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March 21, 2012
Supreme Court Basics — Day Lee Briefing 03/21/2012
What we have to show for $15 trillion in debt is a broken economy, manipulated by cronyism and oppressed by incompetent regulation.
March 21, 2012
“The Verizon/Cable Deals: Harmless Collaboration or a Threat to Competition and Consumers?”
Hundreds of millions of Americans pay for cell phones, cable television, home internet connections, and land line telephone services. In fact, there are over 320 million wireless subscriber connections in the United States, meaning there are more cell phone contracts than there are people. Over 100 million households have cable video service and nearly 50 million pay for high-speed cable internet. So the announcement late last year of commercial agreements between four of the country’s largest cable companies and the country’s largest wireless phone services company understandably attracted attention.
March 20, 2012
Obamacare in the Supreme Court Coming Soon — Day Lee Briefing 03/20/2012
The Supreme Court has several options in ruling on President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, from upholding the law to striking it down in its entirety.
March 19, 2012
Status Quo is Crumbling — Day Lee Briefing 03/19/2011
Washington can no longer afford to delude itself or the American people about the threat of the looming debt crisis. Our choice is no longer between a (seemingly) painless status quo and painful budget cuts. The status quo is crumbling.
March 19, 2012
Lee Introduces ‘Grow America’ Act
The time for action is now. The American people deserve a booming economy, a tax code they can understand, and a government that doesn’t believe regulation can solve all of the country’s problems. We need to embrace the proven methods of achieving these goals, which made America the richest and most powerful nation on Earth. The Grow America Act does just that.
March 16, 2012
Obamacare Turning Out Worse than Expected — Day Lee Briefing 03/16/2012
The federal government shouldn’t be in business of strangling owners of cherished and long-held private property.
March 15, 2012
Secretary Chu and Gas Prices — Day Lee Briefing 03/15/2012
Secretary Chu decides he no longer thinks we need gas prices as high as those in Europe.
March 15, 2012
Senators Introduce Medicare Reform Plan: The Congressional Health Care for Seniors Act
Today in the U.S. Capitol, Sen. Rand Paul introduced his Medicare Reform Plan, the Congressional Health Care for Seniors Act (CHCSA) – S. 2196 – with co-sponsors Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Jim DeMint (R-S.C.). CHCSA will not only fix the Medicare system in its entirety, it also saves taxpayers $1 trillion in the first 10 years. This plan will provide better health care benefits, choice, quality, and outcomes by enrolling all senior citizens into the same health care plan as Members of Congress and other federal employees.
March 15, 2012
Lee Introduces Act to Protect Family Farms
Today, Senator Mike Lee introduced the Saving the Family Farm Act of 2011. The bill would eliminate the death tax on family-owned farms and other family-owned businesses that are not “C” corporations, which are those that are taxed separately from their owners. The tax would be applied if the establishment in question were to be sold off within the first five years after the death.
March 14, 2012
Questioning Secretary Chu on Gas Prices–Day Lee Briefing 3/14/12

Today’s Agenda Today, Senator Lee will meet with representatives of the Utah League of Cities and Towns, Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems, Netflix, Chevron, and Micron. He will also attend […]