Senate?s ?Dr. No? Says He?ll Block Transpo Extension Unless Bike/Ped Is Cut

Oklahoma Republican Tom Coburn is known around the Senate as “Dr. No” for his propensity to hold up key legislation, single-handedly, because it contains something not to his liking (or sometimes because he’s upset about something else entirely.) On Veterans Day in 2009, he shocked even his GOP colleagues by blocking veterans’ benefits because he [...]

Source: http://dc.streetsblog.org/2011/09/06/the-senates-dr-no-says-hell-block-an-extension-unless-bikeped-is-cut/

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