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Conservative caucus deals blow to Chaffetz bid for House speaker

Lack of experience? • Hatch says Chaffetz’s long-shot bid for the speaker’s job increases chance of congressional “chaos.”

Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune Senator Orrin Hatch speaks to the Utah delegation at a breakfast honoring him ("Omelets with Orrin") at the Hilton Hotel in Tampa, Florida, Monday, August 27, 2012 a day ahead of the Republican National Convention.