Flake Has More Earmarks to Slay

• By Tory Newmyer and Jackie Kucinich
• Roll Call Staff
• June 8, 2009, Midnight

Months of characteristic doggedness paid off last week for Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) when he appeared to accomplish a feat his own leaders have struggled to match: backing a muscular Democratic majority into a corner, then getting it to fold.