U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake: Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare are real drivers of federal spending

While the media would have you believe the "fiscal cliff" signaled the greatest impending economic catastrophe our country had ever faced, in reality, it may as well have been a "fiscal blip" on the larger radar of our economic troubles.

Jeff Flake on What do you say to independent voters?

The Star invited Arizona's three U.S. Senate candidates to answer that question, based on the following background:

Jeff Flake on Why is Arizona lagging in business export growth to Mexico?

The Star invited Arizona's three U.S. Senate candidates to answer that question, based on the following background:

Guest Column: 'How will you create jobs for Arizonans, both urban and rural?'

There's no question that President Obama inherited a fragile economy. Unfortunately, policies enacted by his administration have made the problem worse, significantly weakening the economy and stymieing job creation.

Economy won't grow until Congress admits it has a spending problem

Editor's note: The original version of this guest opinion from U.S. Rep Jeff Flake stated in the second paragraph that "The debt-ceiling deal reached earlier this month promised to cut spending by $2.4 million in exchange for raising the debt limit by a commensurate amount." It should be "by…

Constitutional amendment, other bold actions needed to rein in debt

On April 18, Standard and Poor's credit rating agency announced that unless a plan to significantly reduce the federal budget and national debt is put into action, our government will lose its AAA credit rating. Moody's agency's identical warning followed a month later. And Fitch Ratings' ea…