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Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, speaks during the Utah Republican Party 2016 nominating convention Saturday, April 23, 2016, in Salt Lake City. Hatch, who became the longest-serving Republican senator in history as he represented Utah for more than four decades, died Saturday, April 23, 2022, at age 88. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

A fierce conservative with allies across the aisle, Hatch leaves legacy of bipartisan achievement

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, attends a news conference with Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 4, 2018. A longtime senator known for working across party lines, Hatch died Saturday, April 23, 2022, at age 88. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Longtime Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch dies at 88

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, right, meets with Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, July 11, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Orrin Hatch: Kavanaugh denies being at party

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Mitt Romney leaves the Senate offices at the Utah State Capitol Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018, in Salt Lake City. Romney held closed-door meetings with Utah lawmakers Tuesday as the former Republican presidential nominee continues his bid to become a U.S. Senator for Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

EDITORIAL: Bedfellows in Utah

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, speaks to reporters following a meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, in this Nov. 27, 2917, file photo. Hatch says he is retiring after four decades in Senate. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Orrin Hatch to retire at end of 2018

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, pauses for a reporter's question on the GOP tax bill as he arrives at the chamber for a vote, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Orrin Hatch: Small business provision wasn’t ‘air-dropped’ into final tax plan

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump stands with Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, after arriving at Salt Lake City International Airport, Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump lobbies Orrin Hatch to run for re-election as Romney waits in wings

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives to speak to reporters following a closed-door strategy session on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP senators: Dems can help us make individual tax cuts permanent

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah speaks in Sandy, Utah, in this April 26, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Orrin Hatch demands secret memo that’s aided Obama executive actions

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Obama is on a media blitz to pressure the Senate Republican leadership to schedule a confirmation hearing and vote on Judge Merrick Garland, who has been waiting seven weeks for action. (Associated Press/File)

Merrick Garland nominated to Supreme Court by Obama

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington is seen here on March 22, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

10 tea party groups still awaiting approval from IRS

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's new highway spending bill is already on the skids, with both Democrats and Republicans questioning $47 billion in fees and penalties the legislation counts on to fund new road-building over the next three years. (Associated Press)

Obamacare-repeal loses, Ex-Im bank wins in GOP-held Senate votes

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this June 2, 2015, file photo, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing examining the IRS data breach. The IRS is joining with state and private industry to combat identity theft by sharing more data about how tax returns are filed and taking other steps, Koskinen announced Thursday, June 11. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) — FILE

Obamacare fraudulent claims cost government $2 billion

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sen. Jeff Sessions, Alabama Republican, said the "doc fix" would cost taxpayers a net $141 billion over the next decade, and would bring Congress disrepute. (Associated Press)

Fast-track trade authority support grows with assurances of no Obama immigration policy

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama’s IRS spent millions on polling, office furniture, stuffed animals

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell departs a governors only luncheon after giving an address during the National Governors Association Winter Meeting in Washington on Feb. 22, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Sylvia Mathews Burwell, HHS secretary: No plan to deal with Obamacare subsidies case

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sen. Orrin Hatch, Utah Republican, is hoping the Supreme Court will rule against the Obama administration in the case over exchanges and subsidies, but the administration is using Mr. Hatch's own words to defend the law, citing an op-ed he wrote about the Affordable Care Act five years ago. (Associated Press)

Orrin Hatch op-ed being used to defend Obamacare in Supreme Court case

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Republican AP Photo/File)

Sen. Orrin Hatch eyes every tool to take down Obamacare

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Republicans seem intent on using Harry Reid's own "nuclear option" against him. (Associated Press)

GOP taking wait-and-see approach for rule change

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times