U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn Discusses Budget on Weekend Edition (Apr 02, 2011) HOST SCOTT SIMON... Democrats and Republicans have until just a little under a week - Friday, April 8 - to reach an agreement on funding the federal government through the rest of the fiscal year or it will shut down. Of course, the federal government has already been operating under a series of stopgap funding measures - continuing resolutions as they're called - for the past six months. We're joined now by Dr. Tom Coburn, senator from Oklahoma. He was one of the Republican members of President Obama's deficit reduction commission. Senator Coburn joins us from his office in Washington, D.C. Senator, thanks so much for being with us. « back |