Former Senator Tom Coburn was talking about government waste in Washington and his successor, James Lankford, another waste watchdog, was with him Wednesday. 

Republicans say they want their tax code to give middle-class Americans a break, but some analysts are warning a few vulnerable groups may not get relief. 

The Republican-sponsored American Health Care Act passed the U.S. House 217-213 Thursday, with one vote to spare, although it will face an uncertain path in the Senate. 

The health care vote has now been called off, after Republican leaders and the White House tried and failed to win sufficient support for the GOP legislation to undo Obamacare.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its analysis of the Republican health-care bill Monday. CBO says that by 2018, 14 million more people would be uninsured under the legislation than under current law.