Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Mike Lee [R, UT]

NARAL Opposes Ban on Elective Late-Term Abortions

2013-05-20T01:00:00Z

...Gosnell's abortion facility was not inspected by the Pennsylvania government for 17 years. A resolution introduced by Sen. Mike Lee of Utah and Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania called on Congress to "evaluate the extent to which such abortions involve vi

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Senate panel supports Hatch’s pot farming penalties

2013-05-20T01:00:00Z

...marijuana farms on Forest Service and BLM land throughout the western United States, including throughout southern Utah. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, explained the amendment as Hatch was still traveling from Utah to Washington, D.C., as the committee debated

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'Duck Dynasty' nation needs Sarah Palin

2013-05-20T01:00:00Z

...now as Tea Party meets the mainstream with the IRS affair in particular, but with Kentucky’s Sen. Rand Paul (R), Utah’s Sen. Mike Lee (R) and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R) acceptance to the common culture as well. Cruz is smart as paint. Rand is folkl

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Hatch wants immigrant fingerprints taken at airports

2013-05-20T01:00:00Z

...of 13 to 5. He was still traveling from Salt Lake City to Washington and plans to attend the debate later in the day. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, supported the amendment. Hatch is a swing vote on the bill and its sponsors are trying hard to win his support,

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Hatch poised to back immigration bill with changes

2013-05-20T01:00:00Z

...to be the only vote up for grabs on a committee where almost everyone else has already staked out their position. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, has already announced his opposition to the bill. They don’t need his vote to push the bill out of committee, but

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Pignanelli & Webb: How will these national scandals affect Utah politics?

2013-05-19T01:00:00Z

...Republican, Hatch will lead the charge on IRS abuses; Chaffetz returns to the spotlight in a big way on Benghazi; Sen. Mike Lee and the various tea party groups will enjoy their roles as aggrieved victims; and Congressman Jim Matheson, D-Utah, will just

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Utah GOP elects owner of payday lending company party chairman

2013-05-18T01:00:00Z

...defeat of former U.S. Sen. Robert Bennett in 2010 when he finished in third place at the state Republican convention. U.S. Sen. Mike Lee won the resulting primary and general election. At the GOP convention Saturday, delegates will consider proposals to

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Utah Republicans meet for statewide convention

2013-05-18T01:00:00Z

'Outraged' Republicans overplaying their hand

2013-05-18T01:00:00Z

...will deny health care to people "based upon a person's political beliefs or their religiously held beliefs." Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said the administration's actions "tend to confirm ... that your government is targeting you, that your government is spy

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Washington vs. The People

2013-05-18T01:00:00Z

...Mike Lee is a U.S. Senator from Utah and a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. It would be wrong to view the controversy over the IRS scandal as a typical Republican vs. Democrat squabble. The IRS is a powerful agency that can influence nearly eve

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Utah GOP preparing to pick new state party leader

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...defeat of former U.S. Sen. Robert Bennett when he finished in third place at the 2010 state Republican convention. U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, won the resulting primary and general election. At the GOP convention on Saturday, delegates will consider pro

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Congress to Consider National Anti-Infanticide Bill

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

House committee to grill ousted head of embattled IRS for targeting tea party groups

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...Mike Lee, R-Utah, center, accompanied by, from left, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., chair of the Tea Party Caucus, and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., right, speaks during a news conference with Tea Party leaders about the IRS targ

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Hatch, GOP push for answers in scandal; IRS chief resigns

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...of Republican senators who had called for Miller’s ouster after revelations that the IRS targeted Tea Party groups. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, joined the 45 GOP senators in the letter, but also issued a separate statement saying the scandal goes beyond ju

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No deal yet on high-tech visas

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...place the guest worker program – a product of negotiations between unions and the Chamber of Commerce. One amendment from Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) would have considerably increased the caps in the guest worker program, doubling the existing 200,000 ceil

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Senate panel focuses on enforcement in immigration bill

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...the coming floor debate, with some calculating that their amendments might find a better reception in the full Senate. Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) temporarily shelved his proposal to double the number of visas for low-skilled guest workers; Sen. John Cornyn

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SEN. MIKE LEE:: Washington vs. the People | NRO

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...who promote fiscal responsibility, balanced budgets, greater government accountability, and more local autonomy present a threat to the structure that gives the IRS its power. It should not come as a surprise, then, that the culture of the IRS would pro

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Tavenner approved by Senate

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...to her role in implementing the president’s health reform law. Continue Reading The seven who voted no are Republican Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch of Idaho, Ted Cruz of Texas, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Mike Lee of Utah, and Rand Paul and Minority Le

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Hatch calls for IRS chief to resign

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...has a chilling and, frankly, Nixonian effect on those who wish to speak their mind.” Utah’s other senator, Republican Sen. Mike Lee, said in a statement of his own that it would be a mistake for his party to view the IRS scandal as just a partisan s

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Sen. Lee: 'We are no longer citizens but subjects'

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...to President Obama demanding cooperation with congressional investigations into the IRS scandal, outspoken conservative Sen. Mike Lee said that the combined IRS and Benghazi affairs and the seizure of Associated Press source files prove the government i

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