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Andy Kim

Andy Kim

Former Staff Writer

Andy Kim is a former GOVERNING staff writer. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin's School of Journalism, he has also worked in advertising as a copywriter.

News in Numbers
$1.4 Trillion
The amount of money the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee has direct control over annually — more than a third of all federal spending.
May 11, 2010
 · Andy Kim
Who Said That
I've got a strong history of supporting and advocating for the NRA, but this line of reasoning is just bordering on lunacy.
Rep. Joe McCord -- denouncing the National Rifle Association's position on allowing guns in alcohol-serving business establishments.
May 10, 2010
 · Andy Kim
News in Numbers
140,000
The number of primary care doctors the US is estimated to be short of by 2025, according to the American Academy of Family Physicians.
May 10, 2010
 · Andy Kim
News in Numbers
$2.5 trillion
The total amount spent on U.S. health care in 2009. That's $8,047 per person and 17.3 percent of the entire economy.
May 07, 2010
 · Andy Kim
Who Said That
You committed a crime. The jury told you that. You can’t accept it. You have blinders on. You simply can’t see it.
Judge Gary L. Sharpe of United States District Court -- response to former Senate majority leader Joseph L. Bruno's statement that he believed he did nothing wrong.
May 07, 2010
 · Andy Kim
News in Numbers
$5
The cost of a visit to the office of Dr. George Holmes III, a primary care doctor, in 1972.
May 06, 2010
 · Andy Kim
News in Numbers
$167
The minimum eBay bid set for an oil painting of Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, which is being auctioned off by the state Republican Party now...
May 06, 2010
 · Andy Kim
News in Numbers
$3 Billion
The amount of additional money Pennsylvania needs annually for their transit systems, according to a state advisory panel.
May 06, 2010
 · Andy Kim
News in Numbers
15 Percent
The planned increase in fares -- the largest in the history of Washington, D.C.'s Metro -- for rail riders, which is intended to...
May 06, 2010
 · Andy Kim
News in Numbers
36,000,000,000
Gallons of oil spilled by retreating Iraqi forces when they left Kuwait in 1991.
May 06, 2010
 · Andy Kim
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