Jeff Flake | Congressman Arizona’s Sixth District

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  • Evansville Courier and Press: Congress sends out glossy mailers, and you pay for it
    Apr 21, 2012  - Evansville Courier and Press: Congress sends out glossy mailers, and you pay for it By Thomas B. Langhorne Saturday, April 21, 2012 EVANSVILLE — This wasn't just another letter from your congressman. Bannered across 15-plus inches inside the glossy, unsolicited newsletter was 8th District Rep. Larr... More
  • Profile of Congressman Flake in The Washington Post
    Jul 13, 2011  - Flake a case study in Hill survival By Michael Leahy, Published: July 10 Spectacularly lurid personal falls of American politicians — most recently Anthony Weiner, John Ensign and John Edwards — tend to obscure the quiet stories of unlikely political comebacks in Washington, those devoid of titilla... More
  • Wall Street Journal Editorial on Congressman Flake
    Jan 8, 2008  - REVIEW & OUTLOOK The Anti-Appropriator We're suckers for lost causes, so we're pleased to report that Jeff Flake of Arizona is making a run for an open GOP slot on the House Appropriations Committee. This is like Carrie Nation hitting fraternity row on toga night, but then a little spending temperan... More
  • Wall Street Journal Editorial on FARM-21
    Jul 6, 2007  - REVIEW & OUTLOOKFarming for Dollars As Sisyphean tasks go, a reduction in farm subsidies is the domestic version of Arab-Israeli peace. But as Congress writes another five-year farm bill, we're glad to see that a few brave Members are still willing to give it a try. And if they ever have chance, it ... More
  • Wall Street Journal Profile of Congressman Flake
    Jun 29, 2006  - Tilting at Appropriations?Arizona Lawmaker Rattles Both Sides of the House With His Quest to Curb EarmarksBy David Rogers Arizona's Jeff Flake is a political guerrilla with a smile, a ringer for actor Owen Wilson who crashes not weddings but his own Republican Party. Since May, the Republican congre... More
  • Wheeling Intelligencer Editorial on Earmark Reform
    Jun 5, 2006  - Real Conservatives Take on ‘Earmarks’Republican grassroots unhappiness with the congressional GOP’s free-spending ways finally is being felt in Washington, as determined conservatives take on the party’s feckless appropriators when gross spending bills come to the floor.In recent days, U.S. Rep. Jef... More
  • Washington Monthly Feature on Congressman Flake
    Jun 1, 2006  - The Pruner Is Rep. Jeff Flake the House's John McCain? By James Verini Insubordination was not exactly a hallmark of the DeLay era, so when two young Republican congressmen led a drive to force leadership elections and summarily toss Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) from his majority leader post, it was a p... More
  • Wall Street Journal Editorial on Congressman Flake's Earmark Amendments
    May 27, 2006  - REVIEW & OUTLOOK Hog Wild Republican Congressman Jeff Flake of Arizona says he grew up on a farm, "so I know manure when I see it." His colleagues think Mr. Flake is the real farm nuisance, however, after he tried and failed to strip spending earmarks from an $18.4 billion agriculture bill that pass... More
  • Article from the Wall Street Journal
    Mar 29, 2006  - Immigration Splits Republican LawmakersBy June Kronholz and David Rogers With Congress embarked on a debate about immigration, and tens of thousands of protestors taking to the streets, the issue is exposing significant divisions among lawmakers. The debate is gathering steam at a time when the coun... More
  • Profile of Congressman Flake in National Journal
    Mar 25, 2006  - Sacred Cows and Revered RodentsDavid Baumann Punxsutawney Phil cannot speak -- he's a groundhog, after all -- but the mayor of his hometown can talk. And he isn't shy about unloading on Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., for ridiculing the $100,000 in federal funds this small Pennsylvania borough received in... More