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online.wsj.com - 7/22/2009
Hatch Drops Out of Senate Health Negotiating Group
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MARTIN VAUGHAN WASHINGTON -- Sen. Orrin Hatch said Wednesday he has withdrawn from a bipartisan Senate group that is negotiating legislation to overhaul the health-care system. Mr. Hatch (R., Utah) is one of four Republicans that began negotiating with the aim of reaching bipartisan agreement on ...
Republican Hatch Leaves Bipartisan Health-Care Talks (Update1)
bloomberg.com - 7/22/2009
Republican Hatch Leaves Bipartisan Health-Care Talks (Update1)
— bloomberg.com — July 22 (Bloomberg) -- Republican Senator Orrin Hatch said he is ending his participation in bipartisan talks... aimed at compromise health-care legislation, a setback in President Barack Obama ’s call for a measure lawmakers in both political parties ... (more) Republican Hatch Leaves Bipartisan Health-Care Talks ...

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hatch.senate.gov - 7/24/2009
Hatch Will Not Support Sotomayor Nomination
— hatch.senate.gov — WASHINGTON – Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah), a longtime member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary... Committee, today issued the following statement on the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace Supreme Court Justice David Souter: “I ... (more) Hatch Will Not Support Sotomayor Nomination

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Hatch leaves Senate health-care talks
firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 7/22/2009
Hatch leaves Senate health-care talks
— firstread.msnbc.msn.com — From NBC's Ken StricklandRepublican Sen. Orrin Hatch has taken himself out of bipartisan group of Finance Committee... members drafting the health-care bill. "Some of the things they're talking about, I just cannot support. So I don't want to mislead ... (more) Hatch leaves Senate health-care talks

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Blogs For Victory:  Sen. Hatch (R-UT) Refuses to be Tool of Obama

Think Progress:  Grassley: GOP will take ‘blame’ if we don’t pass health care.

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Sen. Hatch (R-UT) Refuses to be Tool of Obama
Blogs For Victory — ... Obama needs at least a few GOPers to sign on to his big government health care scam in order that when it falls apart, Democrats won’t bear 100% of the blame, and it looks like that prospect is fading: ...

Grassley: GOP will take ‘blame’ if we don’t pass health care.
Think Progress — ... Yesterday, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) announced he was taking himself out of bipartisan group of Finance Committee members drafting the health care bill. Left in the group are Sens. Max Baucus (D-MT), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Mike Enzi (R-WY), and Grassley. ...

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