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Wed, 10 Mar 2010

Why Obama Can’t Move the Health-Care Numbers

For every voter who strongly favors the plan, two are strongly opposed By SCOTT RASMUSSEN AND DOUG SCHOEN One of…
Tue, 23 Feb 2010

TURNING A DEAF EAR…NO COMPROMISE ON HEALTH CARE

Once again, so much rhetoric from the White House about listening to Republican ideas on health care, followed by….wait for…
Mon, 15 Feb 2010

Bye Bye, Bayh!

Senator Evan Bayh, (D) Indiana, announced today that he will not seek reelection in 2010, stating “My decision was not…
Fri, 05 Feb 2010

Pessimistic Optimism For The House This November

An interesting “insiders” poll from National Review Magazine today by James A. Barnes and Peter Bell on the chances of…
Fri, 05 Feb 2010

A Deficit Of Fiscal Reason

Seems the RNC has the same opinion of Congressman Matheson’s debt increase vote as does our UTGOP Chairman, Dave Hansen:…
Sat, 23 Jan 2010

Proposed by-law changes

First by-law change submitted was to address the seating of delegates for the state convention. The proposed change says that…
Sat, 23 Jan 2010

Utah GOP Has New Vice-Chair

Today’s central committee meeting met to elect a new vice-chair after Morgan Philpot stepped down to run for Utah’s second…
Wed, 20 Jan 2010

Just a little giddy

If you are a Republican, that is. Last night’s victory for Republican Scott Brown in very liberal Massachusetts was the…
Sat, 16 Jan 2010

Statement on Senator Killpack

SALT LAKE CITY – Statement by Dave Hansen, Chairman of the Utah Republican Party, regarding the arrest last evening of…
Sat, 16 Jan 2010

Morgan Philpot Resigns

Former state legislator Morgan Philpot announced today via Facebook page and Twitter that he is resigning as the Utah GOP…

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March 11, 2010

Pence Praises Unilateral Ban on Earmarks By House Republicans

Washington, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, delivered the following remarks today after...
March 11, 2010

Pence Stands Up for Troops Fighting for Freedom in Afghanistan

Washington, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, delivered the following remarks today on...
March 10, 2010

March 9, 2010 Republican Leadership Conference

Republican Leadership Press Conference March 10, 2010 Participants: - Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) - Republican Whip Eric...
March 10, 2010

Pence: “Madam Speaker, The American People Know What’s in This Bill and They Don’t Want It.”

Washington, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, gave the following remarks today at...
March 10, 2010

Pence Praises Action Taken By Bipartisan Group of State Governors

Washington, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the American Energy Solutions Group, issued the following statement today...
March 09, 2010

Pence: “It’s Time for a Spending Limit Amendment to the Constitution”

Washington, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, gave the following statement today on...
March 05, 2010

Pence Statement on Unemployment Numbers

Washington, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, chairman of the House Republican Conference, issued the following statement today after...
March 04, 2010

Pence Says Obamacare 2.0 is a Government Takeover of Health Care

Washington, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, issued the following remarks on the...
March 04, 2010

Pence: So-Called Jobs Bill the “Latest Deficit Spending Bill”

Washington, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, issued the following remarks today in...
March 03, 2010

March 3, 2010 Republican Leadership Conference

Republican Leadership Press Conference March 3, 2010 Participants: - Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) - Republican Whip Eric...
March 03, 2010

Pence Addresses the President's Latest Health Care Plan on FOXNEWS' "America Live" with Megyn Kelly

“The American people reject this approach because they know what they [the Democrats] are advancing is simply going to...
March 03, 2010

Pence Introduces Spending Limit Amendment

Washington, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, issued the following statement today after joining Representative Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) in...
March 03, 2010

Hensarling & Pence in WSJ: Time for a Spending Cap With Teeth

By JEB HENSARLING AND MIKE PENCE Fiscal storm clouds are upon us. In five years, federal spending has...
March 02, 2010

Top Two House Democrats NOT on the Same Page

How many pages will the Democrats’ latest government takeover of health care be? YESTERDAY Speaker Nancy Pelosi - A...
March 02, 2010

Democrats’ Three Point Plan to Destroy America’s Standard of Living—Tax, Spend and Regulate

The Great Depression, like most other periods of severe unemployment, was produced by government mismanagement rather than by any...
February 25, 2010

Medicare Experts Disagree, Madam Speaker

Speaker Pelosi charges that her plan for a government takeover of health care is the cure to save Medicare:...
February 25, 2010

Obama vs. Obama: President Admits His Plan Will Raise Costs

And breaks critical campaign promise in the process THAT WAS THEN:  “For those who have insurance now, nothing will...
February 25, 2010

Your Spokesman Talked About Reconciliation, Mr. Reid

Senator Reid TODAY:  ...no one has talked about reconciliation, but that's what you folks have talked about ever since...
February 25, 2010

Pence Discusses White House Summit on MSNBC: This Isn’t Good Government, It’s Bad Tv”

Washington, DC - The following are excerpts from U.S. Congressman Mike Pence's appearance on MSNBC today regarding the White...
February 24, 2010

Democrats Who Once Opposed the “Arrogance” of Majority Rule

THAT WAS THEN:  President Barack Obama:  “And what I worry about would be you essentially still have two chambers –...
February 24, 2010

Pence Calls White House Health Care Summit “Taxpayer-funded Media Event”

Washington, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, delivered the following remarks today on...
February 23, 2010

February 23, 2010 Republican Leadership Conference

Republican Leadership Press Conference February 23, 2010 Participants: - Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) - Republican Whip Eric...
February 23, 2010

Pence: Republicans Reject Obamacare 2.0

Washington, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, delivered the following remarks today at...
February 23, 2010

Editorials Across the Nation Question the President’s Latest Health Care Plan

Washington Post Editorial:  “President Obama's 'opening bid' on health reform is not designed to entice Republicans to join the...
February 23, 2010

The Wall Street Journal: Editorial Board: “ObamaCare At Ramming Speed”

A mere three days before President Obama's supposedly bipartisan health-care summit, the White House yesterday released a new blueprint...
February 22, 2010

Obama vs. Obama: Cost of President’s Health Care Plan Goes Up as Taxpayer Savings Go Down

SIX MONTHS AGO: President Obama proposed a bill that would cost around $900 billion and reduce deficits by $4...
February 22, 2010

Latest White House Health Care Proposal: The Same Big Government Takeover

On February 22, 2010, the President released a summary of his latest health care proposal in advance of the...
February 22, 2010

What Every Member Needs to Know About the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act

SUMMARY On February 23, 2010, the House of Representatives is scheduled to consider the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act...
February 22, 2010

Pence Calls President’s New Health Care Bill ‘More of the Same’

Washington, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, issued the following statement today after...
February 21, 2010

Pence Transcript From Meet the Press

Washington, DC - The following are excerpts from the appearance of U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican...
February 19, 2010

Pence Remarks at CPAC

Washington, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, delivered the following remarks at the Conservative...
February 18, 2010

The Democrat Political Cover Commission

On February 18, 2010, the President signed an executive order (EO) to establish the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and...
February 17, 2010

President’s Chief Economist’s Own Rhetoric Meets Reality

Six months ago on CNN's State of the Union: When the economy starts to recover, we'll begin to see...
February 17, 2010

Pence Commends Signers of Mount Vernon Statement

Washington, DC-U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, chairman of the House Republican Conference, issued the following statement today commending the signers...
February 17, 2010

Pence: “One Year Later One Thing Is Clear: The Stimulus Bill has Failed”

Washington, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, issued the following statement on the...
February 04, 2010

Pence Decries Democrat Debt Limit Increase and PAYGO

Washington, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, delivered the following remarks today on...
February 04, 2010

Editorials Across the Country Criticize President Obama’s “Spend-While-You-Can” Budget

Washington Post: Under the path laid out by the president, absent the work of the fiscal commission, the national...
February 03, 2010

February 3, 2010 Republican Leadership Conference

Republican Leadership Press Conference February 3, 2010 Participants: - Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) - Republican Whip Eric...
February 03, 2010

Democrats and the Debt Limit

But understand-understand if we don't take meaningful steps to rein in our debt, it could damage our markets, increase the...
February 03, 2010

President Obama’s Back-to-the Future Nuclear Plan

But to create more of these clean energy jobs, we need more production, more efficiency, more incentives.  And...
February 03, 2010

Pence: President’s Budget "Spends Too Much, Taxes Too Much and Borrows Too Much”

Washington, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, delivered the following remarks today at...
February 03, 2010

Pence: “Talk Is Cheap”

Washington, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, appeared on Fox's America Live with...
February 02, 2010

The Party Of What?

  First, we were the party of no ideas: One of our two great parties is now an...
February 02, 2010

The President's FY 2011 Budget: Record Debt, Deficits and Taxes

Yesterday, the White House released its budget for FY 2011.  The budget spends $3.83 trillion in FY 2011 and...
February 02, 2010

Pence: “This Budget Is Insane”

Washington, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, delivered the following remarks today on the...
February 01, 2010

Pence Calls Obama Budget "Irresponsible and Unsustainable”

Washington, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, issued the following statement today after...
January 29, 2010

Updated: the Return of the Jimmy Carter Tax Credit

Background In 1977, the Carter Administration signed the New Jobs Tax Credit (NJTC), one of four programs of the 1977...
January 29, 2010

Pence Discusses KSM Trial, Economy and the House Republican Issues Retreat on ABC’s Good Morning America

Excerpts below GMA Host George Stephanopoulos:  Let's begin with the first big story we have. Breaking news overnight,...
January 29, 2010

Pence Joins House Republicans in Presenting President Obama a Copy of “Better Solutions”

Washington, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, issued the following statement today after...
January 29, 2010

Associated Press- Obama Retools Tax Credit Idea for Creating Jobs

Pence said he understands why a tax break for adding jobs would be popular. But, he said, businesses won't...
January 5, 2010

21 House Seats Move Toward GOP

Substantial Republican gains now look almost inevitable
December 18, 2009

State Central Committee

Constitution and Bylaws Committee Agenda 12/22/09
December 13, 2009

Reid Bill Will Boost Health Costs by $234 Billion over 10 Years

Legislation Also Reduces Access and Benefits for Nation’s Elderly, Hatch Warns
December 7, 2009

State Central Committee Meeting Attendance

November 21, 2009 Meeting
December 2, 2009

HATCH: CUTTING MEDICARE BY $465 BILLION TO FUND NEW GOVERNMENT PROGRAM ‘IRRESPONSIBLE’

Reid Bill Will Hurt 43 Million American Seniors and Disabled, Senator Says
November 20, 2009

GOP SENATORS TAKE NAPOLITANO TO TASK FOR IMMIGRATION REMARKS

Hatch, 11 Colleagues Send Letter to Homeland Security Secretary
November 5, 2009

Health Care Countdown Clock

October 31, 2009

Republican Senators Letter to the Majority Leader

Request for publication of health care legislation sent to the CBO
October 18, 2009

HISTORY REVISITED

Nina Laycook Becomes Kanab Mayor-Elect
October 6, 2009

Utah Republican Party Presents RNC Chairman Michael Steele

Featuring Governor Gary R. Herbert
September 30, 2009

Sarkozy's Contempt for Obama

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Thu Jan 21 21:01:53 +0000 2010
Yes, we're a little giddy http://bit.ly/5lrfzG #tcot #gop #masen #ScottBrown
Wed Jan 20 06:56:58 +0000 2010
Huge victory in MA tonight. Congratulations to @ScottBrownMA - a very good portent for the GOP in 2010. #tcot #rockthevote
Fri Jan 15 06:05:18 +0000 2010
And more good news for the GOP http://bit.ly/4MRV81 #utpol #tcot #utgop
Fri Jan 15 06:01:22 +0000 2010
Good news for the GOP: RT @politico Suffolk U. poll: Brown up by 4 http://bit.ly/5olYpk #tcot
Sat Jan 09 18:01:15 +0000 2010
Just a game, folks RT @BreakingNews Togo goalie says 3 died in attack on team bus in Angola-a Togo asst coach, team spokesman, & bus driver