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News List

  • Unemployment: We Need Real Solutions
    Nov 19, 2009  - “I was glad to see some “encouraging” news coming from the White House this week regarding the Democrat American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the so-called stimulus.  According to the recovery.gov website, Idaho’s eighth congressional district has received $618,253, and 29.2 jobs have been ... More
  • Simpson Supports Clean Transportation Energy Alternatives
    Nov 12, 2009  - Congressman Simpson is a cosponsor of H.R. 1835, the New Alterative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions, or NAT GAS, Act of 2009.  H.R. 1835 focuses on increasing the availability of natural gas-fueled vehicles in the United States. “I have always been a strong proponent of using clean alter... More
  • Simpson Votes Against Pelosi’s Health Care Takeover
    Nov 7, 2009  - The U.S. House of Representatives today passed H.R. 3962 that, if signed into law, will be the first step to government takeover of healthcare. Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson joined his colleagues in an attempt to defeat the bill, however, it passed with a final vote of 220-215. “Pelosi is touting ... More
  • Simpson Supports Extension of Homebuyer Tax Credit
    Nov 5, 2009  - The U.S. House of Representatives today overwhelmingly passed legislation extending the First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit Provision through April 30, 2010.  The bill also creates a new tax credit for move-up buyers who have lived in their current residence for at least five years.  The expanded tax cr... More
  • REAL Health Care Reform - Options Better Than Pelosi’s Bill
    Nov 4, 2009  - “Speaker Pelosi is pushing ahead on a health care bill that will implement a government takeover of our health care system and put Americans’ current health coverage at risk.  This bill does not reform our current health system, but instead creates another massive, unfunded entitlement program at a ... More
  • Health Bill Costs Just Don’t Add Up
    Nov 3, 2009  - “Speaker Pelosi and her team are gleefully proclaiming that their health care reform bill is budget neutral and cost under the arbitrary $900 billion limit that President Obama had set for health reform. So exuberant are they in announcing their supposed success at crafting “affordable” legislation ... More
  • Simpson Cosponsors Legislation to Provide Estate Tax Relief
    Nov 2, 2009  - Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson is a cosponsor of H.R. 3905, the Estate Tax Relief Act of 2009. The legislation increases the estate tax exemption to $5 million per person and reduces the top rate to 35% in equal increments over ten years. More than 98% of America’s two million farms and ranches ar... More
  • Idaho Locations Named as Potential Home of F-35’s
    Oct 29, 2009  - Idaho Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch and Congressmen Mike Simpson and Walt Minnick have notified commanders at Mountain Home Air Force Base and the Idaho Air National Guard they have both qualified as top five locations, in their respective categories, under consideration for the F-35 Joint Strik... More
  • Simpson Supports Passage of Small Business Bill
    Oct 29, 2009  - Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson today supported passage of a bill to assist small businesses. H.R. 3854, the Small Business Financing and Investment Act of 2009, is made up of eight individual bills that deal with a variety of small business loan programs.  “Although Republicans and Democrats unfor... More
  • Simpson Influence Clear In House Interior Funding Bill
    Oct 28, 2009  - Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson, a member of the House Appropriations Committee, has secured funding to help Idaho communities meet Clean Water Act standards and for efforts to recover sage-grouse as part of the final Fiscal Year 2010 Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill.  Simpson is the Rank... More
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