Mike Simpson

Lucia Graves

GOP Lawmaker To Colleagues: Stop 'Pointing Fingers' On Solyndra

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Program, Fred Upton, Doe, Darrell Issa, Solyndra Investigation, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Mike Simpson, Doe Loans Program, Gop Solyndra, David Frantz, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Following months of investigations into Solyndra and other Department of Energy loans, one Republican lawmaker says his colleagues might...

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Jordan Howard

House GOP To Push Anti-Environment Provisions

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Howard | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Obama Veto Threat, President Obama, Clean Water Act, National Resources Defense Council, Appropriations, Department of Interior, 112th Congress, Mike Simpson, Sierra Club, United States Department of Agriculture, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans are looking to appropriations bills they plan to debate when they return from recess in September as an opportunity to...

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Lucia Graves

House Republicans Take Aim At Environmental Regulations As Debt Crisis Looms

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 09.24.2011

Read More: Grand Canyon, Interior Department, Environmental Regulations, Environmental Protection Agency, Budget 2012, House Appropriations Committee, Debt Crisis, Policy Riders, Epa, 112th Congress, Veto, Mike Simpson, Obama Debt Ceiling, Video, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- With eight days until the country officially defaults on its debts, likely sparking a worldwide credit crisis, the House of Representati...

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House GOP Freshmen Trade Tips On How To Handle Town Hall Anger

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN and FELICIA FONSECA | Posted 07.21.2011

Read More: Gop Medicare Reform, Republicans Medicare Reform, Paul Ryan Medicare Reform, Mike Simpson, Paul Ryan Medicare Proposal, Paul Gosar, Paul Ryan Medicare, GOP Medicare, Andy Harris, Paul Ryan Medicare Plan, Republicans Medicare, Ben Quayle, Paul Ryan, Politics News

ELKTON, Md. — U.S. Rep. Andy Harris answers Medicare questions before his Maryland constituents even ask them. Clear across the country, fellow ...

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Threats To Members Of Congress Hard To Calculate

Roll Call | Daniel Newhauser | Posted 07.17.2011

Read More: Russ Feingold, John McCain, Congress, US Capitol Police, Threats, Fbi, Barack Obama, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Jim-Costa, Peter Welch, Congress Threats, Health Care Reform, Jim Bunning, Gabrielle Giffords, Mike Simpson, Dan Lungren, Politics News

One came from a high school student who was goofing off on the school computer during civics lessons. Another from a man angry over an automated call....

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Elise Foley

GOP Proposes More Spending Cuts

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epa, Nasa, Spending Cuts, Continuing Resolution, House GOP, Mike Simpson, Allen West, Pledge to America, Government Shutdown, Government Funding, Harry Reid, Tim Bishop, Education Funding, House Republicans, Veterans, 112th Congress, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans filed a bill Friday evening proposing $60 billion in spending cuts for current levels and hundreds of millions of doll...

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What Does This Election Mean for Endangered Species?

Leda Huta | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rob Bishop, Jerry Lewis, Mike Simpson, Doc Hastings, Endangered Species, Congress, San Bernardino Kangaroo Rat, Steve Pearce, Gray Wolf, Election, Richard Nixon, Endangered Species Act, Lame Duck Session, Green News
Leda Huta

Politicians now use endangered species to score cheap political points, scapegoating wildlife protections for complex problems.

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Idaho Delegation Forgets the Invisible Hand

Walid Zafar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Walt Minnick, Potato Farmers, Potatoes, Butch Otter, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care Reform, Harry Reid, Idaho-Politics, Mike Crapo, Mike Simpson, Idaho, Jim-Risch, Politics News
Walid Zafar

When their own constituents are in need, the Idaho Congressional delegation abandons Friedrich von Hayek and head straight to the waiting arms of John Maynard Keynes.

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Hot Chocolate, Cold Cash: Members Of Congress Raise Money In The Holiday Spirit

Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John-Olver, Tom-Latham, Bill Posey, Starbucks, Tom Latham, Mike Simpson, Mazie Hirono, Lobbyblog, Fundraising, Carolyn B. Maloney, Carolyn Maloney, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Politics News

Despite recent recession trend stories suggesting that lobbyists are in less of a mood to party, the Sunlight Foundation has heard of three times more...

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Urban and Rural, Red and Blue: Time to Rebuild America's Water Infrastructure

Rep. Earl Blumenauer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tom Petri, Water, Earl Blumenauer, Norm Dicks, Crumbling Infrastructure, Mike Simpson, Pollution, Bipartisan, Steve LaTourette, Politics News
Rep. Earl Blumenauer

Every community is faced with serious drinking water and sanitation problems that lead to dangerous public health problems and serious environmental damage.

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2008 Idaho CD-02 General Election:
Simpson (R-i) vs Holmes (D)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2008, Active, Deborah Holmes, General, House, Mike Simpson, Pollster, Politics News

ID-02: Simpson vs Holmes

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