Day Lee Briefing 11/29/2011
Nov 29, 2011
Today, Senator Lee will meet with Utah State Treasurer Richard Ellis, Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren, and students who are part of Close Up Utah. The senator will also attend a reception for No Greater Sacrifice, appear on Fox Business Network’s Willis Report at 5:15 PM EST (3:15 MST), and hold a Utah tele-press conference at 5:30 PM EST (3:30 MST).
Utah Still Doing Things Right -- Day Lee Briefing 11/28/2011
Nov 28, 2011
Utah is the best state for business, Forbes Magazine reported Tuesday, illustrating the positive economic outlook and job growth.
Healthcare Premiums Going Up -- Day Lee Briefing 11/23/2011
Nov 23, 2011
Last week, consultants at Mercer released their annual survey of employer sponsored coverage, and the results were far from encouraging. Once again health spending levels have risen unabated, putting additional strain on struggling American businesses and families.
Government Mandates and Freedom -- Day Lee Briefing 11/22/2011
Nov 22, 2011
Writing in the New York Daily News today, Columbia law professor Jamal Greene argues that Obamacare’s individual mandate is constitutional, and that a Supreme Court that ruled otherwise would be committing a politically partisan act.
Lee Statement on Failure of Super Committee
Nov 21, 2011
Even after the failure of the Super Committee, Congress still has an obligation to cut spending, balance the budget, and make the necessary reforms to restrain its ability to do significantly greater damage to our
economy. I still believe the principles established in the Cut, Cap, and Balance legislation I introduced earlier this year provide the way forward for
Congress to achieve these goals, get its fiscal house in order, and regain our triple-A credit rating.
Super Committee Set to Fail -- Day Lee Briefing 11/21/2011
Nov 21, 2011
A special deficit-reduction supercommittee appears likely to admit failure on Monday, unable or unwilling to compromise on a mix of spending cuts and tax increases required to meet its assignment of saving taxpayers at least $1.2 trillion over the coming decade.
Senators Demand Details On Kagan’s Health Law ‘Role’
Nov 18, 2011
Members of Congress have been trying to determine whether Justice Elena Kagan has a conflict of interest with respect to participating in litigation in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) due to her involvement with and support for this legislation while a member of the Justice Department.
Tea Party Debt Commission, Obamacare, and the Balanced Budget Amendment -- Day Lee Briefing 11/18/2011
Nov 18, 2011
At 2 p.m. Thursday, as New York’s finest were prepping plastic handcuffs and orange netting around the park once occupied by Occupy Wall Street, the Tea Party was fighting its own battle with the Man. More than 100 Tea Partiers had traveled to the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill to witness the results of a supercommittee-style Tea Party Debt Commission. They entered the building. They walked to the hearing room. They found their seats. Then they got kicked out. Security snatched placards off the podium.
Discussing Welfare Reform -- Day Lee Briefing 11/17/2011
Nov 17, 2011
Today, Senator Lee will meet with representatives of Red Leaf Resources and students from Maple Mountain High School. He will also attend the Tea Party Deficit Commission hearing.
Reexamining Decades of Bad Precedent -- Day Lee Briefing 11/16/2011
Nov 16, 2011
Today, Senator Lee will meet with representatives of HerFate and the US Olympic Committee, and will appear on Fox Business Network's Freedom Watch at 8 PM EST (6 PM MST). He will also hold a "video conference" with members of the Utah Association of Counties over the Internet at 6:30 PM EST (4:30 PM MST).
