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Orrin Hatch: Please Disregard Anything I Might Have Told Utah Voters During an Election Year

You ’ ve got to hand it to Orrin Hatch. Having been in the Senate since 1977, he knows how the game is played. Here he is in a debate last year when he was fighting for his political life against conservative challenger Dan Liljenquist: Well, I don’t disagree with some of the things that Dan’s saying here. Show More Summary

Have Dems sold out too early on immigration? Not if they want something to actually pass

Get rid of the filibuster, win back the House, and THEN Orrin Hatch is irrelevant Sally Kohn: My friend John Fugelsang likes to say that the Democratic Party is like an S&M submissive who forgot his safety word. After the lame performance of Democrats in the immigration reform markup, I would say Fugelsang is being generous. Show More Summary

Hatch says he'll vote immigration overhaul out of committee

Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch, long considered a swing vote on immigration in the Senate Judiciary Committee, just said that he will vote the bill out of committee. He added that he could still oppose the legislation on the Senate floor if further changes are not made. His support …

Hatch Accuses IRS Official of ‘Lie of Omission’

Senator Orrin Hatch charged outgoing IRS commissioner Steven Miller with having left out information about the agency’s targeting of conservative groups in letters he wrote to the Senate. Miller knew of the IRS’s inappropriate targeting...Show More Summary

Breakthrough on immigration reform?

The Hill reports: “Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) struck a deal Tuesday on visas for high-skilled workers, a major breakthrough for the Senate immigration reform bill.” The importance of the deal can’t be overestimated: “Now Democrats have … Continue reading ?

Senator Orrin Hatch to IRS 'It's a Lie by Omission'

Bill Requires Fingerprinting at 30 Airports

Foreigners leaving the country through 30 of the busiest U.S. airports must undergo fingerprinting under an amendment senators added to a sweeping immigration bill Monday. The proposal was drafted by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), who has yet to announce whether he will support the bill. Show More Summary

Top Dem Demands Detailed Answers on IRS Scandal

On Monday, Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) sent a letter to the IRS requesting detailed information about the origins of the IRS scandal. Baucus' committee will convene a hearing on Tuesday, to being the Senate's examination of the IRS targeting of tea party and conservative organizations. Show More Summary

Republicans and business push to expand guest worker programs

Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Guest worker visas are resurfacing as one of the most contentious parts of immigration reform negotiations. Despite the compromise deal between the Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO that went into the bipartisan...Show More Summary

Programming notes

Friday's "The Daily Rundown" line-up: live coverage of the Ways and Means Committee's IRS hearing... Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT)... TIME's Michael Scherer, former DCCC spokesman Doug Thornell and Mattie Duppler of Americans for Tax Reform join the Gaggle. "Jansing & …

More on the IRS's "targeting of conservative groups"

In my earlier posting on Orrin Hatch's disappointing 'keynote' speech at the concluding ABA Tax Section luncheon, I mentioned his concluding attack on the IRS for "targeting conservative groups." TaxProf has provided considerable converage of the media sharkfest over the...

Orrin Hatch on tax reform at the ABA--a predictable right-wing rant

Orrin Hatch was the keynote speaker for the ABA Tax Section luncheon today in DC. Having never heard the man in person, I was surprised at the bumbling nature of his speech. He came across as an old man reciting...

Rubio choreographs immigration reform

The immigration-reform fight is a bit of a conservative ballet. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) darts here, dashes there and slowly gathers support. Yesterday, as we predicted, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) introduced a series of amendments to the Gang of Eight’s … Continue reading ?

Supercut of the Day: Politicians Making Awkward Rap References

The Huffington Post brings this painfully awkward supercut of politicians talking about "rap music" and a few even reciting the lyrics. Some of the highlights include Utah Senator Orrin Hatch reading the lyrics from "Hits From the Bong"...Show More Summary

Blogging Sri Srinivasan confirmation hearing 6

#Srinivasan seems to get thumbs-up from Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch. "Listen, I'm really impressed by you," Hatch said. "I think you're terrific. Some of these things bother me, but I want to support you." Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a smart...

Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch Comes Out for Civil Unions

The conservative Republican from Utah thinks civil unions are a good way to prevent marriage equality. read more

Senator Orrin Hatch Defends DOMA, Thinks Civil Unions Will Keep Everybody Happy

Senator Orrin Hatch believes civil unions will solve the country's inequality issues while saving the word "marriage" for heterosexuals, the Salt Lake Tribune reports: The senator made the comment Wednesday at the end of a wide-ranging interview on Logan station...

Sen. Orrin Hatch Backs Civil Unions In Order To Ward Off Same-Sex Marriage

In an interview with a radio station, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) suggested that legalizing civil unions would be a great way to ward off the national advent of same-sex marriage. "I’ll say this, I do believe this could be solved greatly...Show More Summary

Senator Hatch's Plan To Give Hollywood The Key Seat At The Table For All Future Trade Negotiations

We recently wrote about Senator Orrin Hatch's plans to create a special new ambassador-level role within the USTR for someone focused solely on pushing copyright and patent maximalism around the globe. Hatch actually claimed that intellectual property issues don't get enough attention in international trade negotiations. Show More Summary

Manufacturers Agree—the HIT Tax Has to Go

We were pleased to read a bi-partisan op-ed by Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Congressman Jim Matheson (D-UT), who haveRead the Rest...