Read more Orrin Hatch stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/6035/orrin-hatch.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:29:58 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73171/healthcare-bill-boosts-pay-for-prayer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA little-noticed provision in a Senate version of the pending health care bill would require insurance companies to consider paying for prayer as a medical expense. The addition was inserted by Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch and backed by Democrats John Kerry and Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, the home state...http://www.newser.com/story/73171/healthcare-bill-boosts-pay-for-prayer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 5:34:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72499/mccain-afghan-call-cant-wait.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe pace of President Obama's decision on troop levels in Afghanistan again dominated the Sunday dial. John McCain told Face the Nation that Obama should move regardless of the Nov. 7 runoff's outcome: "Every day we delay will be a delay in this strategy succeeding.” Orrin Hatch went so far...http://www.newser.com/story/72499/mccain-afghan-call-cant-wait.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 25 Oct 2009 11:56:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70627/senate-finance-panel-agrees-at-last-to-fund-abstinence-ed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOn the same day it voted to kill Democrats' hopes for a health bill with a public option, the Senate Finance Committee showed the love to abstinence. Committee Republicans displayed a little nostalgia for the Bush administration, voting to restore $50 million a year in federal funding for abstinence-only education...http://www.newser.com/story/70627/senate-finance-panel-agrees-at-last-to-fund-abstinence-ed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 8:12:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68151/hatch-vicki-ought-to-be-considered.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagVicki Kennedy would be a good replacement for her late husband in the months before a special election to fill Ted Kennedy’s seat, Orrin Hatch told CNN’s State of the Union . “She’s a very brilliant lawyer, she’s a very solid individual,” Hatch said. “I think Vicki ought to be considered....http://www.newser.com/story/68151/hatch-vicki-ought-to-be-considered.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 30 Aug 2009 10:53:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68080/bipartisan-crew-fetes-teddy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPoliticians from both parties joined family and friends tonight in Boston, the Globe reports, to remember Sen. Ted Kennedy, who died Tuesday at 77. He was “the best ally you could have,” said Republican John McCain; GOP colleague Orrin Hatch said they were “like two fighting brothers.” Added Massachusetts Democrat...http://www.newser.com/story/68080/bipartisan-crew-fetes-teddy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Aug 2009 21:42:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67682/mccain-hatch-nods-to-kennedy-are-a-load-of-bs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJohn McCain and Orrin Hatch's recent kind words about Ted Kennedy's ability to negotiate across the aisle "would be touching as hell if they weren't total bull," Rick Ungar writes on True/Slant. Ungar shames the GOP senators for praising Kennedy's skills of reaching consensus while themselves refusing to seek any...http://www.newser.com/story/67682/mccain-hatch-nods-to-kennedy-are-a-load-of-bs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Aug 2009 7:48:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65516/gop-looks-tacky-in-vote-on-sotomayor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSenate Republicans locked arms against Sonia Sotomayor yesterday … or would have, if they’d bothered to stay for the Judiciary Committee’s vote. Instead, half ducked out, leaving Jeff Sessions to repeat “No by proxy,” over and over, writes Dana Milbank in the Washington Post . It was an ugly display of...http://www.newser.com/story/65516/gop-looks-tacky-in-vote-on-sotomayor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Jul 2009 8:56:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65251/hatch-cornyn-get-on-gops-anti-sotomayor-bandwagon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn an indication that conservative Republicans are uniting against Sonia Sotomayor, Senate Judiciary Committee members John Cornyn and Orrin Hatch today pledged to vote against her, CNN reports. Though moderate Republicans worry opposition could hurt the party with Hispanics, the conservative base has lobbied hard against the Supreme Court nominee....http://www.newser.com/story/65251/hatch-cornyn-get-on-gops-anti-sotomayor-bandwagon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Jul 2009 15:37:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62635/gop-meets-ensign-apology-with-love-and-kindness.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDisgraced Sen. John Ensign gave Republican colleagues a well-received apology today for “embarrassing the Senate” by having an affair, the Hill reports. One colleague said the apology was “very contrite, very sincere.” Sen. Orrin Hatch pointed out that “everybody has flaws,” and said “all we can do is show love...http://www.newser.com/story/62635/gop-meets-ensign-apology-with-love-and-kindness.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 23 Jun 2009 15:22:02 CDT