Tim Walberg

MI GOP Rep: When The GOP Takes Over The WH, We'll Finally Get To The Bottom Of The Birth Certificate

Evan McMorris-Santoro | August 16, 2011, 4:06PM

It's baaaack.

Months after President Obama put to bed most remaining doubts about his origins by releasing his long-form birth certificate, a Republican member of Congress from Michigan is strongly suggesting the matter needs some attention from the U.S. Department of Justice.

Welcome back to the birther debate, courtesy of Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI).

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Health Care

Pro Health Care Group Targets GOP Freshmen For Repeal Vote (VIDEO)

Brian Beutler | January 20, 2011, 9:30AM

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and President Barack Obama

That didn't take long.

Moments after House Republicans (and three Democrats) voted to repeal President Obama's health care law, TV ads went live in the districts of three GOP freshmen in contested districts to knock them for that vote.

The ads target Reps. Jim Renacci (R-OH), who ousted John Boccieri in November, Jon Runyan (R-NJ) who knocked off John Adler, and Tim Walberg (R-MI), who defeated Mark Schauer.

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Allen West

The Crazy Class Of 2010: Meet The New GOP Stars

Eric Kleefeld | November 4, 2010, 8:38AM

Reps.-elect Allen West (R-FL), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Tim Walberg (R-MI)

With the 60-odd gains for the House Republicans, let's take a special look at a particular brand of Republicans, whose ranks have potentially been enlarged tonight: The Crazy Caucus, those members of Congress who become especially well known for saying and doing things that are not just very conservative, not just right-wing...but really out there.

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Current folks that we've kept track of have included Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Rep. Steve King (R-IA), and Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA). It can be hard, looking at a crop of 60 incoming freshmen, to know exactly who will or won't distinguish themselves in this area. But in particular, four GOP pickups offer a lot of promise.

Other folks could very well pop up in the next two years, but these four bear close watching.

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AFSCME

AFSCME Hammers Republicans In New Set Of Ads (VIDEO)

Marc Kilstein | October 21, 2010, 3:03PM

American Federal of State, County & Municipal Employees ad, "Real People"

The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) has rolled out a new series of ads, taking on Republican candidates from Colorado, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

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Barack Obama

Ex-Rep Running For Old Seat: 'I Don't Know' If Obama Is Muslim Or Born In U.S. (AUDIO)

Eric Lach | September 24, 2010, 6:14PM

Fmr. Rep. Tim Walberg

Former Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI) took a walk on the birther side this week, saying on a radio show that "we don't have enough information about this president" to say whether or not he's a Muslim or was born in the U.S., according to the Jackson Citizen Patriot.

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Joe Wilson

Joe Wilson To Headline Fundraising Event For GOP House Candidate In Michigan

Eric Kleefeld | September 24, 2009, 5:35PM

Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC)

Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC), the man who became a star among conservative activists when he yelled "You lie!" during President Obama's speech to Congress, is hitting the road for another Republican politician.

Wilson will be traveling to Michigan, the Detroit Free Press reports, to headline a fundraiser for former Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), who lost re-election in 2008 and is seeking a comeback against Democratic Rep. Mark Schauer.

The Walberg campaign's official invitation for the event has a slogan underneath Wilson's picture: "Stand for Truth."

Schauer's spokesperson gave the Free Press this statement: "By embracing his former colleague, Tim Walberg has made it clear that he embraces what is wrong with Washington and is not serious about fixing our broken health care system. If you are the company you keep, then Tim Walberg stands with Joe Wilson and the obstructionists."