Mike Lee

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**FILE** Republican Sens. Ted Cruz (left) of Texas and Mike Lee of Utah stand during a news conference with conservative congressional Republicans at the Capitol in Washington on Sept. 19, 2013. (Associated Press)

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Republican Sens. Ted Cruz (left) of Texas and Mike Lee of Utah are pictured during a news conference with conservative congressional Republicans at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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**FILE** Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee addresses the Utah Republican Party's annual organizing convention in Sandy, Utah, on May 18, 2013. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, (right) and Sen. Mike Lee, Utah Republican, both see an effort by the Obama adminstration to "pack" the D.C. Circuit Court with left-leaning judges. "With the administration's controversial executive agenda, the president appears to have targeted the D.C. Circuit in hopes he can pack the court and stack the deck to his advantage," Mr. Lee said. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Mike Lee (right) of Utah confers with fellow Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky during a recent meeting of the Tea Party Debt Commission. The two lawmakers were elected in 2010 with help from the tea party. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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**FILE** In this photo from July 27, 2011, Sen. Mike Lee, Utah Republican, greets a supporter at a tea party rally on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)