AAN News »
   

Ethics Chairman Hunkers down in Safe Seat

By AAN Staff
october 8, 2002  04:29 pm
Ethics Chairman Hunkers down in Safe Seat
Rep. Joel Hefley, R-Colo., has been labeled one of the 10 most obscure members of Congress, despite his chairmanship of the House Ethics Committee, a post most House members loathe. With only a few weeks until Election Day, he’s not campaigning, rarely speaks to the media, especially the Colorado Springs Independent, which he says has bashed him, Terje Langeland writes. Like many incumbents in “safe” seats across America, Hefley doesn’t have to leave Washington to please his constituents. He merely has to tote home the pork and reel in top rankings from the NRA and the Christian Coalition.
View full article at Colorado Springs Independent