Senate Finance Committee chairman Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is greeted by Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., as he takes his seat before the start of a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, to consider Alex Azar's nomination to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Since Sen. Hatch is a lame duck senator, I would assume he will recuse himself of voting on any legislation until his term ends. After all, that was his logic when President Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court with a year left in Obama’s term.
Ryan Hinkins, Salt Lake City