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Fact check: Unprovable claims stoke health debate

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:47:21 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- When Republican Sen. Tom Coburn warned seniors, "you're going to die sooner" if Democrats pass health care legislation, it stood out as an memorable, unprovable moment in an opening-week debate over President Barack Obama's top...
Source: Reno Gazette-Journal

Fact check: Claims stoke health debate

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:28:58 GMT

Published: 12/6/2009 2:28 AM Last Modified: 12/6/2009 2:28 AM WASHINGTON — When Republican Sen. Tom Coburn warned seniors, "you're going to die sooner" if Democrats pass health care legislation, it stood out as an memorable, unprovable moment in...
Source: Tulsa World

FACT CHECK: Unprovable claims stoke health debate

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:00:35 GMT

Senatorial speech leaned to the earthy. “It is 2,074 pages long. It is enough to make you barf,” Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah said of the bill that rested — unsullied — on his desk.
Source: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

FACT CHECK: Partial truths vie with inflated claims in rancorous Senate health care debate

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:22:04 GMT

WASHINGTON - When Republican Sen. Tom Coburn warned seniors, "you're going to die sooner" if Democrats pass health care legislation, it stood out as an memorable, unprovable moment in an opening-week debate over President Barack Obama's top domestic...
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune

The mysterious Mr. Hatch

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:45:36 GMT

THE MYSTERIOUS MR. HATCH.... Sen. Orrin Hatch (R) of Utah has to be one of the stranger members of the Senate. Lately, it's hard not to watch him without shaking one's head and wondering what on earth is wrong with the guy.
Source: Political Animal

Quoted in 'Orrin Hatch compares reform to Harry Potter fiction'

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:40:17 GMT

Orrin Hatch said in Deseret News:

I like the fact that the distinguished senator from Rhode Island compares this, this itty-bitty bill here, to a Harry Potter novel. Perhaps pretty appropriate because both of them are what I consider to be works of fantasy and fiction.

National Right to Life: Tell Senators to Support Nelson Amendment Immediately

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:09:36 GMT

WASHINGTON, D.C. , December 4, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Following reports that the Senate may vote imminently on its pro-life amendment, the National Right to Life Committee is urging voters to lobby senators to ensure a yes vote for the pro-life Hatch-...
Source: LifeSite.net

Hatch: If GOP Controlled Government, We Would ‘Get This Country Under Control’

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:05:33 GMT

Last night, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) delivered an hour-long speech on the Senate floor condemning the Democratic health care reform bill and accusing Democrats of displaying “the arrogance of power” in trying to pass health reform before the holiday...
Source: Think Progress

Health reform: Hatch bid to remove Medicare Advantage cuts fails

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:35:22 GMT

be the ones who suffer the consequences as a result of these reductions," Hatch said.
Source: Salt Lake Tribune

Quoted in 'Moderates will determine fate of public option in health bills'

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:31:55 GMT

said in News-Medical.net:

Appearing on CNN's State of the Union with John King, Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch said that he believes Democrats will implement a public option of some kind if they get enough votes to break cloture in an upcoming Senate floor vote. ... Hatch is adamantly opposed to the idea, arguing that Medicare and Medicaid are badly run

Orrin Hatch On Kennedy

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:20:24 GMT

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Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

WASHINGTON - JANUARY 28: U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (R), chairman of the committee, holds up his gavel as he speaks during a mark up hearing on the nomination of Eric Holder to be the next U.S. Attorney General before the Senate Judiciary Committee...

Photo from AP Photo by Stephan Savoia

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:29:49 GMT

Hadassah Lieberman, wife of Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn. , right, talks with Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Uath. , left, as Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind. , looks on, after funeral services for former Rhode Island Sen. Claiborne Pell, Monday, Jan. 5, 2008, at the T...