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      <excerpt>...to enact an individual health insurance mandate?&#8221; &#160; She said, &#8220;Are you serious? Are you serious?&#8221; In early October, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), who serves on the Judiciary Committee, attempted to offer an amendment to the health care bill then und</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...spiritual health care.&quot;  The amendment, covered in this L.A. Times article, comes with backing from Senate heavyweights like Orrin Hatch, John Kerry and the late Ted Kennedy. And while it does not mention Christian Science by name, it's been widely inte</excerpt>
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      <title>Health Care's Prayer Provision: How Complimentary and Alternative Medicine Fits into Obama's Evidence-Based Model</title>
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      <excerpt>...helping me change my position (&quot;Sending more troops to Afghanistan a bad bet&quot;).   Next, Ed Firmage Jr. takes on Sen. Orrin Hatch about global warming, explaining how the science the senator uses is fundamentally flawed and how Hatch is wrong (&quot;Professor</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...doctors to practice defensive medicine, which wastes money.   A Congressional Budget Office review, requested by Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, found that similar medical malpractice proposals could save the government $54 billion over 10 years.   Matheson has </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...citing the absence of a cost estimate. 3) Oct. 13: Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) asks for consent to pass the bill. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) objects. 4) Oct. 21: Reid files cloture on a vote to proceed to the bill. 5) Oct. 26: Reid asks for GOP consen</excerpt>
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      <title>Four Weeks Later, Senate Unanimously Passes Bill Extending Unemployment Benefits</title>
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      <excerpt>...healthcare reform proposals before Congress threaten the existence of the two-party system, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) alleged Monday morning. Hatch asserted that the health bills, which he believes represent a &quot;step-by-step approach to socialized medici</excerpt>
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      <title>All of Senator Hatch's Gall Is Divided Into Two Parties [Mike the Mad Biologist]</title>
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      <excerpt>...&quot;prayer treatments,&quot; which people pay $20 to $40 a day to receive. The provision was introduced by Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah with the support of Massachusetts Democratic Senators Kerry and the late Edward Kennedy. The approach could open payme</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...clear party backing or opposing either side. (The&#160;invite to the meeting also was signed by James Sensenbrenner, Howard Berman, Orrin Hatch and Darrell Issa). The fact that Leahy and Conyers have called for negotiation reflects an ongoing concern of law</excerpt>
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      <title>Leahy and Conyers: Sit Down and Talk, Folks</title>
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      <excerpt>...I could swear Sen. Orrin Hatch is doing comedic performance art and, like a latter-day Andy Kaufman, he's totally goofing on us with every breath he takes. In an interview with the CNSNews.com, Orrin (got to be a stage name, hilarious) tells conservativ</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...require insurers to consider covering Christian Science prayer treatments as medical expenses. The provision was inserted by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, with the support of Democrats John Kerry and the late Edward Kennedy, both of Massachusetts, which is </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>The provision is sponsored by the ultra-conservative Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah and the liberal Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts. This strange bedfellow pairing is part ideology and part political expedience. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>@Big Fat Earl &#8211; But not Orrin Hatch? 3. Todd W. Says: November 6th, 2009 at 12:24 pm. Sad thing is, Sen. Kerry is my senator. I&amp;#39;ve wrote his office a while ago asking that he withdraw support of this amendment. [sarcasm]Surprisingly ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>If you think this is some random passage stuffed in by a special interest group, you&amp;#39;d be only half right since it was crafted by Sen. Orrin Hatch and was supported by the late Ed Kennedy. Also trying to lend his credentials is the man ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Sen. Orrin Hatch [R, UT] Sen. James Inhofe [R, OK] Sen. Jefferson Sessions [R, AL] Sen. David Vitter [R, LA] Sen. Roger Wicker [R, MS] The economy has a long long way to go. The media/reporting is irresponsible saying otherwise. smithee ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Generally a sensible response even if you just cut off the sentence at &amp;quot;if Orrin Hatch gets his way.&amp;quot; In this case, if it means the Senator might actually support reform legislation, ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Obstructionist Sen. Orrin Hatch let the cat out of the bag in an interview the other day with Brent Bozell&amp;#39;s CNS News, by admitting that health care reform MUST BE killed if the GOP is going to prevent a Permanent Democratic Majority. ...</excerpt>
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