(Salt Lake City, UT) — U.S. Senator Mike Lee says the texts he was exchanging with then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows were not a sign that he was advocating for the overturning of the 2020 presidential election. Speaking with the Deseret News, Lee says his goal was to […]
(Washington, DC) — Text messages show U.S. Senator Mike Lee of Utah had a part in the Trump administration’s attempt to change the 2020 election result. Lee messaged chief of staff Mark Meadows about a strategy from legal advisor John Eastman to have states present an alternate slate of electors […]
(New Haven, CT) – Republican Senator Mike Lee and Attorney General Sean Reyes are demanding that Yale Law School punish students who disrupted an event featuring a well-known conservative lawyer. Kristen Waggoner for the Alliance Defending Freedom is best known as the lawyer who defended a Colorado baker who refused […]
(Washington, DC) — Republican Senator Mike Lee wants to use federal lands to alleviate Utah’s housing crunch. Senator Lee introduced the HOUSES Act to allow state and local governments to buy parcels of federal land at a reduced price, so long as that land is used to address the housing […]
(Washington, DC) — Republican Senator Mike Lee plans to vote against advancing the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the full Senate. Senator Lee cited lowered sentences given by Judge Jackson in child pornography cases and a child rape case. Jackson’s nomination is expected to advance to […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Senator Mike Lee is comfortably leading his Republican opponents with three months to go before the statewide GOP primary. A new Deseret News-Hinckley Institute of Politics poll shows the two-term senator is favored by 67-percent of Republicans who plan to vote in the June primary. […]
(Washington, DC) – Senator Mitt Romney criticized the line of questioning made by fellow Republicans during Tuesday’s hearing for the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. In a brief interview with the Washington Post, Romney called attacks from Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee “off […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A former congressman is urging Utah Democrats to support an independent candidate in this fall’s U.S. Senate race. Ben McAdams issued a tweet yesterday urging Democrats to back independent Evan McMullin as he attempts to unseat two-term Senator Mike Lee. McAdams says McMullin has a […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Senator Mitt Romney says he’s unlikely to issue an endorsement in Utah’s upcoming U.S. Senate race. Romney told Politico this week that he’s not getting involved in the primary battle between Senator Mike Lee and six other Republicans trying to win the GOP nomination. The […]
(Washington, DC) – Republican Senators Mitt Romney and Mike Lee are both urging new actions to support Ukraine as the Russian invasion of the country continues. Both lawmakers were part of a Zoom call over the weekend with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Romney has asked congressional leaders to put a […]
