Tag Archives: Sen. Mike Lee

HATCH, LEE INTRODUCE RESOLUTION HONORING OGDEN POLICE OFFICERS

WASHINGTON – Utah’s United States Senators Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee today introduced a resolution “honoring the memory of Special Agent Jared Francom of the Ogden Police Department and the bravery of his fellow officers on the Weber-Morgan Narcotics Strike … Read More

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Never mind rich politicians, look who’s broke!

There’s an interesting article at the Washington Post today looking at the net worth of members of Congress. The article has the usual hand wringing about how rich they are and how can such rich folk represent us poor folk … Read More

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Hatch, Lee Introduce Bill to Require Accurate Inventory of Federal Lands

WASHINGTON – Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) today introduced a bill that would require the federal government to start keeping an accurate inventory of all of its real estate holdings, including energy-rich public lands in Utah and … Read More

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Senator Hatch favors the Senate over immigration reform

Utah’s AG Mark Shurtleff is in Washington D.C. trying to get Utah’s legislators to endorse HB116, Utah’s new law, derived from the Utah Compact, that would institute a guest-worker plan for Utah’s illegals under certain conditions. He’s not having much … Read More

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Does Sen. Lee oppose Sen. Hatch running next year?

I got an email from something called U.S. Term Limits commending Utah’s new senator, Mike Lee, for signing on as co-sponsor to a proposed Constitutional Amendment limiting US Senators to two terms in office, and Representatives to three. This means, I suppose, … Read More

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Rep. Bishop & Sen. Lee Introduce Land Conveyance Legislation for Mantua, Utah

WASHINGTON– Today, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and Congressman Rob Bishop (R-UT) introduced legislation to transfer three parcels of federally owned land in Box Elder County to the town of Mantua, Utah.  Specifically, The Box Elder Utah Land Conveyance Act would … Read More

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Hatch Lauds Senator Lee for Resolution on Balanced Budget Amendment

WASHINGTON – Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today praised Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) for pushing a nonbinding “sense of the Senate” resolution about whether a balanced budget should be added to the U.S. Constitution. “While Senator Lee’s resolution would not itself … Read More

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Lee tells Hatch: Do not count on my support in 2012

Interesting news from The Hill magazine’s blog: Utah’s junior senator, Mike Lee, will not endorse his Republican colleague, Orrin Hatch, if Hatch faces a Senate primary. Of course, getting to a primary may not be Hatch’s toughest task next year … Read More

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Lawmaker Laughs: Another Tea Party ripoff, clean stemware?

Hooboy, the fun never stops. On the state and federal level, the people who get themselves elected on promises of being smart, and reasonable, and representative, waste no time showing their true colors: Stupid, unreasonable if not whacky, and representing … Read More

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Hatch Statement on Sen. Mike Lee’s Assignment to the Senate Judiciary Committee

WASHINGTON – Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) issued the following statement today after Sen. Mike Lee was assigned to the Senate Judiciary Committee. “Mike’s a person with a strong commitment to the judiciary, the rule of law and our Constitution,” said … Read More

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