It's not about what the speaker wants. It's not about necessarily what I want. There's two other principles involved here. It's what the constituents in my district want, and they didn't want to raise the debt ceiling unless there were significant structural reforms and spending cuts to help us balance our budget.

2012 election

Huelskamp ran unopposed in the general election. He is a member of the Republican Party. On January 3 2013 Huelskamp appeared to be counting votes as part of an effort to unseat House Speaker John Boehner when the 113th Congress convened.

Representative for Kansas's 1st congressional district. Timothy Alan Huelskamp (born November 11 1968) is the U.