Sen. Tom Coburn unveiled a politically volatile package that would take an ax to federal agencies, dramatically overhaul entitlement programs and raise tax revenues — slicing a staggering $9 trillion from the national debt over 10 years.

Despite this being the warmest year on record, Inhofe still insists that we are in a 9 year cold snap. He continues to deny that global warming exists.

Senator James Inhofe, an ardent global warming sceptic, is being accused of turning the row over climate science into a McCarthyite witch-hunt by calling for a criminal investigation of American and British scientists who worked on the UN climate body's report. Inhofe's actions represent an attempt to silence debate on the eve of new proposals for a climate change law.