Senator Thomas 'Tom' Allen Coburn's Special Interest Group Ratings

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Full Name: Thomas 'Tom' Allen Coburn
Current Office: U.S. Senate - Jr, Republican
First Elected: 11/02/2004
Last Elected: 11/02/2010
Next Election: 2016
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Carolyn; 3 Children: Callie, Katie, Sarah
Birth Date: 03/14/1948
Birth Place: Casper, WY
Home City: Muskogee, OK
Religion: Baptist
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2012 Catholic Advocate - Positions 100% 2012 Family Research Council - Positions 71% 2012 NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby - Positions 10% 2011 Family Research Council - Positions 71% 2010 Liberty Central - Positions on Conservative Issues A 2009-2010 Family Research Council - Positions 91% 2009-2010 NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby - Positions 0% 2009-2010 Secular Coalition for America - U.S. Senate Score 0% 2009 National Association of Social Workers - Positions 0% 2009 NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby - Positions 20% 2009 Population Connection - Committee Votes Score 0% 2008-2011 Global Exchange - Percent Loyalty to Finance, Insurance, Real Estate Lobby 100% 2008 Drum Major Institute for Public Policy/TheMiddleClass.org - Positions on Middle Class Advocacy 0 2008 National Association of Social Workers - Positions 0% 2008 NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby - Positions 20% 2007-2010 National Latino Congreso/William C. Velásquez Institute - Positions 7% 2007-2008 Population Action International - Positions 0% 2007 Drum Major Institute for Public Policy/TheMiddleClass.org - Positions on Middle Class Advocacy 0 2007 National Association of Social Workers - Positions 0% 2007 NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby - Positions on Social Justice and Peace 4 2007 Population Connection - Positions on Population Stabilization 0% 2006 National Association of Social Workers - Positions on Professional Advocacy 20 2006 NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby - Positions 22% 2006 Population Connection - Positions 0% 2006 Secular Coalition for America - Positions 0% 2005-2006 Population Action International - Positions on Reproductive Health 0% 2005 Drum Major Institute for Public Policy/TheMiddleClass.org - Positions 0% 2005 Mennonite Central Committee - Positions 0% 2005 National Association of Social Workers - Positions on Professional Advocacy 0 2005 NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby - Positions 0% 2005 Population Connection - Positions 0% 2005 The Population Institute - Positions 50% 1999 NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby - Positions 20% 1999 Population Connection - Positions 0% 1998 NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby - Positions 36% 1997-1998 Population Connection - Positions 0% 1997 Population Connection - Positions 0% 1996 National Association of Social Workers - Positions 10% 1996 NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby - Positions 20%

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