Hardly anyone is paying much attention to Congressman Raul Labrador's vote against a two-year extension of Secure Rural School funding -- and the so-called "doc fix" bill to which it was attached. With the possible exception of Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, both R-Idaho. That would be a problem. Not just for rural communities such as Grangeville, Riggins and Orofino, but for senior Idahoans everywhere. Labrador was on the losing side of a 392-37 vote against SRS and "doc fix." Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, was on the winning side. With the issue headed to the Senate within the next week or so, the question becomes: Whose example will Crapo and Risch follow?/Marty Trillhaase, Lewiston Tribune. More here.

Question: No matter how you spin it, Congressman Raul Labrador's vote against rural funding for schools & roads is as clueless as the vote by Rep. Kathy Sims and 8 other  state (mis)representatives against child support services. Thoughts?