Tag: Senate

Congress would be wise to telegraph confidence in accomplishing tax reform with a budget that is unambiguous about getting it done. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Tax reform talks to get serious after break

Joseph Lawler · April 11, 2017 4:01 am

The senator is 83. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Orrin Hatch planning to run for re-election with Trump’s encouragement

Al Weaver · April 10, 2017 9:36 pm

Trump defended the strike as a way to defend the "vital national security and foreign policy." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Trump: Syria strike meant to stop future chemical weapons attacks

Pete Kasperowicz · April 8, 2017 6:55 pm

Sen. Orrin Hatch said he'd be happy to see former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney run for his seat if he decides to retire in 2018. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley)

Hatch would back Romney run if he retires in 2018

Susan Ferrechio · April 7, 2017 5:49 pm

Senate majority leader says he has reached out to former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney about possibly running for the Senate, if a vacancy opens in Utah.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

The #Mittmentum rumors of Mitt Romney’s return to politics are growing old

Philip Wegmann · April 7, 2017 5:26 pm

McConnell says he will still back incumbent Orrin Hatch in Utah if he decides to run again. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

McConnell had ‘conversations’ with Mitt Romney about Senate run

Susan Ferrechio · April 7, 2017 3:42 pm

Senate confirms Gorsuch to Supreme Court

Ryan Lovelace · April 7, 2017 11:44 am

Romney has reportedly been involved in a number of talks with high-level Republicans in Utah and Washington state about replacing Hatch in the Senate. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley, File)

Report: Mitt Romney actively discussing 2018 Senate bid to replace Orrin Hatch

Daniel Chaitin · April 6, 2017 6:52 pm

Many businesses including oil and gas majors, automakers, and big banks have endorsed a carbon tax.

White House shoots down carbon and value-added taxes

Joseph Lawler · April 4, 2017 10:49 pm

Senate GOP poised to go nuclear

Susan Crabtree · April 3, 2017 2:06 pm

Hatch declined to state a position on the border adjustment, saying he would need to see the House legislation and understand its effects. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Orrin Hatch: Republicans agree on 80 percent of tax reform issues

Joseph Lawler · March 30, 2017 10:54 pm

President Trump's pick to head the Labor Department, former assistant attorney general for civil rights Alexander Acosta, is heading toward a relatively easy confirmation when he gets a vote in the full Senate this month. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Senate committee advances Acosta as labor secretary

Sean Higgins · March 30, 2017 5:00 pm