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BurlingtonFreePress.com
April 15, 2018
Sanders said he believed the international community should uphold the prohibitions on the use of chemical weapons, but said it was unclear how Trump's strikes on Syria would achieve that goal. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt,. also said it is up to Congress to declare war. Leahy issued this statement SaturdayÃâà...
Seven Days
April 15, 2018
In written statements issued following Friday's air strikes, Vermont's congressional delegates said that Assad's use of chemical weapons merited a response from the international community. "But it is Congress' responsibility to declare war," Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said. "Threatening the use of militaryÃâà...
Montgomery Advertiser
April 13, 2018
The full Senate is set to vote later Tuesday. “This is a remarkable opportunity,'' Shelby said in a statement. "I look forward to working with Vice Chairman (Patrick) Leahy and the entire committee as we continue the practice of writing and approving bills that responsibly allocate funding for the activities andÃâà...
vtdigger.org
April 13, 2018
Editor's note: This is Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy's address on the floor of the Senate on Thursday. Yesterday, Vermont set an example for the Congress. A Democratically controlled Legislature and a Republican governor, in a rural state with a strong gun-owning tradition and few gun laws, worked togetherÃâà...
The Inquisitr
April 12, 2018
If one senator seemed familiar during Mark Zuckerberg's testimony on Tuesday afternoon, it's because he previously questioned Superman himself on Capitol Hill. Senator Patrick Leahy, a Democrat who represents the state of Vermont alongside independent Bernie Sanders, serves on the SenateÃâà...
Splinter (blog)
April 5, 2018
Patrick Leahy (D), Vermont: An aide to Senator Leahy, who did not want their name used, sent us the following statement: “Senator Leahy is concerned about the use of live ammunition against protestors wherever it occurs. He is currently part of a Senate delegation for visits overseas with NATO officialsÃâà...
AOL
March 29, 2018
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan (L) shakes hands with Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) (R), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, while Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) looks on, after she arrived for the first day of her confirmation hearings on Capitol HillÃâà...
New York Times
March 28, 2018
That these and many more riders were deleted from the bill is a tribute to Senator Charles Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, and Senate allies like Patrick Leahy of Vermont, Tom Udall of New Mexico and Thomas Carper of Delaware, all willing to annoy some powerful interests along the way.
Vermont Public Radio
March 27, 2018
Sen. Patrick Leahy says a decision by Facebook to allow a political consulting firm to obtain profiles of more than 50 million consumers during the 2016 presidential election ... Leahy is the senior Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee — a place he says he wants to see Zuckerberg in the near future.
BurlingtonFreePress.com
March 19, 2018
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., speaks on Monday, March 19, 2018, about the "mounting threats to the independence of the Department of Justice and to the ... Over the weekend, Leahy revealed that in January he asked Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, I-Iowa, for an oversight hearingÃâà...
vtdigger.org
March 15, 2018
It is with this mindset that I arrived to the United States Senate in 1974, right when the Freedom of Information Act was making major headlines. Responding to a constitutional crisis provoked by secrecy and misdeeds within the Nixon administration, Congress overwhelmingly passed a series of sweepingÃâà...
WAMC
March 14, 2018
As students in Vermont and across the nation stepped out of classrooms Wednesday morning to demand action on gun violence Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy stood on the Senate floor to echo their demands. Democrat Patrick Leahy praised the National School Walkout and called on his fellowÃâà...
The Commercial Dispatch
March 6, 2018
I assumed we would serve out our time together here," said Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, the top Democrat on the Appropriations panel. "We've never once had a partisan word between us. And he has always, always, always kept his word -- and I wish to heck some other senators around here wouldÃâà...
vtdigger.org
March 6, 2018
In an interview last week, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said he was impressed by the tide of calls from teenagers to address gun control. ... When Leahy headed the Senate Judiciary Committee, he oversaw an effort to reform gun laws in the aftermath of the Newtown school shooting. The package ultimatelyÃâà...
CBS News
March 6, 2018
Republicans suddenly find themselves defending two seats in Mississippi this year as they try to maintain their slim majority in the U.S. Senate. Republican Sen. Roger Wicker is already ... serve out our time together here," said Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, the top Democrat on the Appropriations panel.
ClickLancashire
March 6, 2018
Cochran is also chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, meaning that his departure will add yet another name to the already long list of retiring GOP committee chairmen, including Hatch, House Judiciary Committee ... Patrick Leahy of Vermont, the top Democrat on the Appropriations panel.
vtdigger.org
March 6, 2018
Sen. Patrick Leahy's chief of staff, John Tracy, addresses F-35 protesters in December 2012. From video by Michele Palardy/Stop the F-35 ... Later in the interview, when presented with information suggesting he and his staff had pushed for the basing, the senator said he “probably” worked to get the fighterÃâà...
Utah Policy
March 5, 2018
Sen. Orrin Hatch moved into the #7 slot on the list of people who have served the longest in the U.S. Senate on Monday. Bloomberg political reporter Greg ... When Hatch retires, he will be behind Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy (who is still serving), Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy, South CarolinaÃâà...
Roll Call
March 5, 2018
Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles E. Grassley used a White House meeting last week to explain to President Donald Trump the panel's role in .... In 2013, then-Chairman Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., held three hearings and four days of markups on a bipartisan immigration bill that ultimately passed the SenateÃâà...
vtdigger.org
February 8, 2018
Patrick Leahy From left: Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, ranking member Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. File photo courtesy of U.S. Senate Photo Studio. WASHINGTON — Vermont's senior senator joined other members of the Senate Judiciary Committee in callingÃâà...
CNN
December 31, 1999
Lawmakers are watching him to see if he'll enforce Senate timing protocols that would drag the vote beyond the shutdown deadline. ... Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, when the chamber will vote, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell smiled and said, "Whenever Senator Paul decides we can.".
Sharonherald
December 31, 1999
The next step was Senate passage, which was assured. But it was possible some Republican senators critical of the bill's spending could delay its approval until after midnight Friday night. If that occurred, that would prompt the year's third federal shutdown, an event that was sure to be brief but would still embarrass a GOPÃâà...
CNN
December 31, 1999
(CNN) Early Friday morning, the Senate passed a $1.3 trillion spending package that will increase funding for the military and domestic spending and will ... Patrick Leahy asked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell when the Senate would vote -- he smiled and said in front of reporters, "whenever Sen.
NPR
December 31, 1999
A $1.3 trillion spending bill cleared the Senate early Friday, avoiding a government shutdown. Noel King talks ... Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, who voted in favor of the bill. ... And he kept the Senate in suspense all day about whether he was going to force the government to shut down, even if only briefly.
TechCrunch
December 31, 1999
While the recent Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal is the main focus for American lawmakers questioning Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg today, the company's record beyond the U.S. raises even more alarms. During the hearing, Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy brought up the company's role in theÃâà...
NBCNews.com
December 31, 1999
Sen. Patrick Leahy questions Mark Zuckerberg as he testifies before a joint Senate hearing on Capitol Hill on April 10, 2018 in Washington. Alex Wong / Getty ... He was contrite, and he neither agreed to nor objected to most of the senators' suggestions, pet bills and light condemnations. As many senatorsÃâà...
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