November 6, 2006 9:47AM 

# Jeff Flake, Take a Bow! 

By [Thomas A. Firey](https://www.cato.org/people/thomas-firey) 

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Last night, CBS’s *60 Minutes* [profiled](http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/11/02/60minutes/main2145860.shtml) Arizona congressman and Cato friend [Jeff Flake](http://flake.house.gov/) and his Mr. Smith-like war on earmarks. A couple of clips from the segment (“Buried in the Fine Print” and “Reporter’s Notebook: Safer”) can be found [here](http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?channel=60Sunday).

Atta boy, Jeff! Hopefully, on Tuesday the nation will send you some help on Capitol Hill.

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