Commentary

Jeff Flake: An Appropriator Conservatives May Come to Love

By Ashton Ellis
Thursday, December 09 2010

Finally, there is good news for fiscal conservatives about congressional spending. Though it seems certain that a major earmarker will head the Appropriations Committee next January, the appointment of Rep. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) to the spending body could signal that Republican leaders not only heard the voters’ message for fiscal restraint; they’re intent on repeating it even to tone-deaf members of their caucus. When it comes to maintaining conservative orthodoxy on fiscal discipline, there are no greater heretics than the Republican members of the powerful House Appropriations…

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