Orrin Hatch on Budget

• Audit the Federal Reserve & its actions on mortgage loans. (Feb 2013)
• Accused of "fiscal child abuse" by leaving debt for future. (Jun 2012)
• Re-elect me and I'll chair the Senate Finance Committee. (Jun 2012)
• My 36 years in Senate could make me Finance Committee chair. (May 2012)
• My balanced budget bill failed by only one vote. (May 2012)
• OpEd: Federal debt increased rapidly on his watch. (Apr 2012)
• Disapprove of increasing the debt limit. (Jan 2012)
• Supports the Cut-Cap-and-Balance Pledge. (Jan 2012)
• Voted NO on $192B additional anti-recession stimulus spending. (Jul 2009)
• Voted YES on modifying bankruptcy rules to avoid mortgage foreclosures. (May 2009)
• Voted NO on additional $825 billion for economic recovery package. (Feb 2009)
• Voted NO on $60B stimulus package for jobs, infrastructure, & energy. (Sep 2008)
• Voted YES on paying down federal debt by rating programs' effectiveness. (Mar 2007)
• Voted YES on $40B in reduced federal overall spending. (Dec 2005)
• Voted YES on prioritizing national debt reduction below tax cuts. (Apr 2000)
• Balance the budget; but high priority to all spending. (Jan 2000)
• More $ for defense, research, Ag, Education, police. (Jan 2000)
• Prosperity based on Reagan’s tax cuts plus balanced budget. (Oct 1999)
• Prosperity based on Reagan�s tax cuts plus balanced budget. (Oct 1999)
• Bankruptcy has too many loopholes & costs society. (Apr 1999)
• No Chapter 7 bankruptcy for people with assets & income. (Apr 1999)
• Voted YES on 1998 GOP budget. (May 1997)
• Voted YES on Balanced-budget constitutional amendment. (Mar 1997)