To the end, Hatch keeps on delivering

After paying tribute last week to retiring Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, not just for 42 years of signal service to the country but also for an impressive closing rush of legislation, I find myself further impressed that the closing rush hasn’t yet, well, closed.

When an observer might think the indefatigable Hatch might finally be done, Hatch instead today announced two more pieces of Hatch-authored legislation passing the Senate, with one heading straight to the White House for signature into law. People might not understand how unusual this is: Some members of Congress go years without seeing final passage into law of a single bill for which they were the primary author or co-author.