TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. The Orrin Hatch Record..................................................................................................................................... 6 Why Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, like Utah Sen. Bob Bennett before him, should be retired. 2. Why Orrin Hatch Is Not a Conservative ............................................................................................................. 7 Hatch’s record demonstrates his commitment to Big Government and aversion to free market solutions. 3. Hatch on Earmarks ........................................................................................................................................... 9 Earmarks defined; Hatch’s voting record on massive earmark spending and his commitment to preserve earmarks. 4. Hatch on Spending and the Deficit ................................................................................................................... 11 Hatch claims to support a balanced budget amendment, yet voted 16 times to raise the debt ceiling and to spend trillions on government interference in the free market. 5. Hatch on Health Care...................................................................................................................................... 13 Partnership with Ted Kennedy to sponsor SCHIP, the precursor to ObamaCare; votes to incur trillions of dollars of unfunded taxpayer liability for Medicare Part D. 6. Hatch on TARP ............................................................................................................................................... 15 TARP defined; Hatch voted for TARP, refused to block second round of TARP funding. 7. Hatch on Corporate Bailouts and Cronyism ....................................................................................................... 17 Hatch voted to bail out Wall Street (TARP); voted to bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; voted to siphon funds from TARP for auto industry bailout; orchestrated $50 million for green energy money pit Raser. 8. Hatch on Education ......................................................................................................................................... 20 Proponent of the creation of the U.S. Dept. of Education and No Child Left Behind. 9. Hatch on Appointments................................................................................................................................... 22 Proudly proclaims to have suggested the nominations of two of the most liberal Supreme Court Justices in history; confirmed radical animal rights activist as federal regulatory czar. 10. Don’t Be Bullied — Dismantling the Olympia Snowe Myth ............................................................................. 26 Don’t be intimidated by Hatch’s campaign threats that a vote against him is a vote for Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) to replace him as Chair of the powerful Senate Finance Committee. 11. Conclusion ................................................................................................................................................... 27
Appendices I — Will the Real Orrin Hatch Please Stand Up? A Look at Key Votes Senator Hatch Cast from 1979 to 2009 .................................................................................................................................... 29 II — Hatch Votes on the National Debt ............................................................................................................... 33 III — Op Ed: Raser Technologies is Orrin Hatch’s Solyndra ................................................................................... 35 IV — Top Twelve False Claims Made About the Hatch-Kennedy Children’s Health Coverage Bill, by Michael F. Cannon ................................................................................................................................ 36 V — Bibliography .............................................................................................................................................. 42
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