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Nov 19, 2014

Senate Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline Bill

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Apr 15, 2010

Onetime Ally Orrin Hatch Threatens to Filibuster D.C. Voting Rights

Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Ut.), pictured alongside Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.), after the Senate’s February 2009 vote on the bill. A day after news broke that legislation granting D.C. a voting seat in the House of Representatives would be re-introduced next week, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Ut.) has threatened to filibuster the bill unless changes are made. According to the Hill, Hatch wants language regarding the additional seat Utah would be granted to be changed from…

 
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