Tag: Senate

Now that Mitt Romney is running for U.S. Senate, here are some of his finest moments in politics. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Mitt Romney’s top five gaffes

Siraj Hashmi · February 16, 2018 8:58 pm

So long as Romney has a solid backing in Utah (where anti-Trump conservatism was the strongest), Mitt Romney is untouchable. He's the only answer to "Teflon Don." (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

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The Mitt Factor: Romney is the last hope for the GOP

Siraj Hashmi · February 16, 2018 4:38 pm

Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is set to announce a campaign for Utah's Senate seat. He is a beloved figure in the state, both for the political heights he reached as a Mormon and his work back in 2002 rescuing the Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games from ruin. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Here comes Mitt Romney

David M. Drucker, Al Weaver · February 16, 2018 5:01 am

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, (pictured above) and House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, called on Internal Revenue Service acting commissioner David Kautter, a Trump appointee, to stop the agency from handing out bonuses to employees who have been disciplined for misconduct. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans call foul on IRS giving bonuses to employees disciplined for drug use, sex harassment

Joseph Lawler · February 15, 2018 8:48 pm

A proposal by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is the closet to President Trump's list of immigration demands he has requested in return for granting a pathway to citizenship for 1.8 million illegal immigrants. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Republican Sens. Lamar Alexander, Johnny Isakson just endorsed Grassley’s immigration amendment

Anna Giaritelli · February 15, 2018 4:22 am

Mitt Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts and 2012 Republican presidential candidate, had planned to announce his bid for one of Utah's Senate seats in a low-key announcement on social media followed by a public appearance later in the day Thursday. (John Angelillo/Pool via Bloomberg)

Mitt Romney delays announcement of Senate bid due to Florida shooting

Katie Leach · February 15, 2018 12:43 am

The Blackburn campaign made clear the congresswoman would not drop out of the Aug. 2 primary. (AP)

Top Republicans favor Marsha Blackburn as Bob Corker reconsiders retirement

David M. Drucker · February 14, 2018 10:45 pm

On Thursday, the National Labor Relations Board stated that a business can be held liable for workplace law violations at another company only if it has "direct control" over the second businesses' workplace. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

Democrats seek to increase pressure on NLRB’s William Emanuel

Sean Higgins · February 14, 2018 9:45 pm

Just as the news broke indicating Mitt Romney (pictured above) will announce his candidacy for Orrin Hatch's, R-Utah, Senate seat on Thursday, Utah's Republican Party chairman, Rob Anderson, slammed the former presidential candidate. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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Slammed by Utah GOP chairman, Mitt Romney’s Senate candidacy could be rougher than expected

Emily Jashinsky · February 14, 2018 9:21 pm

Utah Republican Party chairman Rob Anderson spoke out against Mitt Romney's candidacy in an Wednesday interview, saying: "I think he's keeping out candidates that I think would be a better fit for Utah because, let's face it, Mitt Romney doesn't live here, his kids weren't born here, he doesn't shop here." (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Utah Republican Party chairman slams Romney’s expected Senate run: ‘Mitt Romney doesn’t live here’

Al Weaver, Melissa Quinn · February 14, 2018 8:16 pm

"The generic animal drug industry is a relatively new industry. It is really growing," said Steven Solomon, director of the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

FDA pushes for animal drug user fee reauthorization to drive down animal care costs with more generic drugs

Naomi Lim · February 13, 2018 5:27 pm

In this 2017 image made from video, seen though an interior window, employees work in the offices of Secureworks in Atlanta. A bipartisan coalition in Congress is working to tweak the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which bans access to computers without their owner's permission, so that companies that have been hacked can disrupt cyberattacks. (AP Photo/Marina Hutchinson)

‘Active cyber defense’ or vigilantism?

Steven Nelson · February 13, 2018 5:01 am