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Utah nuclear power push worth ‘great risks,’ freshman Rep. Chaffetz says

By | 01.13.10 | 1:01 pm

No matter how much water it takes to cool a proposed nuclear power plant near Green River, Utah – the topic of thorny debate in an ongoing regulatory process — the specter of such a facility upwind and…

Polis CNN foil Chaffetz looks to kick college football into national playoffs

By | 01.10.10 | 5:06 pm

When it comes to college football and politics, Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz knows better than most that revenge is indeed a dish best served cold; he just wishes his consumption of those dishes ate up a little less airtime on CNN’s “Freshman Year.”

Freshman Year, the gay marriage episode: Polis versus Chaffetz

By | 12.23.09 | 3:10 pm

Colorado U.S. Rep. Jared Polis is an openly gay Democrat internet millionaire who fights for gay rights. Utah U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz is a Mormon Republican skin-care professional who is now fighting to revoke the right to gay marry in…

Proposed census amendment creates odd bedfellows

By | 10.19.09 | 12:21 pm

Once again this year, a group of evangelical Latinos ostensibly working for immigration reform find themselves in lock-step with the anti-immigration movement.

Last week, several Republican congressmen—concerned about the growing influence of illegal immigrants—introduced a controversial amendment requiring a…

News Nuggets: 23 July 2009

By | 07.23.09 | 8:12 pm

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GUNS AND GAYNESS: CNN has done something really right. Its show, Freshman Year, available on the web is something like a Real World Capitol Hill, featuring freshman representatives, whom I guess the…