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FILTER RESULTS ►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...
"To solicit funds from health-care executives to help pay for the implementation of the President’s $2.6 trillion health spending law is absurd."
Said Senator Orrin G. Hatch. "I will be seeking more information from the Administration about these actions to help better understand whether there are conflicts of interest and if it violated federal law.” Over the past three months,...Show More Summary
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...
Senator Fido Wants To Create Official Ambassador For Hollywood's Interests
Senator Orrin Hatch has taken a back seat on various "intellectual property" issues in the past few years, as some other Senators have stepped up. But, for years, he was Hollywood's "go to" Senator for bad legislation. One of the running...Show More Summary
Gun Legislation Getting Holstered on Capitol Hill
Gun legislation getting holstered on Capitol Hill (via AFP) Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP/FileSenate Judiciary Committee members (L-R) US Senators Orrin Hatch, ranking member Chuck Grassley, Chairman Patrick Leahy, Dianne Feinstein and Charles Schumer on Capitol Hill, January 30, 2013. The committee considered four pieces of gun control legislation on March…
Orrin Hatch, Top Republican on Finance Committee, Backs Lew Nomination
Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, the ranking member of the Finance Committee, will support the nomination of Jack Lew, President Obama’s pick to lead the Treasury Department. “I believe the president is owed a fair amount of deference in...Show More Summary
A muddled message gets messier
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), talking to the Salt Lake Tribune this week about looming sequestration cuts: "I'm for sequestration," Hatch said, if Congress can't cut spending. "We've got to face the music now, or it will be much tougher later."
11 Congressmen Submit Amicus Brief in Hobby Lobby Obamacare Case
In the case of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) challenge that won't die, new voices are now jumping into the legal fray. Eleven Republican Congressmen, led by Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, submitted an amicus brief in support of Hobby Lobby's challenge of Obamacare in the name......
Hatch: 'I Don't Think There's Any Question' Obama Would Like to Repeal Second Amendment
Utah Republican senator Orrin Hatch said he believes President Obama would repeal the Second Amendment if he could. “I don’t think there’s any question about it. Most liberal Democrats would,” Hatch told Laura Ingraham on her radio show...Show More Summary
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