Jim Matheson News Archives

The way forward on public lands discussions in Utah is to follow the bipartisan model established with the Washington County lands bill that was signed into law this year.

Blue Dogs demand deficit, cost-curve answers - Glenn Thrush: Blue Dogs demand deficit, cost-curve answers October 29, 2009 Categories: Health Care Blue Dogs demand deficit, cost-curve answers A pack of Blue Dog Democrats, leery of the House health care bill's price tag, have sent a long list of detailed questions to the Congressional Budget Office ...

Former 2nd Congressional District GOP candidate John Swallow is going to work as chief deputy for civil cases for Attorney General Mark Shurtleff.

A bill designed to keep foreign countries from disposing their nuclear waste in the United States is taking a small but significant step toward getting a U.S. House committee vote for the first time.

Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, says he has serious questions about lack of response to his request for documents from Interior Department.

A new report says constituents like using online town-hall forums and think more highly of their congressional members because of the interaction, but critics warn against using the method to skirt in-person meetings.

The Secretary of the Interior called for an investigation into the Bush Administration.

Congressman Jim Matheson said he disagrees with today's announcement by the Department of Interior regarding the federal government's policy for research, development and demonstration leases for oil shale.

State officials have pushed Utah as a prime spot for solar power generation, and a new resolution passed in the U.S. House Thursday could place federal force and funds behind the development of the technology.

CQ Politics : "'We're right around 218 for a robust public option,' Democratic Caucus Chairman John B. Larson of Connecticut said early Wednesday afternoon as Majority Whip James E. Clyburn , D-S.C., was working to complete a whip count of Democrats that Speaker Nancy Pelosi , D-Calif., asked for on Tuesday." There are 256 Democrats in the House, ...

Standing among mobile homes where he was raised, millionaire entrepreneur Tim Bridgewater broke into tears remembering his late, hard-working stepfather, and then announced he is running for the U.S. Senate to represent people like him.

Congressman Jim Matheson met with students of the BYU Washington Seminar on Oct.

The two Grand Junction Republicans hoping to replace Gov. Bill Ritter said a federal oil shale decision supported by Ritter offers little hope to the Western Slope economy.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz likes the dietary supplement industry and his latest campaign finance report shows the feeling is mutual.

When the Red Rock Wilderness Bill was up for review by a Congressional committee last week, Congressman Jim Matheson and Senators Orrin Hatch and Bob Bennett expressed their views concerning the measure.

Powerful Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., commends many Italian imports: Ferrari cars, Armani suits and delicious prosciutto ham.

The top man for the Republican party is already setting his sights on next year's election.

EnergySolutions told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that it would suffer "substantial economic harm" if a license is not granted to import 20,000 tons of Italian low-level radioactive waste because the Salt Lake City-based company had contracts it must fill.

House Democratic leaders are discussing a resurrecting a thought-to-be-dead bill that would give Utah a fourth U.S. House seat and give the District of Columbia a House seat with full voting rights.

Rep. Rob Bishop rents a one-bedroom apartment in one of these row houses just a short walk from the U.S. Capitol.

Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele and Utah Gov. Gary Herbert used a town-hall style meeting to criticize the state's lone Democratic congressman.

It's up to Congress to stop other countries from shipping their radioactive waste to the United States, government officials who oversee the nuclear power industry told the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Federal lawmakers and their political challengers filed their latest campaign finance reports Thursday, but those in Utah's hottest 2010 race have yet to make their fundraising hauls public.

President Barack Obama is expected to nominate experienced prosecutor David Schwendiman as the new U.S. Attorney for Utah, according to political and legal insiders.

Some say the health care reform debate is "heated," "contentious" or even "crucial." But now add "lucrative" for Rep.

In this photo provided by CBS, Republic National Committee chairman Michael Steele appears on CBS's "Face the Nation" in Washington, Sunday, Sept.

If his son had it his way, U.S. Attorney for Utah Brett Tolman would be taking a job at Disneyland.

Somewhere along the line it all went terribly wrong. Somewhere along the line we lost touch with humanity, dignity, the ability to look at the whole, rather than the minute.

A hearing on a bill to ban the importation of foreign nuclear waste has been set for Tuesday in Washington, D.C. U.S. Reps.

A congressional hearing has been scheduled for next week on legislation that seeks to ban the importation of foreign radioactive waste.

The surprise announcement that President Barack Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize turned into an almost instant partisan brawl in the nation's capital, with Republicans claiming he's not yet worthy and Democrats calling such remarks anti-American. "I just lost all respect for the award," said Rep.

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert's spokeswoman says the governor is not going to take a position on whether the U.S. should ban the importation of foreign nuclear waste.

Eight of the 77 oil and gas lease parcels sold during a December auction that a saboteur wrecked and a federal judge later halted will be off-limits to drilling, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has decided.

Democrats are breathing a sigh of relief after a positive cost report on health care overhaul gave them a chance to rally around a Senate plan that significantly expands coverage while trimming the federal deficit.

By BROCK VERGAKIS Associated Press Writer SALT LAKE CITY - A hearing on a bill to ban the importation of foreign nuclear waste has been set for Tuesday in Washington, D.C. U.S. Reps.

I am one of the majority of Americans who believe that a public option is fundamental to any realistic plan to fix our broken health-care system.

A Utah congressman is still awaiting a response from the U.S. Department of Energy on his request that it halt the shipment of nearly 15,000 drums of depleted uranium from South Carolina that are expected to begin making their way to Utah for disposal this month.

Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, wants the Census Bureau to ask people about their legal residency and exclude them from the once-a-decade count if they are undocumented.

It is time to talk about depleted uranium. The Radiation Control Board, the folks who are supposed to look out for you, cleared the way in an 8-3 vote last week for EnergySolutions to bring 14,000 tons of the stuff to Utah beginning a few weeks from now.

Utah Second District Congressman Jim Matheson sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar stating in no uncertain terms that he feels that the proposed Gooseberry Dam would be an undesirable project to build under the present plans that Sanpete County and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation have for the project.

Washington>> A congressional hearing about a bill that would grant wilderness status to massive areas of Utah shows just about everyone agrees the state has some special lands that deserve protected.