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Staunch conservative on most economic and social issues also teamed with Democrats several times during long career

 

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A staunch conservative on most economic and social issues, he also teamed with Democrats several times during his long career on issues ranging from stem cell research to rights for people with disabilities to expanding children’s health insurance. He also formed friendships across the aisle, particularly with the late Edward Kennedy.

 

Hatch also championed Republican issues like abortion limits and helped shape the US supreme court, including defending Justice Clarence Thomas against sexual harassment allegations during confirmation hearings.

He later became an ally of Donald Trump, using his role as chairman of the powerful Senate finance committee to get a major rewrite of the US tax codes to the president’s desk. In return, Trump helped Hatch deliver on a key issue for Republicans in Utah with a contentious move to drastically downsize two national monuments that had been declared by past presidents.

 

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