Health Care Overhaul

2010-03-18T12:46:37Z

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., speaks as Sens. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., Mike Johanns, R-Neb. and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, listen at a news conference on the abortion language in the Senate passed Health Care bill now being considered in the House on ...

Head of BCS fires back at Senators who sent letter

2010-03-11T08:32:06Z

<div id="subtitle">Head of BCS: 'Congress has more important things to do' than question football bowl system</div><div><p>The head of the Bowl Championship Series thinks Congress "has more important things to do" than look into the way his group distributes money to college football conferences.</p><p>Still, BCS executive director

Guests for the Sunday TV news shows

2010-03-06T01:15:10Z

<div id="subtitle">Guests for the Sunday TV news shows</div><div><p>Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:</p><p>___</p><p>ABC's "This Week" — Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.</p><p>___</p><p>Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and a senior Republican senator predicted his party will block action on the Senate floor.</p><p>The two events further comp...

Senators unveil long-awaited jobs bill

2010-02-22T10:06:58Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic senators unveiled a limited job-creation bill on Thursday, but hopes for quick passage were thrown into question after a Republican co-sponsor criticized the legislation.</p><p>Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pared back a wide range of job-creating proposals to craft a relatively m...

Senator wants Boise State team at White House

2010-02-22T20:14:12Z

<div id="subtitle">Utah Sen. Hatch urges Obama to invite undefeated Boise State football team to White House</div><div><p>Sen. Orrin Hatch is urging President Barack Obama to invit...

US Senate defeats anti-abortion measure in health care bill

2010-02-23T18:52:41Z

<div><p>The US Senate on Tuesday rejected an anti-abortion amendment to a health care reform bill, splitting the Democrats and complicating the chances of getting a 60-vote majority to pass the measure.</p><p>The amendment barring federal funds from being used to pay for abortion, directly or indirectly, was defeat...

Mourners grieve for soldiers killed at Fort Hood

2010-02-24T05:22:45Z

<div><p>Hundreds of people lining the main street of an Indiana town on Saturday fell solemnly silent as the white hearse passed. Mourners waited for hours outside a Wisconsin gymnasium to say goodbye to a soldier who once promised to take down Osama bin Laden.</p><p>And in Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., presides over a hearing on effective strategies for preventing health care fraud, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, the committee's ranking

Time for a change

2010-02-24T13:49:12Z

<div id="subtitle">Playoff system is sorely needed to crown a true college football champion</div><div><p> Sen. Orrin Hatch, a Utah Republican, is still disappointed that the University of Utah did not get a chance to play in last seasonÕs national championship college football game despite being undefeated.</...

Hatch urges Obama to investigate college's BCS

2010-02-24T15:48:29Z

<div id="subtitle">Sen. Hatch urges Obama to launch Justice Dept. investigation into BCS, cites antitrust issues</div><div><p>A senator whose undefeated home state school was bypassed for the college football national championship last season urged President Barack Obama on Wednesday to ask the

AP NewsBreak: Obama urged to investigate BCS

2010-02-24T16:11:38Z

<div id="subtitle">AP NewsBreak: Sen. Hatch urges Obama to launch Justice Dept. investigation into BCS</div><div><p>Sen. Orrin Hatch is asking President Barack Obama to launch a Just...

Reid Testifies Before Senate On Antitrust Issues In Insurance Industry

2009-10-14T09:18:42Z

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 14: Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) (L) (L) talks with Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI) (R) during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on October 14, 2009 in Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., left, shakes hands with committee member Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, as Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is seen at center, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, on Capitol Hill in W...

Senate Finance Committee Votes On Health Care Reform Plan

2009-10-13T09:18:26Z

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 13: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) (C) makes an opening statement as committee members (L-R) Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND), Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV), ranking member Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) and U.S. Senate Finance Committee, (L-R) Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND), Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV), Committee Chairman S...

U.S. senators vote to encourage healthy behavior

2010-02-25T00:19:43Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday adopted a measure aimed at rewarding healthy behavior in a sweeping healthcare overhaul sought by President Barack Obama as lawmakers pushed to complete the legislation.</p><p>The Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah says tightening i...

Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing On Steriods Usage

2009-09-29T14:17:16Z

WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 29: Senate Judiciary Committee's Crime and Drugs Subcommittee member Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) (L) and Chairman Arlen Specter (D-PA) question witnesses during a hearing on "Body Building Pro...

Senate Finance Committee Holds Markup Meeting On Health Care Bill

2009-09-23T12:18:59Z

WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 23: U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) (L) listens to an aide during a mark up hearing before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill September 23, 2009 in Washington, DC. Members of the committee continued to...

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