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Mar 21 2023
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Biden issues first veto, Mitt Romney calls it a 'mistake'
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden issued his first veto Monday, protecting a rule that allows retirement plan managers to consider social issues when they make investment decisions. The Department of Labor rule the resolution would have overturned says retirement plan fiduciaries can take environmental, social and governance — called "ESG" — factors into consideration, rather than strictly
KSLJan 03 2024
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'Not a Professional Politician': Son of Late Sen. Orrin Hatch Enters Senate Race to Replace Mitt Romney
Brent Orrin Hatch, the son of late Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), has filed paperwork to enter the Senate race in Utah. In a press release issued on Tuesday, Brent Hatch announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah). “I am not a professional politician,” Hatch said in a statement. “I left Washington at an early age. I have worked for over 33 years
Independent Journal ReviewOct 17 2023
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Mitt Romney: Jim Jordan "probably not the first choice I would've made" for speaker
Utah Sen. Mitt Romney criticized House Republicans for allowing such a small minority within the GOP to call the shots, by selecting Republican Rep. Jim Jordan to be their speaker. Romney spoke with "CBS Evening News" anchor and managing editor Norah O'Donnell in an exclusive interview, as House Republicans continue to struggle to elect a permanent speaker, after a handful of hardliners in the
CBS News (Online)Oct 02 2023
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Rep. John Curtis says he won't run for Mitt Romney’s Senate seat
Rep. John Curtis announced Monday he won’t run for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. Mitt Romney. It was widely rumored Curtis might enter the race, and he said last week he was “very seriously” considering a run. But in an op-ed first published by the Deseret News Monday, Curtis said he won’t run for Senate and instead plans to run for reelection to his 3rd Congressional District
Deseret NewsSep 28 2023
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No more shorts: Mitt Romney gets resolution passed reinstating Senate dress code
SALT LAKE CITY — The U.S. Senate on Wednesday codified what was previously an unwritten dress code by passing a resolution sponsored by Utah Sen. Mitt Romney and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia. The resolution requires senators to dress in business attire while on the floor of the chamber. For men, that includes a coat, tie and slacks. Business attire for women is not specified in the
KSLJun 08 2018
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Mitt Romney predicts Trump's re-election
He once called Donald Trump “a con man,” but Mitt Romney now predicts that Trump would “easily” win his party’s presidential nomination in 2020 and “solidly” win a second term.
Romney, the GOP’s failed 2012 presidential nominee from Massachusetts, now a Republican Senate candidate in Utah, made the prediction Thursday as he welcomed dozens of high-profile business and political leaders
Washington TimesJun 08 2018
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Mitt Romney predicts Trump's re-election
He once called Donald Trump “a con man,” but Mitt Romney now predicts that Trump would “easily” win his party’s presidential nomination in 2020 and “solidly” win a second term.
Romney, the GOP’s failed 2012 presidential nominee from Massachusetts, now a Republican Senate candidate in Utah, made the prediction Thursday as he welcomed dozens of high-profile business and political leaders
Washington TimesSep 14 2023
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Mitt Romney Will Not Seek Re-Election, Says GOP Operates in “Shadow of Donald Trump”
Utah Republican Senator Mitt Romney said Wednesday he will not seek re-election in 2024, saying it’s “time for a new generation of leaders.” The one-time Republican presidential nominee is one of the few members of his party to speak out against Donald Trump and was the only Republican to vote to convict Trump in both of his impeachment trials. He spoke to reporters after announcing his
Democracy Now!Sep 14 2023
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Ex-RNC Spokesperson Makes Grim Prediction About Mitt Romney's Senate Exit
Former Republican National Committee spokesperson Tim Miller suggested the departure of Republicans like Sen. Mitt Romney (Utah) from politics paves the way for more extremists to take up the mantle. “The more these people leave, they’re going to be replaced by uglier and uglier folks,” Miller, a writer for The Bulwark, told MSNBC’s Chris Hayes on Wednesday. Romney was “serious about governing
HuffPostSep 13 2023
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Mitt Romney won't run for re-election in 2024, citing age and GOP cynicism
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) announced Wednesday afternoon that he will not run for re-election in 2024. His retirement in 2025 would likely mark the end of a high-profile career in elective politics, including a term as governor of Massachusetts and an unsuccessful run for president as the 2012 Republican nominee. Romney, elected to the Senate in 2018, told reporters that at 76, he and other
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