Coburn Comes Calling

• By John Stanton
• Roll Call Staff
• April 7, 2008, Midnight

Long-simmering tensions between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) could boil over on the floor as early as this week, with Reid planning to bring a stalled public lands bill to the floor — despite accusations from Coburn and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) that doing so would break an agreement between Coburn and Reid.