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U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, speaks at the AARP Presidential Forum at the Waterfront Convention Center in Bettendorf, Iowa on Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (Olivia Sun/The Des Moines Register via AP)

Senators: Bill on 9/11 victims fund to be voted on next week

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Our Lost Declaration’ by Mike Lee

By John R. Coyne Jr.

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, leaves a Republican lunch meeting and heads to the chamber where he voted to reject President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency at the southwest border, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 14, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Mike Lee: Congress has given executive branch too much power; Donald Trump has taken advantage of it

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, leaves a Republican lunch meeting and heads to the chamber where he voted to reject President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency at the southwest border, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 14, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Mike Lee’s precious put-down of Green New Deal — and AOC’s hat-tip to despair

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, pauses before a news conference as an 11th-hour Republican rescue mission to keep President Donald Trump from a Senate defeat on his signature issue of building barriers along the southwest border seems near collapse, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 13, 2019. Lee is the chief sponsor of a bill limiting future emergency declarations by the president. His bill is supported by other Republican senators. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Mike Lee brings photo of Ronald Reagan riding velociraptor to protest Green New Deal

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

Vice President Mike Pence, center, accompanied by his Chief of Staff Marc Short, second from left, leaves the U.S. Capitol building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Senate rejection of Trump border emergency no longer certain

By ALAN FRAM and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Lee says he’s undecided on resolution on border declaration

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School bus drivers serve students as guardians, friends

By KATE BARCELLOS - Associated Press

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, listens to testimony by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, focusing on allegations of sexual assault by Kavanaugh against Christine Blasey Ford in the early 1980s. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, also appears. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/POOL) ** FILE **

Mike Lee: ‘There is a high human cost that comes from warehousing people’

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Florida rapper shot, posts live video from ambulance

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In this April 3, 2018, file photo, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks to supporters as he campaigns for re-election at the National Border Patrol Council Local 3307 offices in Edinburg, Texas. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP, File)

Ted Cruz urges Donald Trump to nominee Mike Lee to the Supreme Court

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Pro-life activists are particularly enamored with U.S. Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett, while the head of the American Conservative Union prefers Judge Brett Kavanaugh, for President Trump's Supreme Court nominee. (Associated Press)

Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh champions make their case for Supreme Court nomination

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, questions Attorney General Jeff Sessions during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Mike Lee says he’s discussed Supreme Court vacancy with White House

By Julian Hattem - Associated Press

Sen. Lee says he’s talked high court seat with White House

By JULIAN HATTEM - Associated Press

Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, questions Attorney General Jeff Sessions during a committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Mike Lee says ‘lynching mob’ too strong a term to describe Russia case

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

In this March 23, 2015, file photo, Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy testifies before a House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Kennedy is giving no signs that he’s about to retire, but that hasn’t eased liberals’ anxiety or deflated conservative hopes that the 81-year-old justice will step down soon, giving President Donald Trump the opportunity to name a successor before the midterm elections. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Mike Lee: Justice Kennedy wants GOP POTUS to choose successor; retirement ‘very real possibility’

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times

Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, questions Attorney General Jeff Sessions during a committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Mike Lee pushes back against Trump administration’s claim it had authority for airstrikes

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

Utah GOP Sen. Mike Lee rejects banning assault-style rifles

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FBI, Mississippi agents probe hanging of black man from tree

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Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, questions Attorney General Jeff Sessions during a committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Mike Lee says immigration bill should be narrowly focused to ensure easy passage

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times