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Three conservative Republican Senators from the region, Reagan's friend Paul Laxalt of Nevada and Orrin Hatch and Jake Garn of Utah, have come out against the plan?so have leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormon Church), an especially powerful force in Utah. In addition, Weinberger reportedly is concerned that the Soviets, unless restrained by a new SALT agreement, could use the eight years it would take to complete the land-based MX system to deploy enough of their own intercontinental warheads to wipe out all 4,600 of the shelters...
Many conservative Republican Senators added their endorsement. Utah's Orrin Hatch called it "a fine choice." Reagan's close friend, Nevada Senator Paul Laxalt, was enthusiastic, and Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker said he was "delighted by the nomination." But South Carolina's Strom Thurmond, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, was a bit more restrained. "I intend to support her," he said, "unless something comes...
...other side of the Hill, the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee also cut about $11 billion from social spending. But even this Republican-dominated committee could not swallow the idea of block grants. Though Chairman Orrin Hatch of Utah strongly favored Reagan's approach, Republican Moderates Robert Stafford of Vermont and Lowell Weicker of Connecticut wanted to protect important categorical grants for health and education. The President talked with Hatch and Stafford by telephone from Camp David on Sunday to see if an accommodation could be reached. The following night, Hatch, Weicker, Stafford, Budget Director David Stockman, Health...
Another opponent of the law, Republican Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, would like to change the act so that the Justice Department could forbid a proposed local law only if it can prove there is an intent to discriminate. As the current law was written, the department had to show only that a change would have a discriminatory effect, whether intended or not. Argues Hatch: "I do not believe a community ought to be labeled a civil rights violator unless there is some wrongful motivation on its part...
...arena of the next major abortion battle will be Congress. On April 23 and 24, Senate Judiciary subcommittees headed by John East of North Carolina and Orrin Hatch of Utah, both strong abortion foes, will hold hearings on a subtle legal maneuver to get around Roe vs. Wade. The hearings involve a bill known as the Human Life Statute, co-sponsored by Jesse Helms and Representative Henry Hyde. Helms, 59, is an owl-eyed New Right hero from North Carolina who is in his eighth year in the Senate. Hyde, a burly (6 ft. 3 in., 265 Ibs.) three-term...