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SUNDAY EDITION Senator Mike Lee is putting forward a bill that would increase paid family leave in this country, and he says he can do it without putting the country into more debt. But will his solution actually solve the problem? Plus, how you can liter...

I'm worried that, in the rush to address our collective concerns about tech, we risk undermining the soundness and impartiality of antitrust enforcement....

Sen. Mike Lee has been elected as chairman of the Joint Economic Committee....

Senator Mike Lee, who is close to the administration, asked the head of the Shomron Council to affix a mezuzah at the door of his office....

Conservatives should cheer Mike Lee's and Joni Ernst's paid-family-leave plan, which is a budget-neutral way to give new parents the flexibility they deserve.'...

In an interview with Politico, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) claimed President Donald Trump could have stopped the bleeding of Republican senators abandoning him and voting with Democrats against his emergency declaration on Thursday if he had expended a minimum o...

WASHINGTON — In the end, 12 Republicans voted against President Trump's emergency declaration on the U.S. Mexican Border and Senators Mike Lee and Mitt Romney of Utah were among them....

Sen. Mike Lee arguably worked harder than the president...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah Utah Sen. Mike Lee released a statement after the Senate passed a resolution calling for the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen Thursday. "The Founders placed the power to declare war s...

Sen. Mitt Romney says he will join with Utah's senior senator Thursday to vote to disapprove President Donald Trump's emergency declaration for the Mexican border....

Trump and Sen. Lee couldn't see eye to eye so he will vote yes on the resolution to prevent emergency measures The post Mike Lee to Vote Against Trump's Emergency Measures After Failed Ultimatum appeared first on Big League Politics ....

Mitt Romney is announcing his opposition to the President's emergency declaration. He will vote for the resolution from the House that disapproves of the declaration. Mike Lee, Rand Paul, Susan Collins, and more are coming out against the emergency de...

Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) said that he tried to make a deal with President Donald Trump, but because they could not reach an agreement that he would be voting against the president's national declaration of emergency at the border. "We tried to cu...

Stalemate....

Utah's two Republican senators were on opposite sides of a resolution the Senate passed Wednesday to cut off U.S. support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen's bloody civil war....

Anti-Trump Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) is the latest Republican senator to announce he will not vote for President Trump's border emergency declaration. There are five senators now who announced they will cross GOP voters and vote with Democrats against b...

The measure was co-sponsored by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah...

Senator Mike Lee of Utah hoped that a bill to block future emergency declarations would give Republicans cover to allow President Trump's current declaration. Mr. Trump didn't buy it....

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) announced Wednesday that he would vote to block the national emergency President Donald Trump declared to......

GOP Sens. Joni Ernst and Mike Lee want to raid Social Security for paid family leave. Don't buy what they're selling....

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, who was leading the compromise efforts, announced plans to defect and vote for legislation to nullify Trump's emergency declaration when a disapproval resolution comes to the floor on Thursday....

The Senate may consider rejecting President Donald Trump's emergency declaration on the border wall. They shouldn't fall for Sen. Mike Lee's bill designed to limit emergencies in the future....

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) announced Wednesday he will become the fifth Republican senator to back a resolution to nullify President Donald Trump's national emergency....

The U.S. Senate appeared poised to pass a proposal to terminate President Donald Trump's declaration of an emergency at the southern border, despite his threat to veto the measure and heavy lobbying of his fellow Republicans.Republican Senator Mike Le...

Republican U.S. Senator Mike Lee will vote for a resolution ending President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency on the southern border, his spokesman said on Wednesday.'...

GOP Sen. Mike Lee (Utah) says he will vote for a resolution disapproving of President Trump's emergency border declaration, becoming the fifth Senate Republican to announce his support for the measure....

So much for that plan: On Tuesday, we learned that Vice President Mike Pence had been floating a face-saving compromise in order to stave off a Senate vote to end Donald Trump's bizarre "national emergency" declaration at the southern border. ...

Lee's new bill would automatically terminate emergency declarations within 30 days, but leave Trump's current national emergency intact....

Congress would reclaim powers it conceded to the executive branch more than 40 years ago in the declaration of national emergencies, if a bill introduced... Read More The post Bill Would Give Congress Tighter Rein on National Emergencies appeared first on...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi provided a Band-Aid to President Trump's unconstitutional yet literally legal national emergency in the form of a vote to overturn his declaration. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, has now unrolled the permanent solution....

Utah Sen. Mike Lee introduces national emergency bill; Why President Nelson went to Rome; Utah Jazz fans to 'elevate' conversation....

"Congress gave these legislative powers away in 1976 and it is far past time that we as an institution took them back," said Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah....

Republicans have introduced a Senate bill that would rein in President Donald Trump on his power to declare national emergencies, and 15 Republicans have already said they will vote for it. Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) is heading the effort behind the bill, ...

Utah Sen. Mike Lee introduced legislation Tuesday to curb the president's power to declare a national emergency....

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) introduced legislation today to rein in executive authority bestowed by the National Emergencies Act of 1976....

WASHINGTON Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) unveiled a plan for the government to provide paid family leave by offering parents the option of getting money from Social Security for two-to-three months with the requirement that they postpone their retirement for the...

Sens. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced legislation Tuesday that would expand Americans' access to paid family leave and help families better balance work and family....

It seems too good to be true. On Tuesday, Sen.s Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) unveiled the CRADLE Act , which would allow new parents to take paid family leave without requiring new taxes or a new entitlement program. Businesses would not have...

Sens. Joni Ernst and Mike Lee fired their opening volley in what is likely to be a spirited debate about paid family leave in the United States....

On Tuesday, Sens. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Mike Lee, R-Utah, introduced the Child Rearing and Development Leave Empowerment Act, legislation that would for the first time provide universal access for all workers to paid parental leave. The concept of the C...

New parents would have the option to use their Social Security benefits early in exchange for delaying retirement under a bill introduced Tuesday by Republican Sens. Joni Ernst of Iowa and Mike Lee of Utah....

The Cradle Act would allow new parents to tap into their Social Security savings, and later delay their retirement, to take paid time off after the birth or adoption of a child...

My newborn baby boy, Jesse, is 13 weeks old. I will proudly carry him with me to speak about why conservatives should bring sensible paid leave ideas to the table. Sens. Mike Lee and Joni Ernst plan to introduce the CRADLE Act, which creates a national pa...

WASHINGTON — In February 2016, while Donald Trump was busy sweeping the Republican presidential field, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) led a group of conservatives in launching the Article 1 Project (or A1P), an initiative urging members of Congress to reass...

The Utah senator wants a world where...

Republican Sen. Mike Lee's Article 1 Project urges members of Congress to reassert their powers under the Constitution....

Earlier today Senator Mike Lee introduced a bill to repeal the Jones Act. Such a move is long overdue. In place since 1920, the Jones Act mandates that goods transported by water between two points in the United States be done by vessels that are U.S.-fla...

Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah says he's undecided on whether to support a resolution opposing President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency on U.S.-Mexico border....

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah says he's undecided on whether to support a resolution opposing President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency on U.S.-Mexico border.Lee addressed gatherings of Utah legislators ...

Utah Sen. Mike Lee visited the state Capitol on Friday to give a report on his federal-level efforts....