BENTON COUNTY - U.S. Rep. John Boozman, R-Ark., signed on to support and co-sponsor a House bill aimed at eliminating funding for so-called "czars" who hold senior policy-making positions by presidential appointment while bypassing confirmation to those positions by the U.S. Senate. H.R. 3226, the Czar Accountability and Reform Act of 2009, would bar the use of appropriated funds to pay either expenses or salaries of members of task forces, councils, or similar offices established by the president and headed by a person appointed inappropriately to such a post without Senate advice and consent. The legislation would not apply to...