Oklahoma Senators Jim Inhofe, Tom Coburn, Face Difficult Options On Disaster Relief

Oklahoma Senators Jim Inhofe, Tom Coburn, Face Difficult Options On Disaster Relief: "As frantic rescue missions continued Monday in Oklahoma following the catastrophic tornadoes that ripped through the state, it appeared increasingly likely that residents who lost homes and businesses would turn to the federal government for emergency disaster aid. That could put the state's two Republican senators in an awkward position.

Sens. Jim Inhofe and Tom Coburn, both Republicans, are fiscal hawks who have repeatedly voted against funding disaster aid for other parts of the country. They also have opposed increased funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which administers federal disaster relief."

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