Lankford at Work... or Play?

…Lankford, R-Oklahoma City, choked up during a speech on the Senate floor in which he questioned whether the United States needed to reassess its most basic principles. And he was a lead author of the bill to bar the group from getting any federal funds.

That bill was blocked in the Senate, but the issue is expected to be a major component of the budget negotiations next month between the Republican-held Congress and President Barack Obama.… has been spending the majority of his time lately examining the way federal agencies make regulations. It is the type of un-sexy work the wonkish Lankford has specialized in since coming to Congress in 2011, first as a House member.…