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Sen. Inhofe: Aid for Oklahoma ‘totally different’ from Sandy relief requests

Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) seemed to contradict his colleague Sen. Tom Coburn’s (R-OK) stance on Tuesday on federal assistance for victims of the Moore, Oklahoma tornado, suggesting that there will be help coming. But he also differentiated that need from his opposition to aid for victims of Hurricane Sandy. “That…

Inhofe: ‘MoveOn.org, George Soros, Michael Moore’ created global warming hoax

Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) on Wednesday explained that Al Gore and the United Nations get most of the blame for what he called a global warming “hoax,” but filmmaker Michael Moore and billionaire George Soros deserved some credit too. At a Environment and Public Works Committe on President Barack Obama’s…

Republican senator to Newtown families: Gun debate has nothing to do with you

Republican Sen. James Inhofe (OK) told reporters on Monday that the relatives of people slain at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut should know that the debate over gun safety doesn’t have “anything to do with them.” According to Huffington Post, Inhofe believes that President Barack Obama is exploiting…

Sen. Inhofe tells Maddow: Environmentalists have more money than the energy industry

Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) said Thursday night that environmentalists spent far more money lobbying than the energy industry. While he was debating his latest book, The Greatest Hoax, with MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, she confronted him about the fact that the energy companies were his top campaign donors. Inhofe replied…