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June 14, 2012
Constitutional Conflicts — Day Lee Briefing 6/14/2012

Today’s Agenda Today, Senator Lee will meet with finalists in the University of Utah clean energy competition, and with representatives of the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation and the National Young […]
June 14, 2012
Lee Backs Calls for Enforcing “Leahy-Thurmond Rule” on Judges

WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Mike Lee responded to reports that Senate Republicans would begin enforcing the “Leahy-Thurmond Rule,” an historic practice in presidential years when the Senate stops confirming certain […]
June 14, 2012
Senator Lee Recognizes the 237th Anniversary of the U.S. Army
In 1775, our Founding Fathers established the Continental Army. Over the past 237 years the U.S. Army has become an elite fighting force charged with protecting America and her interests at home and abroad.
June 13, 2012
Keeping an Eye on the 9th Circuit — Day Lee Briefing 6/13/2012

Today’s Agenda Today, Senator Lee will meet with representatives of the American Heritage School Tour. He will also be a guest on Fox News Channel’s Fox & Friends at 7:15 […]
June 12, 2012
Exercising Caution with the Ninth Circuit Court — Day Lee Briefing 06/12/12

Today’s Agenda  Today, Senator Lee will meet with representatives of Court Appointed Special Advocates and the American Academy of Pediatrics. He will also question Attorney General Eric Holder in a […]
June 12, 2012
Lee Opposes Nomination of Andrew Hurwitz
Today, Senator Mike Lee spoke on the Senate floor opposing the nomination of Andrew Hurwitz for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Senator Lee noted that Mr. Hurwitz has closely associated himself with the misguided reasoning behind the controversial abortion rights decision in Roe v. Wade.
June 11, 2012
Bernanke Confident in Tools Concerned about Timing — Day Lee Briefing 6/11/2012
Lawmakers are working to block an unprecedented power grab by the Environmental Protection Agency to use the Clean Water Act (CWA) and control land alongside ditches, gullies and other ephemeral spots by claiming the sources are part of navigable waterways.
June 11, 2012
Floor Speech on Nomination of Andrew Hurwitz
I spoke on the Senate floor today about my opposition to the nomination of Andrew Hurwitz to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Below is a transcript of my remarks:
June 7, 2012
The Supreme Court Can and Must Enforce the Constitution
it simply is not the case that a court can properly be described as activist just because it enforces the Constitution’s structural limits on federal power.
June 6, 2012
Bracket Creep — Day Lee Briefing 6/06/2012
However, today is the first time CBO has stated publicly that Obamacare will cause what amounts to a new form of “bracket creep” – whereby smaller and smaller shares of the population will be eligible for subsidies