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Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
I grabbed lunch at a surprisingly subdued meeting between House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and around 50 conservative bloggers, reporters, and think-tankers. The American Spectator and Americans for Tax Reform hosted. Boehner's message of the day was "American-made energy," his buzz word for the campaign that Republicans will run against Democrats who refuse to drill in Alaska, shale, or...
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Random Musings (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
...Actually, that title is misleading; he hasn't come up with a new trick as much as he has found a variation on an old trick. A year ago, I put up a post studying a pattern to Congressman Jeff Flake's anti-earmark crusade - his amendments to block or strip out earmarks always seemed to target community projects and similar activities; almost never did they target earmarks dedicated to specific defense...
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Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
Rep. Jeff Flake called on the inspector general at the U.S. Department of Agriculture to investigate inconsistent data presented by Bush administration officials about the impact of biofuels on food prices.
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The Club for Growth (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA-08) is a legendary porker. He once told a crowd that if he became an appropriations subcommittee chairman, he would "earmark the sh*t out of it." Well, apparently Moran has opened his big mouth again, this time in an effort to prevent Jeff Flake and other anti-earmark crusaders from offering amendments on the House floor. Ed Frank has the details .
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The Club for Growth (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
CQ Today reports that California liberal Democratic Rep. Jackie "Speier, who has been in the House for just two months, says she has been so appalled by her fellow members’ earmarking ways that she has met with [Rep. Jeff] Flake [R-AZ] to discuss how they can cooperate to curtail the practice. 'The biggest surprise since I’ve been here have been earmarks,' Speier said. 'I didn’t realize how insidious...
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putative.com (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
Three sharp paragraphs, with some suitably patronizing context from Spencer Ackerman: Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Az) recognized what was really important in this first-ever opportunity to have a dialog with his Iraqi counterparts: getting some talking point out that will support...
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The Club for Growth (Free subscription) | 05/21/2008
Remember how President Bush signed an executive order in January that told agencies to ignore earmarks that weren't explicitly included in a bill's text? Well, a provision was inserted into the defense authorization bill recently that would make Bush's order "inapplicable". Rep. Jeff Flake sent a letter to his colleagues alerting them of the news, and of his plans to offer an amendment to strike out...
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AZNetroots - Front Page (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
Is there really no Democratic candidate (again)for the House in the 6th CD? AFAIK, only Richard Grayson has filed, but he says on his own website ((http://grayson-for-congress.blogspot.com/)) that he's not a serious candidate. I've had some interaction with Jeff Flake, and I believe he is probably sincere about earmarks, taxes and social issues. So, I'm not as hostile as Grayson seems to be towards...
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The Heritage Foundation Papers (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
Though intended to help consumers and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the ethanol mandate has done just the opposite, contributing to high food and gas prices with little environmental benefit. Representative Jeff Flake (R-AZ) has introduced H.R. 5911, the Remove Incentives for Producing Ethanol Act of 2008, which would eliminate the mandate and other benefits for ethanol, and other measures may soon...
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The Heritage Foundation Papers (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Though intended to help consumers and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the ethanol mandate has done just the opposite, contributing to high food and gas prices with little environmental benefit. Representative Jeff Flake (R-AZ) has introduced H.R. 5911, the Remove Incentives for Producing Ethanol Act of 2008, which would eliminate the mandate and other benefits for ethanol, and other measures may soon...
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The Corner (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) penned a letter to Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) on the Farm Bill's various problems, including earmarks. I don't have a link for it, but here's a small sample: The farm bill -- which reaffirms flawed policies and carries earmarks that were "airdropped" into the bill -- symbolizes a broken Washington. During the House Republican retreat this past January, House...
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The Club for Growth (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
Rep. Jeff Flake offered a motion yesterday to keep farm subsidy caps at $40,000 per person instead of the $60,000 limit proposed in the new Farm Bill. It failed 157-259 , with 86 Republicans voting the wrong way.
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Dad29 (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
We're happy to announce that Jim Sensenbrenner got the hint . Congressman F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-Menomonee Falls) is a cosponsor of HR 5911, the Remove Incentives to Produce Ethanol Act of 2008 (RIPE Act), introduced this week by Representative Jeff Flake of Arizona. This bill will repeal the legislative provisions responsible for the artificial demand for ethanol by: Repealing the renewable...
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The Club for Growth (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
http://www.clubforgrowth.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-tb.cgi/7694
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Government Bytes (Free subscription) | 04/17/2008
A Member of Congress who can brag to Jeff Flake about having more Taxpayers’ Friend Awards it is Senator Jim DeMint (SC). Senator DeMint earned his second consecutive #1 Ranking in the U.S. Senate. Counting the time that Senator DeMint served as a Representative in the U.S. House, he has received 8 Taxpayers’ Friend Awards. Presenting Senator DeMint his award is NTU President Duane Parde (right) and...
