But in mid-December , as the legislative term came to an end , Senator Tom Coburn -- a Christian conservative from Oklahoma who has said , '' As a physician , I believe that we ought to be doing drug treatment rather than incarceration '' -- ignored personal appeals from Brownback , Specter and others and put a hold on the bill .
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