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...Republicans have a similarly varied team on the Committee. Orrin Hatch, the de facto leader of the group, has tried to to depart from the smarmy, self-satisfied image he cultivated, perhaps intentionally, during Anita Hill's confirmation hearings...
...Clinton is increasingly spooked by opposition of almost any size. Last week he backed away from a widely leaked plan to name Bruce Babbitt to the Supreme Court when environmentalists complained that they would be losing their key ally at the Interior Department. When Robert Dole of Kansas and Orrin Hatch of Utah objected to Babbitt's lack of courtroom experience, it was more flak than Clinton could bear...
...audience responded with both jeers and frustrated hand gestures to the footage of former Sen. Alan M. Cranston (D-Calif.) and Sen. Orrin B. Hatch (R-Utah) aggressively questioning Anita V. Hill. One woman raised her middle finger repeatedly at Thomas' image on the screen...
...their stern self-reliance. Beyond declaring support for strong gun-control laws, she had little specific to say about policy. She stressed the need for social programs to keep children from turning to crime but also affirmed the necessity of punishment for "horrible" criminals. Republicans Arlen Specter and Orrin Hatch, ogres to feminists because of their hostile questioning of Anita Hill, gushed admiration for Reno, and the committee suspended its rules in order to vote immediately -- and unanimously -- for confirmation. So did the full Senate, 98 to 0, the next day. On Friday, Reno was sworn in, filling the last...
...wouldn't even want to talk about it until Clinton gave us someone to talk about," said Paul Smith, '54, press secretary for Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah), the Judiciary Committee's top ranking Republican. "It's up to Clinton...and they don't even ask our opinions...