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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09/11/09
Report: Symington pondering run for governor

Jeff Flake and John Shadegg are also possible gubernatorial candidates. On the Democratic side. Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard is the favorite. ...

Source: Bizjournals.com
09/10/09
Time to act on health care, president says

...a public rally for his plans in Minneapolis on Saturday. "The problem isn't the sales pitch, it's the product," said Rep. Jeff Flake, an Arizona Republican. "President Obama can give speech after speech, but until this legislation is fundamentally alte

Source: Baltimore Sun
09/10/09
Murtha, Visclosky links to lobbyists eyed

Arizona Republican Jeff Flake supports this legislation and has offered similar proposals. "No member of Congress should be able to award no-bid contracts ...

Source: Gary Post Tribune
09/09/09
Diplomatic Change? Now It's 'Pak-Af' Not 'Af-Pak'

During a House Subcommittee on National Security hearing about US efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., noted that State Department ...

Source: NPR
09/09/09
Sensenbrenner: On Bureaucrat Watch

...office declined to comment, but a current staffer told ITK she had never seen or heard of Bureaucrat Watch. Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) spent a week during the August recess alone on an uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean, testing his survival skills

Source: The Hill
09/09/09
Obama lays out boundaries for healthcare overhaul

"The problem isn't the sales pitch; it's the product," said Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) "President Obama can give speech after speech, but until this ...

Source: Los Angeles Times
09/09/09
RADICAL RIGHT Crazy Czar Conspiracies

Rep. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) said Posey's bill "cheapens the debate," and Rep. Peter King (R-NY) said "it's harmful to the country. ...

Source: Think Progress
09/09/09
Sensenbrenner: On Bureaucrat Watch

Sensenbrenner's office declined to comment, but a current staffer told ITK she had never seen or heard of Bureaucrat Watch. Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz. ...

Source: The Hill
09/08/09
Republican Congressman Lives "Gilligan's Island-Style Existence" For A Week

...Republican long noted for his laid-back surfer attitude, spent ... If this Congress thing doesn't work out for Rep. Jeff Flake, he can always fall back on a second life as a beach bum. Flake, an Arizona Republican long noted for his laid-back surfer

09/06/09
Flake trades DC for crabs and coconuts

6, 2009 12:00 AM If this Congress thing doesn't work out for Rep. Jeff Flake, he can always fall back on a second life as a beach bum. ...

Source: KPNX-12
09/06/09
Flake trades DC for crabs and coconuts

6, 2009 12:00 AM If this Congress thing doesn't work out for Rep. Jeff Flake, he can always fall back on a second life as a beach bum. ...

Source: AZ Central.com
09/06/09
Considered Forthwith: House Oversight Committee

In 1998, Rep. Waxman formed the Special Investigations Division to conduct investigations into issues that are important to members of the Oversight ...

Source: Congress Matters
09/06/09
Rep. Flake Returns from His Own Marshall Islands "Survivor" Adventure

Rep. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) a consistent supporter of the RMI on the Hill, left Washington, DC behind to spend seven days of solitude on an uninhabited island ...

Source: Yokwe
09/06/09
Flake trades D.C. for crabs and coconuts

...this Congress thing doesn't work out for Rep. Jeff Flake, he can always fall back on a second life as a beach bum. Flake, an Arizona Republican long noted for his laid-back surfer attitude, spent a week of his August break from Capitol Hill living a pri

09/04/09
Our Elected Sluts

Disgustingly, anti-earmarkers like Arizona Congressman Jeff Flake are the outcasts in politics, when they're the good guys who should be getting elected, ...

Source: Men's News Daily
09/02/09
Cuba Trade Ban Stands Despite Rising Efforts to End It

Rep. Jeff Flake, an Arizona Republican who has long argued that the United States shouldn't dictate where Americans can travel, said he and his allies want ...

Source: Black Enterprise
09/01/09
Health care town hall smaller, still lively

...was a shadow of its predecessor, but Rep. Jeff Flake’s second town hall debate on health care wasn’t short on angry residents with strong opinions about the reform legislation under consideration in Washington, DC. While there was some shouting and

09/01/09
Cuba trade ban stands despite rising efforts to end it

Rep. Jeff Flake, an Arizona Republican who has long argued that the United States shouldn't dictate where Americans can travel, said he and his allies want ...

Source: Truth about Trade & Technology
08/30/09
Rep. Jim Himes gains his footing in Washington

Ethics: Nine times -- most recently July 22 -- Himes has voted against tabling a resolution by Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., that would force a congressional ...

Source: Greenwich Time
08/30/09
Franks clarifies stance on Obama birth debate

Gabrielle Giffords, Harry Mitchell and Ann Kirkpatrick and Republican Rep. Jeff Flake, recently have hosted tele-town halls, too. ...

Source: Arizona Republic
08/29/09
East Valley news briefs

GILBERT - The Gilbert Small Business Alliance will host US Congressman Jeff Flake, a Republican who represents parts of the southeast Valley, ...

Source: AZ Central.com
08/29/09
Himes stays on course

Ethics: Nine times -- most recently July 22 -- Himes has voted against tabling a resolution by Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., that would force a congressional ...

Source: Connecticut Post
08/27/09
Flake sets health-care town hall for Monday

27, 2009 11:59 AM Congressman Jeff Flake will address health-care reform with Pinal County residents during a town hall meeting Monday. ...

Source: Arizona Republic
08/25/09
Jenkins, Moran score highest in voting down earmarks, report says

One of the 68 amendments used in the report was a motion by Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., which would have stopped 552 earmarks some House members requested ...

Source: Kansas Liberty
08/24/09
Group finds earmarks drop in fiscal 2010 appropriations

... along with consistent pressure from anti-earmark crusaders like Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. "There are always some members, ...

Source: GovExec.com
08/24/09
Group finds earmarks drop in fiscal 2010 appropriations

...and anti-earmark groups to answer for the line items, along with consistent pressure from anti-earmark crusaders like Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. "There are always some members, like former Senate Appropriations Chairman Rober

Source: GovExec.com
08/23/09
Alabama congressional delegates sought 150 earmarks for private ...

"Simply put, members of Congress should not have the ability to award no-bid contracts," said US Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. "Even worse, many times the ...

Source: The Birmingham News - al.com
08/20/09
Myths You'll Hear at Town Halls

At a town hall for Rep. Jeff Flake (R, AZ), citizen Sally Petrich told him, "Whatever I'm on, I want you on." When constituents clamor that Congress should ...

Source: Human Events
08/18/09
RE: Jeff Flake

Jeff Flake, Arizona Republican congressman: “Both in print and on television, Bob's reporting helped shape, and in many ways even defined, the conservative ...

Source: Wall Street Journal Blogs
08/18/09
What Would a New Era of Republican Governance Bring?

High marks to Senators McCain and Coburn and Congressman Jeff Flake for resisting these abuses, but they were voices crying in the wilderness. ...

Source: American Spectator

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Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-2635
Fax: 202-226-4386

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