The following article by Niels Lesniewski was posted on the Roll Call website January 2 2018:
Judiciary chairman appears to have time left as leader of Finance panel
When GOP Sen. Orrin G. Hatch announced Tuesday that he will retire from the Senate after serving Utah for more than four decades, talk quickly turned to whether Mitt Romney will seek to succeed him.
But on Capitol Hill, the pending departure of the Finance Committee chairman — who could have wielded the tax writing gavel for two more years under conference rules — also raises questions about which senator will lead the GOP on taxes, trade, health care and entitlements. Continue reading “It’s Not Just Romney: Hatch Retirement Could Lead to Decisions for Grassley, Crapo”