
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Oklahoma City - The deadline to register for state and federal disaster assistance for the severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding that occurred between May 18 and June 2 is quickly approaching.


August 8, 2013
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Journal Record - M. Scott Carter

For years, long before he was elected to the U.S. Congress, Republican Tom Cole worked as a pollster and political consultant. Back in the late 1980s, Cole defeated south Oklahoma City Realtor Marilyn Pryor and was elected to the Oklahoma Senate. During the tenure of then-Gov. Frank Keating, Cole served as secretary of state.