Keeping up with Utah's Congressional Delegation
Harry Reid Threatening Mass Recess Appointments
Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid is getting fed up with Utah Senator Mike Lee.
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Hatch: HHS Mandate Undermines Religious Freedom
In an op-ed, Sen. Orrin Hatch says the Obama administration's mandate that religious institutions provide employees with insurance coverage for abortion drugs and contraception threatens Americans' freedom of religion.
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Chaffetz: Federal Workers Must Learn to Do More with Less
In an interview with Federal News Radio, Rep. Jason Chaffetz defends the necessity of cutting federal employees' salaries, benefits, and pensions as a way of shrinking government spending.
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Chaffetz: Obama's Budget 'Adds Insult to Injury'
In an op-ed, Rep. Jason Chaffetz says Pres. Obama's proposed budget is fundamentally flawed because it lacks any attempt at entitlement reform, which Chaffetz argues is necessary to bring federal spending under control.
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Lee: Obama's Recess Appointments Violate Constitution
Sen. Mike Lee sits down with The Heritage Foundation's Rob Bluey to discuss his outrage over Pres. Obama's recess appointments and his plan to "continue to fight against executive branch overreach regardless of who is serving in the White House."
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Mike Lee's PAC Targets GOP Establishment
Roll Call's David M. Drucker takes an in-depth look at Sen. Mike Lee's Constitutional Conservatives Fund political action committee, which the freshman senator launched to boost the ranks of anti-establishment conservatives in Congress.
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U.S. Chamber Boosts Matheson
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce launches a $10 million campaign to support the election of 20 congressional candidates, 19 of whom are Republicans. The lone Democrat, Rep. Jim Matheson, gets the Chamber's endorsement because of his opposition to Obamacare.
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WaPo Questions Bishop's Earmarks for Weber State
Rep. Rob Bishop is highlighted in a multi-page Washington Post story on federal lawmakers who have secured earmarks for organizations that employ a family member.
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Utah Delegation Protests BLM Ruling on Oil-Shale Development
In a letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Sens. Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee and Reps. Jim Matheson, Rob Bishop, and Jason Chaffetz criticize the Obama administration's plan to reduce the federal lands available for oil-shale and tar-sands development.
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Hatch's ERA: 'A Shrewd New Challenge to Organized Labor'
The Weekly Standard's Fred Barnes takes an in-depth look at Sen. Orrin Hatch's proposed Employee Rights Act, which would radically reshape the relationship between workers and their union bosses.
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Hatch, Bishop Blast Obama Oil Shale Plan
Sen. Orrin Hatch and Rep. Rob Bishop criticize a newly announced Interior Department plan to scale back the research and development of oil shale in the West.
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Yoo to Utahns: Keep Hatch
In a National Review op-ed, former Bush Justice Department official John Yoo urges Utahns to re-elect Orrin Hatch, arguing that the six-term senator will be indispensable if the GOP wins control of the upper house and Hatch becomes chairman of Senate Finance Committee.
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Hatch to Solidify Right Flank by Tackling Pension Reform
Sen. Orrin Hatch signals his intention to launch a major push on public pension reform -- an issue that happens to be a specialty of one of his most prominent GOP primary challengers, Dan Liljenquist.
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Obama Blasts Lee for Obstructionism
In his weekly radio address Saturday, Pres. Obama slams Sen. Mike Lee for vowing to filibuster all of the president's pending nominations before the Senate.
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Lee Vows to Filibuster Obama Nominees
Sen. Mike Lee says he'll try to block all of Pres. Obama's nominations in 2012 as payback for the president's four recess appointments.
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Lee to Obama: Stop Politicizing Payroll Taxes
In an op-ed, Sen. Mike Lee condemns what he sees as Pres. Obama's clear intention to use the payroll tax issue in 2012 "to demagogue conservatives and distract the American people from the real issues facing our country."
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Hatch Laments Roe v. Wade 'Tragedy'
Sen. Orrin Hatch pens an op-ed to mark the 39th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision, which Hatch describes as a moral and legal tragedy that has resulted in 50 million abortions since 1973.
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Hatch Reverses Course on Anti-Piracy Law
Sen. Orrin Hatch, an original sponsor of the Senate Protect IP Act, now says he opposes the anti-online piracy legislation in the wake of an Internet protest Wednesday by Wikipedia and other websites.
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Hatch, Lee, Matheson, Bishop Denounce Uranium Mining Ban
Sens. Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee and Reps. Jim Matheson and Rob Bishop condemn Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's decision to withdraw 1 million acres of federal land in northern Arizona from uranium mining.
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Hatch Cries Foul over Recess Appointment
Sen. Orrin Hatch criticizes Pres. Obama's recess appointment of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, warning that the precedent-breaking move could come back to haunt the White House.
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today's headlines
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Salt Lake Tribune

Editorial: Teacher mentors: Bill would encourage excellence

Editorial: Driver training: Leave existing law alone

FBI releases Salt Lake Olympic file and Romney’s letter

Roads earmark nabs 20 percent of revenue growth

Utah Legislature passes school supply bill

Bill to replace Utah trooper memorial crosses advances

‘We can’t wait’: Utah lawmakers ratchet up fight for federal lands

Bill to let cyclists run red lights stalls

Obama nearly tops Huntsman in Utah fundraising

Utah lawmakers taking no chances on gambling

Matheson bemoans lack of bipartisanship

Senate resolution pushes ski interconnect

Rolly: Orrin Hatch says the darnedest things in St. George

Bill would allow judge to consider adultery, abuse in alimony cases

Bill could mean donations to elementary schools

Judge delays ruling on Utah immigration law

House votes to ban hookah, e-cigarettes in public

Tanning regulation moves to final Senate vote

House passes open-carry gun bill

Utah task force has ideas to help women be college grads

Deseret News

Robert Bennett: Entitlement spending must change

Op-ed: Is the Utah Legislature listening?

Legacy of 2002 Winter Olympics lives on in Utah's economy

Senate committee approves new GRAMA bill

Utah lawmakers honor Utah-Israeli ties

Legislative bills tell federal government to give up public land in Utah

Joseph Cramer: Addressing emotions about immigration key to solving the problem

Rep. Jim Matheson says Congress won't be addressing immigration any time soon

Utah's immigration enforcement law on hold until Supreme Court rules on Arizona law

LDS Church toughens stand against 'improper' proxy name submissions

Bill to ban e-cigarettes, hookah smoking passes House

Other

Editorial: Good results on GRAMA (Daily Herald)

State revenues up $14 million (Daily Herald)

State group would look into local ethics complaints under bill (Daily Herald)

Open carry bill passes the House (Daily Herald)

Internet gambling bill passes House, headed to Senate (Daily Herald)

Changes to open records law approved by Senate committee (Daily Herald)

Editorial: A popular vote push (Standard-Examiner)

Utah lawmakers eye federal control of state lands (Standard-Examiner)

House passes bill to limit disorderly conduct for open carry (Standard-Examiner)

Bill would restrict teens’ tanning salon use (Standard-Examiner)

Utah County lawmaker targets Internet gambling (Standard-Examiner)

Bill would allow memorial signs for fallen UHP officers (Standard-Examiner)

Utah agricultural bill would limit filming, photographing livestock (Logan Herald Journal)

Republicans celebrate rise at annual fund raiser dinner (Tooele Transcript Bulletin)

Editorial: If you care about politics, don’t miss caucus meetings (Tooele Transcript Bulletin)

Op-ed: House Bill 49 will protect law-abiding gun owners (Tooele Transcript Bulletin)

Bill close to shifting environmental committees' power (Park Record)

Barrus’ energy bills seen as ‘priority’ for state (Davis County Clipper)

Legislature battles for control of public lands (Davis County Clipper)

European troubles affect Utah (Davis County Clipper)

Changes to county auditor bill lauded (Davis County Clipper)

Beattie: US Chamber voice of business for entire country (Davis County Clipper)

Legislative Notes: Pilot program could help improve testing in schools (Davis County Clipper)

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Dow tops 13,000 mark (Politico)

Catholic university sues to block Obama's contraception mandate (The Hill)

Obama: Payroll tax cut extension will help with higher gas prices (The Hill)

Romney, Santorum virtually tied in new Michigan poll (Detroit Free Press)

Mitt Romney remains fundraising king, but look who's hard on his heels (Christian Science Monitor)

Poll: Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum tied in Georgia (The State)

Billionaire Sheldon Adelson Says He Might Give $100M To Newt Gingrich Or Other Republican (Forbes)

Obama campaign: Romney, Santorum policies would grow deficit (Los Angeles Times)

Supreme Court agrees to reconsider use of race in college admission decisions (Washington Post)

Obama to Congress: 'Keep Going' on Economy Front (Associated Press)

Rick Santorum stokes new discussion of Obama's faith (Los Angeles Times)

Gingrich asks Oklahoma lawmakers for input on getting ‘federal government out of your hair’ (Washington Post)

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Olympics gave Utah a five-ring economic boost (Salt Lake Tribune)

European troubles affect Utah (Davis County Clipper)

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A month out, City Creek tenants in hurry mode (Salt Lake Tribune)

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