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  • Simpson: Congress Needs to Do Its Job
    Sep 13, 2012 - Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson today opposed an effort by Congress to put off finalizing a federal budget for six months. Rather than completing work on next year’s budget before the current fiscal year ends on September 30, the House passed H.J.Res. 117, a continuing resolution which extends discre... More
  • Simpson Supports Bill to Drastically Reduce Mandatory Spending
    May 10, 2012 - Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson today supported passage of H.R. 5652, the Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012. It passed in the House of Representatives 218 to 199. The House Budget Committee, of which Simpson is a member, considered and passed this legislation on Monday and sent it to t... More
  • The Ides of March - Budgets, Debt, and Health Care
    Mar 28, 2012 - “This week the Supreme Court is considering the constitutionality of President Obama’s health care bill, and the decision will have consequences far beyond just the future direction of our health care system. If the individual mandate is struck down, it would be a major blow to the power of the fede... More
  • House Budget Committee Passes 2013 Budget
    Mar 21, 2012 - Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson, a senior member of the House Budget Committee, today supported the Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Resolution offered by Chairman Paul Ryan, which passed in the Committee 19–18. The Budget Resolution must be passed every year by the House and the Senate to set top-level spend... More
  • Simpson Questions Bernanke about Debt and Economy
    Feb 2, 2012 - Washington, D.C. – Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson, a senior member of the House Budget Committee, questioned Federal Reserve Chairman Dr. Ben Bernanke in a hearing today entitled, “The State of the U.S. Economy.” “I’ve been a member of this committee with the chairman for eight years now. For eight ... More
  • Simpson, Labrador Call on Senate to Return to DC
    Dec 20, 2011 - Idaho Congressmen Mike Simpson and Raúl Labrador voted today to convene a conference committee to negotiate differences between the House and Senate versions of legislation to extend the payroll tax holiday, as well as unemployment insurance. Last week, both Idaho Congressmen supported legislation t... More
  • Simpson Protects Western Interests in Budget Bill
    Dec 15, 2011 - As Chairman of the House Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee, Congressman Mike Simpson has been instrumental in ensuring that western interests are protected in the final appropriations bill for FY2012. The bill focuses on fiscal responsibility, reducing costs created through unnece... More
  • REINS Act Passes House of Representatives
    Dec 7, 2011 - Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson today supported critical legislation to return accountability and transparency to the federal regulatory process. Congressman Simpson cosponsored and voted in favor of H.R. 10, the Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2011, which passed the... More
  • Simpson Supports Balanced Budget Amendment
    Nov 18, 2011 - Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson, a senior member on the House Budget Committee, voted for H.J.Res. 2, proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. While it was supported by a majority of members, it failed in the House when Democrats largely opposed the bill, which ... More
  • SIMPSON, CRAPO: BIPARTISAN DEFICIT PLAN STILL POSSIBLE
    Nov 16, 2011 - As the Joint Select Committee established by Congress approaches the November 23 deadline to present a debt reduction plan for expedited consideration, Idaho Senator Mike Crapo and Congressman Mike Simpson say the members still have options. Crapo and Simpson joined dozens of Senate and House collea... More
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