FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2013, file photo, Vice President Joe Biden administers the Senate Oath to Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, accompanied by his wife Elaine, during a mock swearing in ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, as the 113th Congress officially began. Hatch said he will not seek re-election after serving more than 40 years in the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)
As Orrin Hatch is a lame-duck senator, I would assume he will recuse himself from voting on any legislation until his term ends. After all, that was his logic when President Barack Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court with a year left in Obama’s term.
Ryan Hinkins, Salt Lake City