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Sen. Olympia Snowe, Maine Republican , listens to Sen. Orrin Hatch, Utah Republican , before the Senate Finance Committee meets to vote on its health care legislation in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Oct.

The Congressional Budget Office said Friday that reforming some aspects of medical malpractice law would reduce the federal deficit by $54 billion over a decade.

Bolstering what is likely to be one of the Republicans' key health care reform arguments on the Senate floor, Congress' budget scorekeeper ruled that medical malpractice reform could reduce the federal deficit by $54 billion over 10 years.

The Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday defeated two proposals to limit abortion coverage in the emerging health care reform plan.

CQ reports that a lot of Senate Republicans are voting for all of the budget-busting appropriations bills.

PANGUITCH - Margaret Sevy Frandsen, 81, our loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, returned to her Heavenly Father on September 22, 2009.

Lori Prichard reporting Produced by Kelly Just When you quit a job, it normally means goodbye paycheck, goodbye health insurance.

Dingy Harry Reid got his cloture vote through on Cass Sunstein as Obama's Regulatory Czar.

Capitol Hill Democrats said Sunday that the best way for Congress to honor the late Sen.

Byron Saxton's August 1 piece, "Questar President: Natural Gas is Abundant" rightly emphasizes the over 100-year supply of untapped natural gas, and the key role Utah plays in producing that natural gas and in furthering clean energy solutions in America.

Panguitch - Elliot Miles Barney, 86, of Panguitch, passed away August 5, 2009. He was born June 28, 1923 in Hatch to Elliot Leon and Velma Sandin Barney.

Byron Saxton's August 1 piece, "Questar President: Natural Gas is Abundant" rightly emphasizes the over 100-year supply of untapped natural gas, and the key role Utah plays in producing that natural gas and in furthering clean energy solutions in America.

I've been meaning for a while to highlight the extensive cab-over engine trucks thread on the H.A.M.B. - most flavors and styles of COEs are represented, from stock grain trucks to lowered hot rod haulers.

Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe greeted Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. just moments before the start of Huntsman's confirmation hearing to become ambassador to China.

As a fellow who spends the majority of his days outdoors, pursuing subjects that might be of interest to readers who hunt, fish, run around in boats or occasionally set up a camp to build a fire with pieces of wood, imagine my surprise when the federal Department of Homeland Security folks recently threatened to outlaw my pocketknife.

Senator Jeff Sessions Rattles the Sabre at Judge Sonia Sotomayors Nomination Hearing: Is it Wise? This nomination process will be no walk in the park for Judge Sonia Sotomayor, as per senator Jeff Sessions from Alabama.A In fact, judging from his opening statements, he has decided to depict the nominee as a activist judge with an racially motivated ...

Sen. Orrin Hatch tried Tuesday to corner Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor into revealing her personal beliefs on gun control and to admit errors in a reverse-discrimination case.

Sonia Sotomayor receives a friendly welcome from Republican Senators Orrin Hatch, Utah, left, Charles Grassley, IA, second from left, Jeff Sessions, AL, right, and Jon Kyl, AZ, second from right, while arriving for the Supreme Court confirmation hearings by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, Monday, July 13, 2009.

Utah Sens. Orrin Hatch and Bob Bennett were among 11 Republican Senators from western states who announced a new Western Caucus Wednesday.

Utah Senators Orrin Hatch and Bob Bennett will call on Congress to investigate what some are calling the Gestapo tactics of federal agents during a raid in southeastern Utah.