Orrin Hatch

Senate Judiciary Committee leaders on Thursday introduced a bill that aims to crack down on rogue websites dedicated to the sale of counterfeit movies and television shows, which has been a major source of grief for Hollywood studios and unions....

A bipartisan group of Senate heavyweights, including Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.), on Thursday renewed its effort to stop Internet piracy by introducing a revised version of legislation it was unable to push into law last year....

If you're interested in media issues, the CNN shows should be of special interest this Sunday morning. Erica Hill, who has been named the new co-anchor of CBS' "Early Show," will talk to "Reliable Sources" at 11.m....

Also, Jon Kyl, Mitch McConnell, Jeb Hensarling, Ron Wyden and Kent Conrad....

The Republican says the national debt is crushing the country. The Democrat says spending on more education and other needs is essential....

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a sweeping tax package that would save millions of Americans thousands of dollars in higher taxes while also reducing their Social Security taxes and extending jobless benefits. The...

I have a problem with the Justice Department going after the BCS over anti-trust issues...

WASHINGTON-- The following is the full text version of President Barack Obama's address to Congress on health care reform Wednesday, as prepared for delivery and provided by the White House. --- Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, members of Congress,...

UNDATED (AP) - A conservative Republican who didn't often see eye-to-eye with Ted Kennedy says that while his political battles with Kennedy were real, "you couldn't help but like him." Orrin Hatch of Utah says he and Kennedy were "like fighting...

Sonia Sotomayor continues her testimony Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee (Win McNamee/Getty Images) by James Oliphant We're back at Hart 216 for the third day of the Sotomayor Supreme Court hearings. Stay here for real time analysis during....

by James Oliphant Sen. Orrin Hatch, a former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, used his opening remarks to criticize President Obama for his stance on former GOP judicial nominees. While Obama was a senator, Hatch noted, he opposed the......

(AP/Gerald Hebert) by James Oliphant We are here again in Hart 216 and Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy has begun his first round of questions. Each member of the panel will question Judge Sotomayor in 30-minute periods. Stay with the......