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Idaho Congressional Delegation React to Supreme Court
Idaho Congressional Delegation React to Supreme Court
Idaho Congressional Delegation React to Supreme Court
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the federal health care overhaul has done nothing to soothe the frustration felt by Idaho's Congressional delegation over the law. The court on Thursday upheld the individual mandate portion of the new law and other components...
Rep. Simpson Continues Wilderness Fight
Rep. Simpson Continues Wilderness Fight
Rep. Simpson Continues Wilderness Fight
KETCHUM, Idaho (AP) - Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson pledged to stick by efforts to designate 330,000 acres in central Idaho as wilderness, but said he has no idea when his longtime dream will be realized. The Idaho Mountain Express reported Wednesday that Simpson was speaking this week to a group of environmentalists in Stanley...
Idaho’s Congressional Delegation Reacts To Obama’s “Jobs” Speech
Idaho’s Congressional Delegation Reacts To Obama’s “Jobs” Speech
Idaho’s Congressional Delegation Reacts To Obama’s “Jobs” Speech
Members of Idaho's congressional delegation are reacting to the president's job creation speech last night. The 455 billion dollar package is made up of tax cuts and spending plans. It includes funding for teachers and firefighters - and tax cuts to small businesses to encourage employment. The president told a joint session of Congress that politicians needed to act quickly to pass the package. R
Simpson Calls For Wolf Delisting
Simpson Calls For Wolf Delisting
Simpson Calls For Wolf Delisting
Congressman Mike Simpson says he will add a provision to a budget bill that would reinstate the 2009 decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to delist the gray wolf in Idaho and Montana. The language is clean and simple. It doesn't give environmentalists the minimum numbers they wanted added nor does it give Governor Butch Otter the additional protections he wanted in the event wolves were