2010-02-09T00:00:00Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/person/blog/300052 tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-09:/commentary/7537280 2010-02-09T00:00:00Z Antitrust Today Senator Orrin Hatch raised the issue in a letter to the Justice Department in October 2009 in which he complained that the BCS system is an artificial market barrier against smaller schools. Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich has ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.antitrusttoday.com/2010/02/09/doj-and-ncaa-may-face-off-in-antitrust-bowl/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-09:/commentary/7537279 2010-02-09T00:00:00Z RealClearPolitics - Articles But also note &quot;spewing&quot; because Rich almost never describes conservatives as speaking normally: In this column alone, they &quot;spew,&quot; Sen. Orrin Hatch &quot;vamped&quot; and John McCain &quot;huffed,&quot; &quot;fulminated&quot; and was &q<br /><br /><a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/02/09/frank_rich_and_the_state_of_liberal_commentary_100224.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-09:/commentary/7537278 2010-02-09T00:00:00Z Haystack Commentary Republicans are reportedly opposed to using returned bank bailout funds for the bill, which Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch estimated would cost $80 billion. The centerpiece of the bill is likely to be a tax credit for small and ...<br /><br /><a href="http://zorekrichards.blogspot.com/2010/02/dc-snow-days-seem-to-be-only-way.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-09:/commentary/7537275 2010-02-09T00:00:00Z I Watch Obama Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer of New York and GOP Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah are advocating a tax credit for businesses that hire new workers. It would refund the employer&#39;s 6.2 percent share of the Social Security payroll tax to ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.iwatchobama.com/obama-news/obama-gop-and-dems-together-can-spur-job-growth-2/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-09:/commentary/7537276 2010-02-09T00:00:00Z Life Its Ownself Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, a Republican who once was chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has channeled several of the Founding Fathers and learned that they want Congress to organize a tournament to determine the national ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.lifeitsownself.com/?p=17390">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-09:/commentary/7537277 2010-02-09T00:00:00Z Our Real Leader He was principal economic adviser to Sen. Orrin Hatch for the Senate Finance Committee and chief economist under Sen. Bob Bennett for the Congressional Joint Economic Committee. He is also runs the Prosperity Caucus,a social group ...<br /><br /><a href="http://ourrealleader.blogspot.com/2010/02/todays-political-briefing-for-utah_09.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-08:/commentary/7529298 2010-02-08T00:00:00Z New Deal 2.0 An indication of this is the brief article by Senator Orrin Hatch in the Feb 3 Politico. Senator Hatch is a very conservative, very smart man who has often been guilty of acts of bipartisanship in which he seems to recognize that there ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.newdeal20.org/?p=8171">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-08:/commentary/7529302 2010-02-08T00:00:00Z The Politico ...over how to move the bill, say Finance Committee aides. Democrats hope that support from Grassley and Utah Republican Orrin Hatch, also a Finance Committee member, will help bring other Republicans on board with the legislation. Axelrod said the admin<br /><br /><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/32658.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-08:/commentary/7532066 2010-02-08T00:00:00Z Wonk Room Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), meanwhile, has signaled that the Senate bill could garner some bipartisan support, telling CongressDaily “”I think my colleagues should support it…It&#39;s basically a set of ideas that they can live with.” ...<br /><br /><a href="http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2010/02/08/senate-unemployment/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-08:/commentary/7532064 2010-02-08T00:00:00Z Texas Insider Baucus and Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, the ranking Republican on the panel, have spent almost two weeks negotiating the relatively limited package of small-business aid, unemployment benefits and corporate tax credits. They&#39;ve been in constant communica<br /><br /><a href="http://www.texasinsider.org/?p=21647">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-08:/commentary/7529294 2010-02-08T00:00:00Z Science-Based Medicine Given that the supplement manufacturers have huge political influence in Congress — they can mobilize millions of loyal customers, and they have a powerful patron in Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah — that&#39;s not likely to happen. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=3772">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-08:/commentary/7532065 2010-02-08T00:00:00Z TaxProf Blog The White House has gotten behind a &quot;hiring tax credit&quot; that would give an employer $5000 for each worker added this year. In contrast, a bipartisan plan anchored by Sen. Chuck Schumer and Sen. Orrin Hatch would cut 2010 payroll taxes ...<br /><br /><a href="http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2010/02/the-atlantic-.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-08:/commentary/7529295 2010-02-08T00:00:00Z All Kaiser Health News In October, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office wrote in a letter to Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, that a $250000 cap on pain-and-suffering awards and instituting other tort reforms could reduce overall medical costs by 0.5 percent&quot; ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Daily-Reports/2010/February/08/state-policy-developments.aspx">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-08:/commentary/7529297 2010-02-08T00:00:00Z Political Pistachio Sen. Orrin Hatch (R.-Utah): “If that is held constitutional--for them to be able to tell us we have to purchase health insurance--then there is literally nothing that the federal government can&#39;t force us to do. Nothing.” ...<br /><br /><a href="http://politicalpistachio.blogspot.com/2010/02/democrats-failure-to-understand.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-08:/commentary/7529296 2010-02-08T00:00:00Z Jost On Justice Politics appears to be driving the Republicans&#39; stance. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, made an ambiguous suggestion one day that he was open to repealing the policy only to retreat the next. In a political fight, time can help either side ...<br /><br /><a href="http://jostonjustice.blogspot.com/2010/02/all-deliberate-speed-on-dont-ask-dont.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-08:/commentary/7532067 2010-02-08T00:00:00Z Obama News Watch Republicans are likely to back short-term extensions of jobless benefits and health-insurance subsidies for the unemployed, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said last week. Meanwhile, Democrats are taking a page from the traditional Republican ...<br /><br /><a href="http://obamanewswatch.blogspot.com/2010/02/jobs-take-top-priority-in-washington.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-07:/commentary/7525832 2010-02-07T00:00:00Z AMERICAblog Gay Orrin Hatch was just as equivocal as Palin. And even Boehner got into a bit of a &quot;not now&quot; argument. They&#39;re afraid of seeming anti-gay. Which makes it all the more fascinating that Democrats are equally afraid of seeming pro-gay. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://gay.americablog.com/2010/02/sarah-palins-objection-to-dadt-repeal.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-07:/commentary/7520900 2010-02-07T00:00:00Z The Lincolnian Liberal Cover for their ill-thought out, prejudice which was able to hide in the fatigued colored closet as long as someone else takes the blame. Conservatives were in a frenzy, and honestly, not making much sense: Here is Orrin Hatch: ... &quot;The day that the <br /><br /><a href="http://lincolnia.blogspot.com/2010/02/root-of-dont-ask-dont-tell-opposition.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-06:/commentary/7517705 2010-02-06T00:00:00Z OpenMarket.org Earlier, Senator Orrin Hatch argued that the “individual mandate” in the health care legislation, which forces people to buy health insurance, is unconstitutional. The Florida Attorney General, Bill McCollum, likewise questioned its ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.openmarket.org/2010/02/06/health-care-freedom-bills-pass-virginia-senate/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2010-02-06:/commentary/7520899 2010-02-06T00:00:00Z AMERICAblog Gay This equation was visibly eating at Orrin Hatch, the Republican senator from Utah, as he vamped nervously with Andrea Mitchell of MSNBC last week, trying to duck any discernible stand on Mullen&#39;s testimony. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://gay.americablog.com/2010/02/frank-rich-on-dont-ask-dont-tell.html">Go to article</a>