Democrats Attack Coffee Over Travel Expense

Democrats attacked Senate President Pro Tem Glenn Coffee, R-Oklahoma City, on a new front Monday, calling into question $58,000 he claimed as campaign-related travel expense during 2008.

"We're trying to get receipts on all of that," Democratic Party Chairman Ivan Holmes said.

"Even if it's not illegal, he could be doing anything with that money."

Coffee spokesman Randy Swanson wrote in an e-mail that the three-term senator, who has been under fire for a $30,000 loan taken out to pay off a tax lien, would have no comment on Holmes' charges.

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