Rep. Jeff Flake

Republican  •  6th District, Arizona  •  5th Term  •  Sworn In 2001
Current Term 2009 - 2010 View All
  • Votes with party 83%
  • Abstains: 6%

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11/24/09
How Glenn Beck Can Save the Right

Then there are the Republicans who, besides Ron Paul and perhaps Jeff Flake, remain in the grips of a neoconservative vision of a new American century led ...

Source: True/Slant
11/24/09
RE: Jeff Flake

A Mesa Democrat has launched her second bid to unseat US Rep. Jeff Flake by attacking him for one of his signature issues - congressional earmarks. ...

Source: East Valley Tribune
11/23/09
O Capitol Christmas tree, O Capitol Christmas tree

Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), who grew up in nearby Snowflake, Ariz., said of his state's first Capitol Christmas Tree, “It's about time. ...

Source: The Hill
11/23/09
Q: What is your favorite food at Thanksgiving?

Rep. Walter Jones (RN.C.): I love collard greens [and I] put some vinegar on top of it, and that's some good Southern eating. Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz. ...

Source: The Hill
11/20/09
Flake: Obama to take more centrist course

Congressman Jeff Flake predicts that President Barack Obama's administration will chart a more centrist course as his administration moves forward. ...

Source: KTAR.com
11/20/09
New H-1B hiring bill takes aim at tech firms

...firms. The legislation also sets higher salary standards for visa workers as well as anti-fraud provisions. Conversely, U.S. Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) has proposed legislation that would to increase the H-1B cap and that would exempt foreign graduates

Source: ComputerWorld
11/20/09
Sarah Palin and the media: a love story

The face of the Party in Congress wouldn't be John Boehner, it would be Jeff Flake or Paul Ryan. Or Ron Paul for goodness sakes. At least he understands the ...

Source: True/Slant
11/20/09
New H-1B hiring bill takes aim at tech firms

The legislation also sets higher salary standards for visa workers as well as anti-fraud provisions. Conversely, US Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz. ...

Source: Computerworld
11/19/09
Sides gear up for fight over U.S. ban on travel to Cuba

...tightened travel regulations. In recent months, a bill ending the travel ban sponsored by Reps. Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.) and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) has picked up 178 co-sponsors -- approaching the 218 votes needed for passage. With Democrats controlling th

11/19/09
Skepticism greets bill to lift 50-year-old Cuba travel restrictions

... Proponents remain hopeful that the bill, sponsored by Reps. Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.) and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), will pass Congress, given Obama’s stated support for loosening restrictions. Key members of Congress, like Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), the

Source: The Hill
11/19/09
Training minnows

...recipients' policy positions. As Maurice Claver-Carone argued, this is the bread and butter of American democracy. Arizona's Rep. Jeff Flake sounds hypocritical when he implies that there is something nefarious in this. If The Miami Herald were to look

Source: Miami Herald
11/19/09
Sides gear up for fight over U.S. ban on travel to Cuba

...tightened travel regulations. In recent months, a bill ending the travel ban sponsored by Reps. Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.) and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) has picked up 178 co-sponsors -- approaching the 218 votes needed for passage. With Democrats controlling th

11/19/09
RE: Jeff Flake

and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), will pass Congress, given Obama's stated support for loosening restrictions. Key members of Congress, like Sen. ...

Source: The Hill
11/18/09
Congress should act now, not wait

In addition to our senators, Arizona's delegation includes a wealth of expertise on this subject - from Rep. Jeff Flake on the right to Rep. ...

Source: Arizona Republic
11/16/09
Money affects Cuba policy

...the travel ban even though public opinion polls suggest most Americans believe it should be lifted. PUBLIC'S OPINION Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., who backs greater engagement with Cuba, said the report isn't a surprise. ``I don't know how else you can expl

Source: Miami Herald
11/16/09
Campus Notebook: Somebody Else's Limits

Jeff Flake (Ariz.) and Timothy Johnson (Ill.) all pledged to leave after the 2004 elections, only to run again in 2006. DeMint's not making the same mistake ...

Source: Roll Call (subscription)
11/16/09
Money Talks: Report Links Donations, Cuba Embargo Support

...Donnelly said, pointing to a World Public Opinion survey in April that found 70 percent of Americans support travel to Cuba. Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Arizona, who backs greater engagement with Cuba, said the report wasn't a surprise. "I don't know how else yo

11/15/09
The Peculiar Exploits of the 111th Congress

In fact, no sooner had Congressman Green submitted his request than Arizona's Republican congressman Jeff Flake rushed to make his opposition known, ...

Source: American Thinker
11/15/09
Money affects Cuba policy

...the travel ban even though public opinion polls suggest most Americans believe it should be lifted. PUBLIC'S OPINION Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., who backs greater engagement with Cuba, said the report isn't a surprise. ``I don't know how else you can expl

Source: Miami Herald
11/15/09
RE: Jeff Flake

Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., who backs greater engagement with Cuba, said the report isn't a surprise. ``I don't know how else you can explain how our current ...

Source: MiamiHerald.com
11/13/09
Gingrich Chooses Power over Principle

Who wants to vote for careerists who only seek power when you can have Senators like Tom Coburn (R-OK), Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and a handful of Republicans who ...

Source: Yorktown Patriot
11/12/09
Rep. Flake stresses conservative values to College Republicans

core values: Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., talks to the College Republicans about his stance on issues such as health care reform and foreign policy. ...

Source: Web Devil
11/11/09
Virginia Dems: Bucking Party, Defending Votes

He also supported, along with only a dozen or so other Democrats, privileged resolutions brought forth by Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz. ...

Source: RealClearPolitics (blog)
11/11/09
Kirkpatrick Continues Work To Close Black Liquor Tax Credit Loophole

US Representative Jeff Flake co-sponsored the original bill, HR 2967, with Kirkpatrick to close the loophole, but representatives from his office noted that ...

Source: AzJournal.com
11/10/09
Letters to the editor: Nov. 11

...no basis in fact. Flake not part of debate I didn't need to ask how my representative voted on the health care reform bill. Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., always votes no! That leaves me with no real participation in the actions of the House of Representativ

11/10/09
Kansas: Flake, Osborne Jump on Moran Bandwagon

...Jeff Flake (Ariz.) is the latest Republican Member to pick a side in the Senate primary battle between GOP Reps. Jerry Moran and Todd Tiahrt. Flake endorsed Moran on Friday and gave his campaign $1,000. His endorsement comes as little surprise since the

Source: Roll Call
11/10/09
Q: Is it true that the world gains 250000 people every day? If not, what is ...

Paul Broun, Tom Price and John Linder as well as Rep. Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas), Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), Rep. ...

Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution
11/09/09
House oks Broader Chemical Security Bill

And Democrats accepted by voice vote an amendment from Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) that would prevent the use of earmarks in a new grant program established ...

Source: Global Security Newswire
11/09/09
Shadegg blasts House health care bill

Jeff Flake and Trent Franks voted against the bill. Democrats Ed Pastor, Raul Grijalva, Gabrielle Giffords, Harry Mitchell and Ann Kirkpatrick voted for the ...

Source: KTAR.com
11/09/09
Lifting the Cuban travel ban experience opposition from Democrats

Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Arizona, one Republican who has championed easing sanctions, said the letter suggests backers of the embargo are getting nervous.

Source: Cuba Headlines

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