Tim Huelskamp, Kansas Conservative, Changes Tune On Spending

Tea Partier's Hypocrisy Exposed
UNITED STATES - MAY 5: Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan., speaks at news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center to introduce legislation to lower gas prices. (Photo By Tom Williams/Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - MAY 5: Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan., speaks at news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center to introduce legislation to lower gas prices. (Photo By Tom Williams/Roll Call)

Tim Huelskamp of Kansas has been one of the most vocal tea-party-backed conservatives in the House, but his calls to shrink the size of government didn’t apply when it came to bringing a new Department of Homeland Security lab to his district.

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