Word: orrin
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Reagan's lobbying last week began to turn the tide. "I've come to the conclusion that if ever there was a time to support the President, this is it," said Utah's Orrin Hatch, who had opposed the sale. Reagan assured Hatch that the Saudis would not fly the AWACS within 150 miles of Israel's border and that the U.S. would offer the Israelis unspecified help to bolster their defenses. Alan Simpson of Wyoming, a former opponent, was also convinced. Said he: "It's in the best interest of this country...
Arguing against an amendment proposed by Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah), chairman of the subcommittee on the Constitution, Tribe said the government lacks the power to restrict abortion clinics in states where the clinics are now legal...
After hearing Reagan's appeal, Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wy) switched from the opposition ranks to support of the sale. The president won a similar turnaround from Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on Tuesday. In addition, six previously uncommitted senators declared yesterday they would back the president. All had been considered likely to take that position...
...legal theory underlying the New Right campaign is primitive in its simplicity: if federal courts interpret the law of the land in a way you do not like and you cannot muster the votes to amend the Constitution, then hamstring the courts. Says Utah's Senator Orrin Hatch, a cautious supporter of the New Right crusade: "The federal judiciary has been courting disaster by reading its own predilections in the Constitution...
...trainees who will be enrolled in 1982 ranges from $5,000 to $13,000 a year. But partly because some Job Corps centers are run by private companies, and provide job training for the private sector, the program won support from conservative lawmakers. Says Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, chairman of the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee: "This program works. Even $13,000 a year is a cheap price to pay to keep someone off the welfare rolls for the rest of his life...