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Passing bad bills.(Jeff Flake's opinion on worst bills)(Brief article)

Article from: Reason Article date: April 1, 2008

Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.)is a hard-core fiscal conservative, famous for voting against his own party's bills and for his willingness to talk trash about his colleagues' legislative efforts. Citizens Against Government Waste calls him a "taxpayer superhero" for his cost-cutting, small-government attitude. In January reason asked Flake to name the three worst bills oozing out of Congress.

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1 The Farm Bill: "Both the House and Senate versions of the farm bill extend subsidies, distort ...

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