Amanda Carpenter from Townhall.com really does a good summary of U.S. Representative Jeff Flake’s stand on principles in this article:
Flake is infamous for engaging in contentious stand-offs with
Republicans and Democrats alike over wasteful spending. He was punished
by earmarkers in his own party in 2006 for exposing GOP pork with the
loss of his seat on the Judiciary committee. His irritated colleagues
said he was ?grandstanding.?
Conservatives are once again lining up their support to put Flake on
Appropriations. The anti-tax advocacy group FreedomWorks has renewed
their 2008 ?Make it Flake? campaign at www.makeitflake.com. ?There are
59 members of the House Appropriations Committee,? the site says. ?We
think it is time to have at least one Committee member who doesn’t take
earmarks and who doesn’t support pork barrel spending.”
