Idaho Congressmen support effort in House to reject two-month payroll tax extension bill, support conference committee process for full-year extension Read more »

Chairman of Interior Subcommittee imposes litigation reforms, increases transparency for Department of Interior, EPA, and Forest Service Read more »

Bill Requires Congressional Action for new Regulations Read more »

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 required two-thirds support for passage because it is a constitutional… Read more »

“Go Big” coalition calls for large deficit reductions Read more »

By U.S. Reps Mike Simpson and Heath Shuler Read more »

Forces balanced budget vote and over $2 trillion in savings Read more »

U.S. House has debated and passed two plans – still no plan passed in Senate or proposal by President Read more »

Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson, a senior Member on the House Budget Committee, joined his Republican colleagues in passing H.R. 2560, the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2011.  It passed 234-190.  H.R. 2560 responds directly to the budget and debt crisis facing our nation by curtailing out-of-control spending and reducing the size of the deficit through three mechanisms: … Read more »

“During the debt debate, as Congress and the President circle each other, make offers and counter offers, propose concessions, then refuse to compromise, the American people can’t help but think they have been to this dance before.  They didn’t like what they saw during the government shutdown dispute and they don’t like this new version of the same old thing.   “It’s no… Read more »