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August 3, 2012
Senators Introduce Bipartisan Pay for Printing Act
This bipartisan legislation simply requires senators to take responsibility for paying for the cost of printing these symbolic resolutions out of their own office budgets.
August 2, 2012
Perverse Incentives of Obamacare — Day Lee Briefing 8/02/2012
These are the effects of just one of Obamacare’s more than trillion-dollars in new taxes. With job creators openly admitting that the law’s perverse incentives are discouraging them from hiring, it’s obvious that the economy will not fully recover from its current downturn unless and until Obamacare is fully repealed.
August 1, 2012
It Worked? — Day Lee Briefing 8/01/2012

Today’s Agenda Today, Senator Lee will meet with representatives of the Western Energy Alliance. He will also host a Jell-O bar for office visitors at 3:30 PM EDT (1:30 MDT). […]
August 1, 2012
Lee Introduces Cut, Cap, Balance Act
It’s not right to ask the American people to pay for the debt Congress created, especially if it has not taken significant steps to reverse overspending. We have to identify our priorities, set responsible spending levels to meet them, and eliminate the trillion dollar deficits that are sapping the economy of precious resources. Cut, Cap, Balance moves us in the right direction so we can restore confidence in our economy, create jobs, and get the country moving again.
July 31, 2012
Time for the Leahy-Thurmond Rule — Day Lee Briefing 7/31/2012

Today’s Agenda Today, Senator Lee will meet with representatives of the Salt Lake City Police Department. He will also attend a Steering Executive Committee meeting at 4:15 PM EDT (2:15 […]
July 30, 2012
Lee: Senate Must Protect Its Institutional Rights and Impose the Leahy-Thurmond Rule
The Constitution assigns to the Senate the right and duty to advise and consent to the President’s judicial nominees. During President Obama’s term in office, the Senate has acted responsibly in carrying out this role. Indeed, numerous measures demonstrate that the Senate has treated President Obama’s judicial nominees fairly, confirming them at a greater rate and more quickly than the Democratic Senate confirmed President Bush’s nominees.
July 30, 2012
More Deficits — Day Lee Briefing 7/30/2012

Today’s Agenda Today, Senator Lee flies back to Washington.   From the Senator’s Desk   On Twitter I signed a letter by @jerrymoran to signal my opposition to the UN […]
July 27, 2012
Weekly Wrap-up: Senate Dems Pass Higher Taxes — Day Lee Briefing 07/27/12

This week, the Senate Democrats voted to raise taxes even as a steady stream of worsening economic data kept pouring in. The Richmond Fed survey plummeted, signaling major weakness in […]
July 26, 2012
Middle Class Targeted with Premium Increase by Obamacare — Day Lee Briefing 7/26/2012
Candidate Obama repeatedly promised premiums would be impacted by about $2,500 per family in his proposal – a development CBO has now confirmed. The only problem is that candidate Obama promised premiums would go DOWN $2,500 – but under the law President Obama signed, premiums will go UP by nearly the same amount.
July 26, 2012
Lee Opening Statement on DOJ Antitrust AAG Nominee Hearing
Today we consider the nomination of William Baer to be the next Assistant Attorney General over the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division. This is a position of enormous significance. Since its establishment nearly 80 years ago, the Antitrust Division, together with the Federal Trade Commission, has been tasked with the enforcement of our nation’s antitrust laws.