Coburn, White House Spar Over Projects

WASHINGTON/from www.tulsaworld.com ~ U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn issued his own report Tuesday questioning billions in specific stimulus projects, complete with a photo of actors Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment in the decade-old film “The Sixth Sense.”

Instead of dead people, the Oklahoma Republican’s report has Osment’s character seeing stimulus checks.

Without Coburn’s Hollywood flair, the Obama administration questioned the senator’s claims.

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Coburn’s “report appears to be, in many, many cases, just flat out wrong.’’

“This president has taken historic steps to ensure that there is adequate transparency and that this money is spent the way it’s intended to be used,’’ Gibbs said.

“There are projects within the report that haven’t been funded — have been canceled based on our own looking into this.’’

Coburn, who voted against the massive $787 billion stimulus package earlier this year, included two Oklahoma projects in his report on 100 of what he said are the worst examples of waste in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Read the entire report at www.tulsaworld.com.

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Obama Names Emily's List ED To Top Post

From Politico ~ Ellen Moran, executive director of EMILY’s List, was named White House communications director by President-elect Obama on Saturday.

Moran, a well-known grassroots organizer, has also managed statewide Democratic campaigns and managed the Wal-Mart corporate accountability campaign for the AFL-CIO.

EMILY's List, one of the most important Democratic constituency groups, says it is "dedicated to building a progressive America by electing Democratic pro-choice women to office."

As expected, the White House press secretary will be Robert Gibbs, a top strategist on Obama's campaign who helped chart his leap from the U.S. Senate to the presidency.

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