In the last cycle Club for Growth Action spent $8,949,420. Their biggest investments were $2,417,659 against Senator Thad Cochran (R) in Mississippi, $815,420 against Senator Mark Pryor (D) in Arkansas, $758,501 against Rep. Ann Kuster (D) in New Hampshire, and $478,802 against Rep. Mike Simpson (R) in Idaho.
Idaho is very red. And Mike Simpson's district, ID-02, has a PVI of R+17. Folks there went for McCain 61-37% and last November voted for Romney 64-33%. Simpson, a 62 year old Mormon dentist, was reelected over Democrat Nicole LeFavour 65-35% and of the 26 counties in the district Simpson won 24-- all but Ada and Blaine. Simpson won 8 counties with over 80% of the vote.
America’s manufacturing advocates have repeatedly criticized Beijing for deliberately undervaluing its currency, in violation of world trade law. This currency undervaluation helps to artificially lower the cost of China’s exports, while also taxing U.S. products entering the Chinese market.Anger over the currency issue has occasionally flared into heated action on Capitol Hill. In 2005, the U.S.
