(AP) Auditors call for end to Medicare bonus programBy RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated PressWASHINGTONIn a rebuke to the Obama administration, government auditors are calling for the cancellation of an $8 billion Medicare program that congressional Republicans have criticized as a political ploy.
Sen. Orrin Hatch will face a primary fight this summer from former state Sen. Dan Liljenquist. Needing 60% of the delegates from the Utah Republican Convention, Sen. Orrin Hatch fell short by just 1% after a spirited morning filled with
(AP) Utah GOP delegates deciding fate of Sen. HatchBy KEVIN FREKING and JOSH LOFTINAssociated PressSALT LAKE CITYSen. Orrin Hatch began laying the groundwork for the next state Republican convention even before he watched Sen. Bob Bennett go down to defeat
The Institute of Medicine (IOM), a federal advisory organization that has provided the Obama administration with considerable medical “cover” for decision-making regarding ObamaCare, has issued a new report which promotes a new tax on medical care to pay for improvements to public
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) asked Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Obama administration’s budget request on what constituencies the administration consulted before announcing its changes
The GOP Establishment we keep hearing about is real, and it is also doomed. That will not change whether the Establishment’s candidate Mitt Romney wins in November or not. After the election, the battle really starts; what is happening now
The year 2000 was my first living full-time in Los Angeles, having arrived from Atlanta on December 30, 1999, Y2K hysteria be damned. I got a job working as a projectionist at a theatre while also working as a reader
From The Hill: The Senate on Wednesday defeated each party’s version of a constitutional amendment that would have required a balanced federal budget. The rival proposals would have prohibited Congress from spending more each year than it receives in revenue.
In the wake of the $700 billion TARP bailout, Warren Buffett apparently shaped a plan to clean up toxic assets that Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner later adopted–resulting in massive profits for Buffett. That’s the latest bombshell revelation from investigative journalist
Jon Huntsman’s presidential announcment was met with resounding approval from those who wish to see four more years of the Obama Administration. Among the rest of America, the reaction ranged from ennui to observations like “It’s good to see the
On Mar. 31, Senators Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee introduced a Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA) to make it a constitutional requirement for Washington, D.C., to end our deficit spending and culture of debt. And our national grassroots organization, Pass the
One of the chief responsibilities of the Congress is the provide oversight of the executive branch — a responsibility that the Democrat Congress has punted. The president nominated Donald Berwick to head the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid, a proponent
On their backs, in their faces and right up in their grilles: [youtube LLA3gimHEEI&feature nolink] Can you imagine, say, Orrin Hatch doing this? Get the sense there’s a mighty wind blowing in from Jersey?
Sen. Orrin Hatch is up for reelection in 2012. On Wednesday, he used his considerable powers to ensure that Lisa Murkowski–who, you know, lost a GOP primary and continues to wage a Quixotic battle that may prevent a GOP win
That would be Chris Christie, the new Governor of New Jersey. From the Save Jersey Blog, this priceless video clip of Christie speaking bluntly at a press conference. Be sure to click on the link, then send it to every
The Senate is about to act on the nomination of militant leftist Dawn Johnsen to be the chief of the U.S. government’s elite legal team. But that post is a stepping-stone for top judicial offices, including the Supreme Court itself.
As you all watched the Bowl Championship Series title game between Texas and Alabama, consider that this could be the final game where some degree of freedom exists in who actually plays in the game. Reliable sources tell me that
The health care bill recently unveiled by Speaker Nancy Pelosi is over 1,900 pages for a reason. It is much easier to dispense goodies to favored interest groups if they are surrounded by a lot of legislative legalese. For example,
WSJ: Sen. Orrin Hatch asked the judge about her recent ruling upholding New York’s ban on nunchucks. In that case, Sotomayor and the other member of a Second Circuit panel held that the 2nd Amendment right to bear arms does
