Afghanistan haunted by Vietnam Oct 28, 2009
Orrin Hatch of Utah said he thought some of Obama's critics have been "hypercritical" in suggesting that the president was delaying a decision about Afghanistan. Appearing on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday, Sen. (CNN)
Sound off! 10-25-09 Oct 27, 2009
The Times says that since it may be put forth by Orrin Hatch of Utah and would include overseas missionaries of the Mormon Church it might add enough to the Utah count to get another seat in Congress. I always thought the Census was to count the people living here legally. (Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald, NC)
Lawmakers split on timing of Afghan decision Oct 26, 2009
Republicans want boost in troop levels; Democrats counsel patience. Rahmat Gul / APA U.S. soldier stands on the road which leads to the site where a road site bomb hit a U.S. vehicle in Mehtar Lam, Laghman province east of Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday. (MSNBC -- International)
Republicans Seek Quick Boost in Force in Afghanistan Oct 26, 2009
Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said on CNN s State of the Union that the U.S. ought to rely on [Obama's] hand-picked general. We ve got to have more troops there. (Roll Call)
McCain: Time Is Now to Make Afghan Decision Oct 26, 2009
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GOP senators back away from Cheney's Afghan war words Oct 26, 2009
and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) both said Sunday they would not use the same language former Vice President Dick Cheney did to describe the president's decision making on the nation's Afghan strategy, but did not dispute the substance of his remarks. Earlier this week, Cheney raised eyebrows saying that President Barack Obama has been "dithering" and "waffling" on deciding whether or not to send more troops to Afghanistan per commanding Gen. Stanley McChrystal's request. (TheHill.com)
Healthcare reform, Afghanistan to top Sunday shows Oct 25, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009. By Jordan Fabian - 10/24/09 10:34 AM ET. (TheHill.com)
Late TV listings Oct 25, 2009
Guests: Abdullah Abdullah, challenger in Afghanistan s presidential election; Senators Orrin Hatch of Utah, Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Jim Webb of Virginia. 9 a.m. (CNN). (Boston Globe)
If BCS not completely broken, then don't fix it Oct 24, 2009
Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) to Barack Obama, asking the president to launch an anti-trust investigation of the BCS.. Well, the president asked for it, didn't he. (Nola.com -- Sports)
Latest headlines from UF football Oct 24, 2009
The NCAA rule book states that it is illegal to use "any device or material'' to mark the spot of a kick. posted by David Jones at Hatch urges President Obama to investigate BCS According to the Associated Press, Sen. Orrin Hatch is asking President Barack Obama to launch a Justice Department investigation into college football's Bowl Championship Series over antitrust laws.Hatch (at left) tells the president in a letter Wednesday that a "strong case'' can be made that the BCS violates antitrust... (Florida Today)
Guests for the Sunday TV news shows Oct 24, 2009
Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Ben Nelson, D-Neb. and Jim Webb, D-Va. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Saturday Thumbs Oct 24, 2009
Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, urged President Obama to have the Justice Department determine whether the BCS s method of crowning a national champion violates federal antitrust laws. A group in Washington, D.C., led by a University of Utah graduate announced the formation of a political action committee to elect lawmakers who will try to take down the BCS.. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Power needs to have limits Oct 24, 2009
Orrin Hatch that the Obama administration look into college footballs for possible antitrust violations. Hatchs state is home to two schools, the University of Utah and BYU, whose conference champions arent guaranteed a spot in the lucrative BCS games. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Harkin Is Ready to Fill Big Shoes Oct 22, 2009
Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), a HELP Committee member and one of Kennedy s closest Senate friends. Tom Williams/Roll Call. (Roll Call)
BCS probe called for by Hatch Oct 22, 2009
Mr. President, as you have publicly stated on multiple occasions, the BCS system is in dire need of reform, Senator Orrin Hatch, a Utah Republican, said in a 10-page letter to Obama calling for an antitrust probe of the BCS. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the letter. Shortly after his election, Obama said he was going to to throw my weight around a little bit to nudge college football toward a playoff system. (Boston Globe)
Senator Pushes College Playoff Reforms Oct 22, 2009
Orrin Hatch Urges President to Launch Investigation Into Bowl Championship Series, The College Football Playoff System ... Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, says that the current BCS system violates antitrust laws ... Orrin Hatch OUGHT to be both ashamed and embarrassed to be WASTING time 'sticking his nose' into how college football determines it's champions. (CBS News)
How Drug Industry Lobbyists Got Their Way on Health Care Oct 22, 2009
The obvious model for bringing in competition is a 1984 law that Waxman wrote with Republican Senator Orrin Hatch. It lowered the regulatory obstacles that prevented generic drugs from making their way to market. (Time.com)
BCS Hatch calls for investigation Oct 22, 2009
Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, whose undefeated home state school - the University of Utah - was bypassed for the national championship last season, urged President Obama on Wednesday to ask the Justice Department to investigate the BCS. ... Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, whose undefeated home state school - the University of Utah - was bypassed for the national championship last season, urged President Obama on Wednesday to ask the Justice Department to. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Senator asks Obama for federal probe of BCS Oct 22, 2009
Orrin Hatch asking President Obama to order Justice Department probe of BCS - ESPN ... Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said in a 10-page letter to Obama calling for an antitrust probe of the BCS. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the letter. (ESPN -- College Football)
Can Obama and Congress Order You to Buy Broccoli? Oct 21, 2009
Orrin Hatch of Utah tried to offer an amendment that would have expedited judicial review were the bill enacted because Hatch saw multiple constitutional problems with the proposal. Ordering individuals to buy health insurance was one of them. (Townhall.com)
Lawmakers launch PAC to push for college football playoff Oct 20, 2009
Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), who have all railed against the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) system that makes it all-but-impossible for small schools to win a national championship. (TheHill.com)
Billionaire Pickens focusing on natural gas Oct 20, 2009
Pickens says interest in energy plan growing. Craig Ruttle/Bloomberg T. Boone Pickens, founder and chairman of BP Capital LLC, makes a point during the World Business Forum at Radio City Music Hall in New York two weeks ago. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Conrad, Grassley Look to Break Impasse on ‘Doc Fix’ Oct 20, 2009
and Orrin Hatch (Utah). Indeed, a Democratic aide accused Republicans of trying to have it both ways arguing that they agreed to vitiate Monday s planned cloture vote because they did not want to be seen filibustering the bill. (Roll Call)
Hatch: Dems' 'doc fix' is a 'budget gimmick' Oct 18, 2009
Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said Friday. The so-called "doc fix" -- which lawmakers typically pass every year -- combats staggering, annual decreases in Medicare reimbursement payments to physicians and hospitals. (TheHill.com)
Report: Limbaugh Dropped from Rams Bid Oct 15, 2009
If Orrin Hatch wanted to buy a team, the NFL wouldn't have a problem. If Kyl, Sessions, and Coburn wanted a franchise, no one would get in their way. (CBS News)
Republicans Continue to Hold Up Unemployment Extension Oct 15, 2009
Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) suggested. At issue is an amendment sponsored by Sens. (Roll Call)
Obama's health-care plan gets boost Oct 15, 2009
Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus shakes hands with Republican senator Olympia Snowe as Senator Orrin Hatch looks on. Photo: AP. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Health care legislation back behind closed doors Oct 14, 2009
Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is seen at center, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington, after a committee vote regarding the health care reform bill. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak). (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
Is Snowe the realGOP maverick? Oct 14, 2009
Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, looks away, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. . (MSNBC -- Politics)
ISSUES: Sticking points to iron out Oct 14, 2009
John Rockefeller, left, Chuck Grassley and Orrin Hatch. By Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images. (USA Today)
Nobel Jury Defends Awarding Obama Prize Oct 14, 2009
You pay for campaign contributions because every major player in health care reform - Max Baucus, Mike Enzi, Chuck Grassley, Olympia Snowe, Mitch McConnel, Orrin Hatch, all receive generous bribes from the health insurance industry. The health insurance companies are threatening to raise rates. (CBS News -- World)
Senate panel advances health bill Oct 14, 2009
Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, center, and Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, participate in the committee's hearing regarding health care reform Tuesday on Capitol Hill. Snowe broke with her party to advance a Democratic health care bill in a 14-9 vote. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Click to read:Senate Finance Panel Passes Health Reform Oct 14, 2009
Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) called the vote another step toward the "flawed solution... of more spending, more government and more taxes.". Snowe cautioned that her vote for the committee bill did not indicate she would support the Democrats' final plans. (CBS News)
U.S. Senate panel OKs health care bill Oct 14, 2009
Orrin Hatch speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, during the committee's hearing on health care reform. (Xinhua/Zhang Yan). (Xinhuanet, China)
Senate Committee Approves Health Overhaul Bill Oct 14, 2009
Orrin Hatch of Utah, called the bill partisan, said it is heavy on new taxes and argued that it will not live up to a promise made by Obama that people who like the coverage they have can keep it. "This bill will allow you to do anything but keep your coverage," Hatch said. (W-USA News, DC)
Sen. group OKs health overhaul Oct 14, 2009
Orrin Hatch, R-Utah,looks on at center, after a committee vote regarding the health care reform bill, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. With support from a lone Republican, Snowe, a key Senate committee approved a middle-of-the-road health care plan that moves President Barack Obama's goal of wider and affordable coverage a giant step closer to becoming law. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Senate Vote Displays Reality Check in Sex Education Debate Oct 13, 2009
Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), the Senate Finance Committee voted, by a slim margin, to restore Title V, which provides states with funding to provide abstinence education to youths. After concerted efforts by opponents, this victory clearly indicates that facts made a difference. (Roll Call)
Budget office: Tort reform could save $54 billion Oct 13, 2009
Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, has raised questions about how much malpractice reform would save ... Orrin Hatch, a Republican who has raised questions about how much malpractice reform would save. (CNN -- Health)
CBO: Malpractice bill would save $54B Oct 10, 2009
Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), who requested the CBO analysis, criticized Obama's stance ... BY Ryan on 10/09/2009 at 15:04Sincere thanks to Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) for requesting this comprehensive CBO analysis, which seems the first of it's kind. (TheHill.com)
Politico: GOP dials down criticism Oct 10, 2009
His GOP Senate colleague, Orrin Hatch of Utah, expressed that he was "surprised" by the news, but nevertheless lauded Obama. "Whenever an American receives an important international honor, it reflects positively not only on the achievements of that individual but also on our nation as a whole," Hatch said. (AZCentral -- News)
Senate candidate Alan Khazei comes to Concord Oct 10, 2009
Last spring he worked closely with Senators Kennedy and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) to craft the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, signed by President Barack Obama in April. Khazei said his campaign will be citizen-led, citizen-energized, and citizen-financed. (Concord Journal, MA)
GOP, even some liberals, dismiss Obama's prize Oct 10, 2009
Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, was more diplomatic, saying on Fox News that he was "pleased" that a U.S. president had won, and that he hoped the award would be "an incentive" for Obama to work hard on global issues, especially humanitarian ones. Congress' top Republican leaders Sen. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Nobel Rationale Oct 10, 2009
Orrin Hatch, speaking on Fox News after the announcement, summed up the sentiment: "Hopefully, this will help the president realize he represents everybody, not just the far left." Nobel controversies of years pastmost notably Yasser Arafat and Jimmy Carterprovide plenty of precedent to dismiss Obama's nomination as yet more Scandinavian twaddle. Politically, however, the prize is unlikely to hurt Obama that much. (Slate)
Catholic bishops: Health bill unacceptable Oct 9, 2009
Current health bill unacceptable, Catholic bishops say - CNN.com. Current health bill unacceptable, Catholic bishops say. (CNN -- International)
Mandatory Coverage? New Taxes? What Health Care Overhaul Would Mean Oct 8, 2009
Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, discusses his views on health care reform. An estimate released late Wednesday by the revealed that drafted by the Senate Finance Committee, sometimes referred to as the after the committee's chairman, , D-Mont. (ABC News)
Baucus health bill projected at $829B Oct 8, 2009
Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine. (USA Today)
Bishops Repeat Demand for Abortion Funding Ban Oct 6, 2009
SIGN UP FOR FREE NEWS ALERTS. Monday, October 5, 2009 7:15 PM. (Newsmax)
An Olympic Blunder Oct 5, 2009
Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) proposed an amendment to prohibit any insurer that receives federal funds from covering abortions. It was defeated by a 10-13 vote in the Senate Finance Committee. (Human Events Online)
Senate health-care bill may be finished, but divisions remain Oct 5, 2009
"Senate Republicans, and some Democrats, are concerned that their constituents will see this not as an alternative to private insurance, but as an expensive first step toward a government takeover of the health care system."It would be a disaster," said Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah. "The American people will lose an awful lot of control over their health care needs. "Senators are weighing other options. "We've gotten locked in a really sterile debate that says the only alternatives are what we've... (Fresno Bee)
A town's love of Indian artifacts backfires Oct 4, 2009
Lacy's brother is San Juan County Sheriff Mike Lacy, a sturdy, fast-talking man of 60 who is so incensed about how the raids were handled and about being kept in the dark he has asked Utah senators Orrin Hatch and Robert Bennett for a formal investigation. "This was the biggest grandstanding stunt I've ever seen in my life," says Lacy, whose father was sheriff before him, and who personally knows most of those arrested. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Dems taunt GOP: Where's your health care plan? Oct 3, 2009
Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill on Thursday, October 1, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Sen. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Lacking 'Public Option,' Senate Obamacare Bill Still Bad Oct 3, 2009
Rather than save taxpayers money by asking women to finance their abortions without federal dollars (as the Hyde Amendment has mandated since 1976), Finance Committee Democrats (minus North Dakota s Kent Conrad) rejected Utah Republican Orrin Hatch s amendment to prevent Obamacare s budget from funding elective abortions or health plans that cover feticide. In the Age of Obama, Uncle Sam pays for everything. (Human Events Online)
LETTER: Logistics will doomgovernment-run system Oct 3, 2009
Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), would provide $50 million per year through 2014 exclusively for abstinence education programs. The measure would effectively reinstate the controversial Title V program, which offered $50 million per year to states for abstinence education, but prohibited them from tapping the funds for other sex-ed subjects like contraception. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Hatch Casts 12,000th Vote Oct 2, 2009
Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) was feted by his colleagues Thursday after casting his 12,000th vote on the Senate floor. LOG IN NOT A SUBSCRIBER. (Roll Call)
10/1/2009, 9:28am Health care decisions Oct 2, 2009
Orrin Hatch of Utah, a Trojan horse for a single-payer system in which the government would eventually control most health care. As the debate over President Obamas health care reform plan continues, its pretty hard to separate rhetoric from reality when it comes to arguments for and against the proposal. (Watertown Public Opinion, SD)
The Pro-Choice Argument Against Health Care Reform Oct 1, 2009
- By William Saletan - Slate Magazine. Science, technology, and life. (Slate)
Seniors exempted from new healthcare taxes Oct 1, 2009
Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said. Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz. (TheHill.com)
Panel votes to restore abstinence education money Oct 1, 2009
11:36 p.m. Tuesday, September 29, 2009. The Associated Press. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Bid to strengthen abortion provision shot down Oct 1, 2009
Orrin Hatch: "You can't accomplish complete segregation of the funds" ... Orrin Hatch's amendments. (CNN -- US)
On Removal of the 'Public Option' Unhealthy surgery in the Senate Oct 1, 2009
Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, called it a "Trojan horse for a single-payer system." The Democratic chairman, Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, took a pragmatic opposition, saying the appeal of including the public option was outweighed by the reality that it could not muster the 60 votes that would be required to break an expected filibuster. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Senators Reject Bill's Anti-Abortion Plan Oct 1, 2009
Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, argued that provisions already in the bill to restrict federal funding for abortions needed to be tightened to guarantee they would be ironclad. But his argument failed to carry the day. (Time.com)
Health bill on track for committee vote Oct 1, 2009
Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, argued that provisions already in the bill to restrict federal funding for abortions needed to be tightened to guarantee they would be ironclad. He said his goal was to incorporate the restrictions into law, "so we don't have to go through it every year.". (MSNBC -- Politics)
80 percent agreement on health care? No way that's true Oct 1, 2009
I have no idea how you'd calculate something like that," said Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee. On Wednesday that panel labored through another round of bill drafting. It hopes to finish its work later this week, but final congressional action on the legislation is still probably months _and lots of tense votes and debates away.Conrad's view has bipartisan support."I don't see it," said Sen. George Voinovich of Ohio, a centrist Republican whom Democrats... (Fresno Bee)
Senators Turn Back Antiabortion Provision in Health Bill... Oct 1, 2009
Orrin Hatch (R., Utah) said the limits in the current law could easily lapse. He called on Mr. Baucus to fold the language into the health bill, making it permanent law. (The Drudge Report)
Would-be pro player relates tale of steroid woes Sep 30, 2009
Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, who sponsored the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994, said more regulation wasn't the solution. They said it's up to federal authorities to enforce the law. (MSNBC -- Sports)
