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2007
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December
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Leahy's 2007 photo archives.]
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27 - Release - Reaction Of Senator Patrick
Leahy, Chairman, Senate
Appropriations Subcommittee On
State Department And Foreign
Operations) To The Assassination
Of Benazir Bhutto
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26 - Comment - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy,
Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On The NFL’s Decision To Allow Local
Broadcast Of The Patriots-Giants Game On Saturday
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21 -
Release - Congress Eases Asylum Rules That Shut Out Terror
Victims And U.S. Allies Like The Hmong, The Montagnards, And
Refugees From Iraq And Afghanistan -
21 -
Release - Leahy And Specter Call For Preservation And
Production Of Recordings Of Detainee Interrogations -
21 -
Comment - Of Senator Patrick Leahy, Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee, On The President’s Signing Of S. 888, The
Genocide Accountability Act Of 2007 -
20 -
Release - Leahy: Passport Requirement At The Northern Border
Will Be Nixed Until 2009 At The Earliest
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19 -
Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee On 2007 Executive Nominations -
19 - Release - Senate Passes Legislation To Improve National
Firearms Background Check System -
19 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee, On The Introduction Of The Domestic
Partnership Benefits And Obligations Act Of 2007 -
19 - Release - Body Armor For Officers In Communities Facing
Hardship: Leahy, Clinton, Mikulski, Shelby And Landrieu Offer
Bill For Need-Based Waivers Of The Local Matching Requirement In
The Bulletproof Vest Grant Program -
19 - Release - Court Security Reforms Clear Congress -
19 - Release - Specter, Leahy Send Letter To NFL Commissioner -
19 - Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee, Hearing On The Nomination Of Mark Filip To
Be Deputy Attorney General
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available*** -
18 -
Statement - Statement Of Sen. Patrick Leahy On FY 2008
Omnibus Appropriations Bill
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18 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy, Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee, On The Passage Of S. 2135, The Child
Soldiers Accountability Act Of 2007
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18 - Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee, On The Nomination Of John Daniel Tinder To
The Seventh Circuit -
18 - Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) On The
Leahy-Stevens WHTI Provision In The Omnibus
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18 - Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) On Funding For The
Justice For All Act Programs -
18 - Statement - Remarks Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) On
Feingold-Reid-Leahy Amendment on Iraq
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18 - Release - Leahy Again Backs Iraq Exit Timeline, Will Oppose
Funding Bill Without It
***Video
Available***
18 - Release - Leahy, Hatch, Berman, And Issa Introduce
Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation To Give Fair Compensation To
Musical Artists
18 - Release - Bill To Increase Government Transparency Heading
To President’s Desk
***Video
Available***
18 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman,
Senate Judiciary Committee, On Amendment To Strike Immunity From
The FISA Amendments Act Of 2007, S.2248
18 - Release - FY’08 Omnibus Appropriations Bill Includes
Leahy-Feinstein Reforms To Restrict The Sale Or Transfer Of
Cluster Bombs
18 - Release - Senate Passes Critical Court Security Legislation
17 - Release - Leahy, Welch Lead Congressional Efforts To Pass
Compact To Help Joint Disaster Relief Efforts Along New
England-Canadian Border
17 - Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee, On Senate Consideration Of S. 2248, The FISA Amendments Act Of 2007
14 -
Letter -
Congressional Delegation Letter to NFL Commissioner Goodell
14 - Comment - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee, On The Senate’s Consideration Of
Legislation To Amend The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
14 - Release - Senate Unanimously Passes Revised OPEN Government
Bill
14 - Release - Senate OKs Farm Bill That Renews MILC Program And
Advances A Wide Range Of Other Vermont Priorities
14 - Release - Leahy’s National Guard Empowerment Reforms Clear
Congress, Giving Guard A Voice In Key Decisions On Equipment,
Missions And Manpower
14 - Release - Reaction Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.),
Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On Attorney General
Mukasey’s Response To Leahy-Specter Letter About The Department
Of Justice’s Investigation Into The Destruction Of CIA
Interrogation Tapes
13 - Release - Judiciary Committee Passes Bill To Reauthorize
Funding For National Center For Missing And Exploited Children
13 - Release - Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Contempt
Citations For Rove, Bolten In Bipartisan Vote
***Audio
and video
available***
12 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT.), Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee, Hearing Before The Subcommittee On The
Constitution, On “S. 1782, The Arbitration Fairness Act Of 2007”
12 - Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee, On Senator Gregg's Amendment About Medical
Malpractice Caps For Rural Woman And Children
11 - Comment - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee, On The U.S. Sentencing Commission’s
Retroactivity Vote On Federal Crack Cocaine Sentencing Policy
11 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The “School Safety
And Law Enforcement Improvement Act”
11 - Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee, On “The Sunshine In Litigation Act: Does
Court Secrecy Undermine Public Health And Safety?”
11 - Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee, On “The Legal Rights Of Guantanamo
Detainees”
11 - Release - Leahy And Bond Announce Key Victories For National
Guard In Defense Authorization Bill
11 - Release - Leahy Invites Vermonters To Nominate Candidates
For ‘Above & Beyond Citizen Honors’
11 - Release - Leahy, Specter Query Attorney General Mukasey On
DOJ Investigation Into Destroyed CIA Interrogation Tapes
06 - Comment - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.),
Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On News Reports Of The
CIA’s Admission That It Destroyed Videotapes Of Harsh
Interrogations
05 - Release - Leahy Sets Hearing For Deputy Attorney General
Nominee
05 - Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee On “Reauthorization Of The Juvenile Justice
And Delinquency Prevention Act: Protecting Our Children And Our
Communities” ***Audio
and video
available***
04 - Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee, On The Reintroduction Of The OPEN
Government Act
04 - Release - Leahy And Cornyn Introduce Revised OPEN Government
Act, Urge Senate And House To Swiftly Pass FOIA Improvement Bill
To Increase Government Transparency
04 - Release - Sanders, Leahy, Welch Propose $1 Billion For Home
Heating Aid
04 - Release - Leahy: White House Delays Sending Key Department
Of Justice Nominations
03 - Release - Leahy Tallies Judiciary Panel’s Legislative Output
As 1st Session Of New Congress Heads Into Home Stretch
01 - Letter
- Senator Patrick Leahy’s Legislative Health Priorities -
Vermont Medical Society Newsletter
November
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Leahy's 2007 photo archives.]
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30 -
Release - Judiciary Chairman Leahy Hits Administrative
Errors That Are Producing Mounting Naturalization Application
Backlogs, Which Threaten To Disenfranchise Many For The 2008
Elections
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30 -
Release - Leahy Presses Citizenship And Immigration Director
On Fair Wages For Vermont Service Center Employees -
30 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy On The Protests By
Pakistan’s Lawyers Against The Undermining Of The Rule Of Law -
29 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) On The Death Of
Former Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.)
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29 -
Release - Leahy Takes Next Step On White House Subpoenas,
Directing Compliance By Current And Former White House Officials -
26 - Fact
Sheet - At-A-Glance Facts About Vermont’s U.S. Capitol
Christmas Tree -
26 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt., Chairman, Senate
Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee On State Department And
Foreign Operations) On The Opening Dinner Monday Night For The
Annapolis Talks On Mideast Peace -
19 -
Release - Sen. Leahy Announces 100 More Jobs On The Way To
Bennington Plant
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16 -
Release - Senate Passes Leahy-Led Anti-Cyber Crime Bill -
15 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee, On Judicial And Executive Nominations
Executive Business Meeting -
15 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) On The Judiciary
Committee’s Action On Legislation To Amend The Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act -
15 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman,
Senate Judiciary Committee, On President Bush’s Intention To
Make Nominations For Vacant Positions In The Department Of
Justice -
15 -
Statement - Opening Statement Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.),
Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, Executive Business Meeting
***Audio
available.***
14 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee On Human Rights And The Law,
Hearing On “No Safe Haven: Accountability For Human Rights
Violators In The United States”
13 -
Remarks - Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) At The
Lake Champlain Regional Chamber Of Commerce Lifetime Achievement
Award
13 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee, On Judicial Nominations
13 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman,
Committee On The Judiciary, On Delay In Senate Passage Of The
Identity Theft Enforcement And Restitution Act Of 2007
13 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee Hearing on “Exploring The Scope Of Public
Performance Rights”
09 -
Release - Leahy, Sanders And Welch Slam Bush Administration
For Targeting MILC Program In White House’s New Veto Threat To
The Farm Bill
08 -
Statement - Congressional Record Statement Senator Patrick
Leahy On The Nomination Of Michael B. Mukasey To Be The Attorney
General Of The United States
***Audio
available***
08 -
Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy, Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee, On The Nomination Of Michael B. Mukasey To
Be Attorney General Of The United States
08 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy, Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee, Executive Business Meeting
***Audio
available***
08 -
Release - Judiciary Committee Chairman Urges Passage Of
Reporters’ Shield Law
08 -
Release - Congress Overrides President’s Veto Of Water
Resources Bill
08 -
Release - Leahy Renews Request For White House Legal
Documents On Torture
07 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee Hearing On “Examining U.S. Government
Enforcement Of Intellectual Property Rights”
***Audio
and video
available.***
07 -
Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On Introduction Of The
Intellectual Property Enforcement Bill Of 2007
07 -
Release - Leahy, Cornyn Introduce Bill To Step Up
Enforcement Of Laws That Protect America’s Intellectual Property
07 -
Release - Leahy Presses Secretary Rice On Defending
Americans Abroad From Waterboarding
06 -
Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Implementation
Delays For The REAL ID Act
06 -
Release - Senators Urge EPA To Approve Northeast Mercury
Plan And Enhance National Mercury Pollution Standards
06 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee, On The Nomination Of Michael B. Mukasey To
Be Attorney General Of The United States
***Audio
and video
available.***
05 -
Comments - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On Developments In
Pakistan
05 -
Release - Retired Generals Agree That Waterboarding Is
Torture And Is Illegal
02 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee, On The Nomination Of Michael B. Mukasey To
Be Attorney General Of The United States
***Audio
available.***
02 -
Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy On Sri Lanka
01 -
Release - Judiciary Committee Passes Leahy-Specter
Anti-Cyber Crime Legislation
01 -
Release - Judiciary Committee
Passes Leahy Bill To Combat Public Corruption
01 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee, On The Nomination Of Julie L. Myers
Executive Business Meeting November 1, 2007
01 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee, On Judicial And Executive Nominations
Executive Business Meeting
01 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, Executive
Business Meeting
***Audio
and video
available.***
October
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31 -
Release - Leahy, Feinstein
Press Justice Department On U.S. Attorney Vacancies October 31,
2007
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31 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.), Chariman, Senate Judiciary Committee, Hearing On
"FISA Amendments: How To Protect America's Security And Privacy
And Preserve The Rule Of Law And Government Accountability"
October 31, 2007
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31 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, In
Scheduling Judiciary Committee Consideration Of The Nomination
Of Michael Mukasey October 31, 2007
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31 -
Release - Mukasey Sends
Answers To Judiciary Committee
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30 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On Receipt
Of Response To Letter On Waterboarding From Attorney General
Nominee Michael Mukasey
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30 -
Release - Leahy To White
House: Declassify Torture Document
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30 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.) On Immunity Granted To Blackwater USA Bodyguards
In State Department’s Investigation Of Deadly Shooting Incident
In Iraq
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27 -
Release - Reaction Of Sen.
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, To
The President’s Comments About The Senate’s Consideration Of The Mukasey Nomination
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26 -
Release -
Judiciary Committee Releases
Questions To Mukasey
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26 -
Release - Leahy Presses White
House For Torture Documents
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25 -
Release - Leahy, Snowe Urge
EPA To Approve Northeast Mercury Plan And Enhance National
Mercury Pollution Standards
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25 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee On Committee
Consideration Of The Public Corruption Prosecution Improvements
Act of 2007
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25 -
Release - Key Panel OKs Farm
Bill That Renews MILC Program And Features Wide Range Of Other
Vermont Priorities Championed By Leahy
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25 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy On Senate Farm Bill’s Extension Of And Improvements In The
MILC Program
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24 -
Release - Leahy Calls
On Senate To Consider Media Shield Legislation
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24 -
Release - Vermont Highlights
in Senate's 2007 Farm Bill, Senate Agriculture Committee Markup
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22 -
Letter -
Leahy And Specter Send Letter To White House Again
Requesting Access To Warrantless Surveillance Documents In
Advance Of Judiciary Panel’s Consideration Of FISA Bill
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22 -
Statement -
Of Sen. Patrick Leahy On The
Passing Of The Honorable James L. Oakes
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19 -
Release - Senate Approves
Leahy-Hatch Amendment Restoring $15 M. To Boys And Girls Clubs
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18 -
Closing Remarks - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee, At The
Conclusion Of Attorney General
Nominee Michael Mukasey’s
Testimony
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17 -
Release - Senate
Votes To Extend ‘Returning
Worker Exemption’
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17 - Opening Statement
- Of Chairman
Patrick Leahy
Hearing On The Nomination Of
Michael B. Mukasey To Be
Attorney General Of The United
States Senate Judiciary
Committee
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16 - Blog Post -
Judge Mukasey's Confirmation
Hearings Are The First Step In The Process Of Restoring Trust In
The Department Of Justice
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16 - Release -
Leahy And Specter
Introduce Bill To Add And
Toughen Penalties For Identity
Theft And Fraud
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16 - Release -
Leahy, Specter Announce Joint
Witnesses For Confirmation
Hearing On The Nomination Of
Judge Michael Mukasey To Be
Attorney General Of The United
States
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15 - Comment - Of
Sen. Patrick Leahy On The Passing Of Judge James Oakes
October 15, 2007
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15 - Release -
Mukasey Updates Questionnaire
Monday With Letter To Judiciary
Committee Chairman Leahy,
October 15, 2007
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12 - Comment - Of Senator Patrick Leahy
On The Announced Retirement Of
Vermont Commissioner of Public
Safety Kerry Sleeper
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10 - Statement - of Senator Patrick Leahy,
Chairman, Senate Committee on the Judiciary Field Hearing in Newport,
Vermont
“Economic and Community Implications of Northern Border Security”
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10 -
Release -
Leahy Announces Hearing Schedule
For Attorney General
Confirmation Proceedings
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05 - Release -
Senate Judiciary Committee To Hold Field Hearing In Vermont
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05 -
Statement - of Senator Patrick
Leahy: The Crisis In Burma
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05 -
Release -
Senate Passes Leahy-Cornyn-Kohl-Whitehouse
Bill To Protect Vessel Hull
Designers
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04 - Statement - Of Senator Patrick Leahy,
Chairman, Senate Committee On The Judiciary
Hearing On “Justice Denied? Oversight On Implementation
Of The Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act”
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04 -
Release -
Leahy To Begin Consultation With
Committee Members To Set Hearing
Date For Attorney General
Nominee
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04 -
Release - Committee Passes Press
Shield Law Leahy Forges
Bipartisan Consensus, Sending
Bill To Senate Floor
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04 -
Release -
Vermont Family Honored For Their
Dedication To Children
“Angels In Adoption” Program
Recognizes West Topsham Family"
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03 -
Letter -
Senator Leahy’s letter to
Secretary Rice, asking that FBI
team investigating Blackwater in
Baghdad be protected by State
Dept. security, instead of by
Blackwater guards.
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03 -
Release - Vt. Delegation’s
Reaction To President Bush’s
Veto Of SCHIP
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03 - Release - Leahy Sends Letter To Mukasey,
Outlining Key Questions And Concerns To Be Addressed In Confirmation
Hearings
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02 -
Release - Senate Passes Leahy-Led Compact To
Facilitate Disaster Relief Efforts Along New England-Canadian Border
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02 -
Comment - Of Senator Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Chairman, Senate Judiciary
Committee, On Receipt Of Questionnaire From Attorney General Nominee Michael Mukasey
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02 - Statement - Of
Sen. Patrick Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee,
Hearing On "Preserving The Rule Of Law In The Fight Against
Terrorism"
September
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28 -
Release - Leahy: DHS To Add 300 Jobs In Vermont
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27 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy On Courage And Brutality
In Burma
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27 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), On The Children's
Health Insurance Program
***Audio
and video
available.***
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27 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee, On Senate Amendment #3035, The Local Law
Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act Of 2007
***Audio
and video
available.***
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27 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy On U.S. Attorney
Nominations
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27 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee, On The Consideration Of S. 980, The Online
Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act Of 2007
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27 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy On S.J. Res 13, The
International Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum Of
Understanding
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27 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee, Executive Business Meeting
***Audio
and video
available.***
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26 -
Release - Vermont Delegation Announces Heating
Assistance; Record High Heating Prices Predicted This Winter
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26 -
Letter - Leahy Seeks Information On Justice
Department's Efforts To Ease Strain On Jena Community
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26 -
Remarks - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy On The Rise In Violent
Crime, News Conference, U.S. Capitol Grounds
***Audio
and video
available.***
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25 -
Release - Showdown Looms As Congress Nears Final Vote
On Major Expansion Of Health Insurance For Kids
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25 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee, Hearing On "Strengthening FISA: Does The
Protect America Act Protect Americans' Civil Liberties And
Enhance Security?"
***Audio
and video
available.***
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21 -
Release - Senate Adds National Guard Empowerment
Features To Defense Bill; Guard Also Wins As 'Insurrection Act
Rider' Is Headed For Repeal
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21 -
Letter - From The Vermont Delegation To Entergy About
Operational Concerns At Vermont Yankee
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20 -
Release - Leahy And Sanders Again Join In Offering
Amendment To Require Redeployment Of U.S. Troops Out Of Iraq
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20 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), On The Feingold
Amendment To Redeploy Troops From Iraq
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20 -
Release - Leahy:
$450,000 Grant To Vermont DMV Will Speed And Strengthen Used Car
Consumer Protection With New Links To National Vehicle Title
Network
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20 -
Release - Congressional
Delegation Blasts President Bush's Veto Threat Of SCHIP
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20 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, Executive
Business Meeting
***Audio
and video
available.***
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20 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.) On The Nomination Of Jennifer Walker Elrod to The
Fifth Circuit
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19 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.), "The 'Material Support' Bar: Denying Refuge To
The Persecuted?" Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee
On Human Rights And The Law
***Audio
and video
available.***
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19 -
Comments - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On
Republican Filibuster Of Amendment To Restore Habeas Corpus
Protections
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19 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.) On Amendment 2022, The Habeas Corpus Restoration
Act Of 2007, To H.R. 1585
***Audio
and video
available.***
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18 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, Senate Floor, On Nepal's Future
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18 -
Remarks - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee After Meeting With Prospective Attorney
General Nominee Judge Michael Mukasey
***Audio
and video
available.***
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18 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.) On "Examining Approaches To Corporate Fraud
Prosecutions And The Attorney-Client Privilege Under The McNulty
Memorandum
***Audio
and video
available.***
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17 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On The
Nomination Of Judge Michael Mukasey To Be Attorney General Of
The United States, Senate Floor
***Audio
and video
available.***
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17 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.), On The Introduction Of Amendment 2022, The Habeas
Corpus Restoration Act Of 2007, To H.R. 1585, The National
Defense Authorization Act
***Audio
and video
available.***
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17 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On
Consideration Of The District Of Columbia House Voting Rights
Act Of 2007
***Audio
and video
available.***
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17 -
Release - Leahy,
Feingold Introduce Bill To Reform No Child Left Behind
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17 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy
(D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On White House
Selection Of Michael Mukasey To Be Attorney General Nominee
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14 -
Release - Leahy
Announces $1.5 Million For Vermont Girls And Boys Clubs
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13 -
Reaction -
Congressional Delegation Responds To President Bush's 'Stay The
Course' Strategy In Iraq
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13 -
Release - Rutland Air
Service Maintained As USDOT Grants Cape Air Two-Year Contract
Under The Federal Essential Air Service Program
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12 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.), Hearing On "Regulatory Preemption: Are Federal
Agencies Usurping Congressional And State Authority?"
***Audio
and video
available.***
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12 -
Release - Senate
Approves Sanders-Leahy Housing Funds For Vermont
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12 -
Release - Leahy,
Grassley, Durbin, Specter Sponsor Bipartisan Bill To Protect
Taxpayers Against Fraud
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11 -
Release - Leahy:
Vermont Groups Garner $1.55 M. To Combat Domestic Violence
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11 -
Release - U.S. Senate
Adds $1 Billion To Repair Deficient Bridges
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10 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.) On The Testimony Of General Petraeus And
Ambassador Crocker On The Continued Deployment Of U.S. Troops In
Iraq
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10 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.), Preserving Strong Relations With Our
International Neighbors
***Audio
and video
available.***
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10 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On Judicial
Nominations
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07 -
Guest Column And Blog Entry -
By Senator Leahy: A Checklist For Choosing The Next Attorney
General
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07 -
Reaction -
Leahy Reaction To Schlozman's
Answers; Political Leanings Raised In DOJ Hiring Process
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07 -
News
Brief - Leahy: Help On The Way For Processing Passports
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07 -
Release - Leahy Wins Senate Approval To Ease Asylum Rules
That Shut Out Terror Victims And U.S. Allies Like The Hmong, The
Montagnards, And Refugees From Iraq And Afghanistan
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07 -
Release - Senate-Passed
FY2008 State-Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill Includes
Leahy-Feinstein Reforms To Restrict The Sale Or Transfer Of
Cluster Bombs
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06 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, On The Fiscal Year 2008 State And
Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill
***Audio
and video
available.***
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06 -
Release - Judiciary Panel
Passes Bill To Protect Voters Against Deceptive Campaign
Practices
***Audio
and video
available.***
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05 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, Hearing On "The
50th Anniversary Of The Civil Rights Act Of 1957 And Its
Continuing Importance"
***Audio
and video
available.***
August
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31 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy
On Sen. John Warner's Announcement Of His Retirement From The
Senate At The End Of His Current Term
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30 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy
(D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On DOJ Inspector
General Glenn Fine's Letter Reporting That His Inquiry Will
Examine Attorney General Gonzales' Testimony
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29 -
Letter - Leahy Invites
Consultation With President In Filling Attorney General Vacancy
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29 -
Release - Leahy:
Vermont Nets $100,000 Grant To Help Alleviate DNA Backlog
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29 -
Letter - Vermont
Delegation Asks Bush Administration To Revisit Decision That
Prevents Full Implementation Of Catamount Health Care Program
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27 -
Comment - Of Senator Patrick Leahy
(D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee,
On Reports Of The Resignation Of
Attorney General Alberto
Gonzales
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23 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On The Resignation
Of Assistant Attorney General Wan Kim, Head Of The Justice
Department’s Civil Rights Division
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23 -
Letter -
In Letter, Leahy
Instructs Mr. Bradley J. Schlozman
To Deliver Delinquent
Responses To Inquiries About
Sworn Testimony On The
Politicization Of The Department
Of Justice
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23 -
Letter - Congressional
Delegation Requests Thorough Investigation Into Vermont Yankee
Cooling Tower Collapse
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22 -
Release - Two Southern
Vermont Community Partnerships Win Grants To Counter Drug And
Substance Abuse
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20 -
Statement - Of
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary
Committee, On The Bush Administration's Failure To Comply With
Subpoenas For Warrantless Wiretapping Documents
***Audio
and video
available.***
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17 -
Comment - From An Aide To
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary
Committee, To The White House's Request For An Extension On The
Return Of Subpoenas For Wiretapping Documents
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16 -
Letter -
Leahy Asks Justice Department's Inspector General To
Investigate Conflicting Testimony By Attorney General
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14 -
Letter -
Leahy Urges White House Work With Congress To Accommodate
For Testimony, Documents About U.S. Attorney Firings And
Politicization Of The Department Of Justice
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13 -
Release -
Leahy, Feingold Call For Changes To No Child Left Behind
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13 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On The
Resignation Of White House Deputy Chief Of Staff Karl Rove
-
08 -
Letter -
Leahy Sets New Deadline For Administration Wiretapping
Documents
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06 -
Release -
Bipartisan Leahy-Cornyn Bill Passes Senate, On Course To
Increase Government Transparency
-
03 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On The
Court Security Improvement Act Of 2007
-
03 -
Statement - Of Sen.
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Changes To The Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act
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03 -
Statement - Of Sen.
Patrick Leahy, Assistance For Ethiopia
-
03 -
Statement - Of Sen.
Patrick Leahy On Passage Of The OPEN Government Act
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03 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.) On The Attorney General's Letter Regarding July
24, 2007 Testimony Before The Senate Judiciary Committee
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03 -
Release -
Leahy And Specter Question Management Of Fund Chartered By
Congress To Aid Ground Zero's Ailing Rescue And Cleanup Workers;
Judiciary Panel's Leaders May Summon Fund's Executives To
Testify In September
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03 -
Release -
Leahy: Breakthrough On FOIA Reform
Bill
***Audio
and video
available.***
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02 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy On The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization
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02 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On The
Nomination Of Leslie Southwick To The Fifth Circuit
***Audio
and video
available.***
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02 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.) On The School Safety And Law Enforcement
Improvement Act
***Audio
and video
available.***
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02 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.) On The Recidivism Reduction And Second Chance Act
Of 2007
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02 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, Hearing On
"Preserving Prosecutorial Independence: Is The Department
Of Justice Politicizing The Hiring And Firing Of U.S. Attorneys?
- Part VII"
***Audio
and video
available.***
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01 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee On White
House Letter Regarding Testimony Of Karl Rove And J. Scott
Jennings
-
01 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On The
Attorney General's Letter Regarding July 24, 2007 Testimony
Before The Senate Judiciary Committee
-
01 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On FISA Fix
Proposal
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01 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On The Nomination
Of Leslie Southwick To The Fifth Circuit
***Audio
and video
available.***
July
[Click here to visit Senator Leahy's
2007 photo archives.]
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31 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, Hearing On "Evaluating The Property And Adequacy Of The
OxyContin Criminal Settlement"
***Audio
and video
available.***
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27 -
Release - Leahy Pushes
For Passage Of Bipartisan Bill; Republicans Block Latest Attempt
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26 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy In Opposition To The Alexander-Collins REAL ID Funding
Amendment
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26 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy On Landmines In Colombia
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26 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy On Internally Displaced Persons In Colombia
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26 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, On The International Commission Against Impunity In
Guatemala
-
26 -
Release - Judiciary
Chairman Leahy Issues Subpoenas To White House Officials Rove
And Jennings In U.S. Attorney Probe
***Audio
and video
available.***
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26 -
Letter - Leahy Sends
Letter To Attorney General Asking For Corrections Or Additions
To Testimony Before Senate Judiciary Committee, Gives August 3
Deadline
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25 -
Release - Leahy: Vermont
Center For Crime Victim Services Gains $757,565 Grant From U.S.
Department Of Justice
-
24 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, Hearing On
Oversight Of The Department Of Justice
***Audio
and video
available.***
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20 -
Letter - Vermont
Congressional Delegation Asks President To Declare Emergency
After Summer Storms
-
20 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On The
Washington Post's Report That White House Will Bar Justice
Department From Pursuing Any Contempt Charges Arising From
Executive Privilege Claims
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20 -
Release - Leahy
Announces $1.13 M. For Vermont Drug Task Force, Community
Anti-Drug Crime Programs
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19 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, Hearing On Judicial
Nominations
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19 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, The Higher Education Access Act Of 2007
-
19 -
Release - Senate
Judiciary Panel Passes Bipartisan Patent Reform Bill
-
19 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy On The Introduction of The "Protect Our Children First Act
Of 2007"
-
18 -
Release - Leahy,
Kennedy Push To Protect The Privacy Of Patients
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18 -
Release - Leahy
First-Responder Grant Formula Nets Vermont $6.68 M. In New
Homeland Security Funds
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18 -
Release - Leahy Sends
Attorney General Questions In Advance Of Judiciary Panel's
Oversight Hearing
-
18 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, On Redeployment Of U.S. Forces From Iraq
***Audio
and video
available.***
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17 -
Release - Leahy Grants
Administration Request For Extension, Urges White House To Use
Time To Gather Information To Turn Over
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17 -
Reaction - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.) To The Resignation Of Veterans Affairs Secretary
Jim Nicholson
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16 -
Release - Leahy
Announces Addition Of Six New Low Emission Buses To CCTA Fleet
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12 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy On Guatemala
-
12 -
Remarks - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy
(D-Vt.), Families Of The "Vermont Fallen" Go To Washington
***Audio
and video
available.***
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11 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.), On The Passing Of Lady Bird Johnson
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11 -
Release - Leahy Pushes
Administration To End Its Foot-Dragging In Processing 'Hometown
Heroes' Survivor Benefits For First-Responder Families
-
11 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, Hearing On
"Preserving Prosecutorial Independence: Is The Department Of
Justice Politicizing The Hiring And Firing Of U.S. Attorneys? -
Part VI"
***Audio
and video
available.***
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10 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On DOJ's
Data Mining Report
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10 -
Release - Leading
Judiciary Senators Plan Bipartisan Amendment To Restore Habeas
Protections To DoD Authorization Bill
***Audio
and video
available.***
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10 -
Comment - Leahy
Reaction To Springfield, Vt., Being Chosen For Premier Of The
Simpsons Movie
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10 -
Comment
- Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary
Committee, On Attorney General Misleading Senate Concerning
Abuses Of NSLs
-
09 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy On Judicial Nominations
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09 -
Remarks - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On The U.S.
Attorney Investigation
***Audio
and video
available.***
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09 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy
(D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On The White
House Letter Regarding Executive Privilege Claim
-
07 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy
(D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On Testimony Of
Ms. Sara Taylor, Former Director Of White House Office Of
Political Affairs
-
06 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy
(D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On Sixth Circuit
Court Of Appeals Ruling In ACLU vs. NSA
-
05 -
Release - Leahy Tours
Williston's Microstrain Inc., Announces $3.7 M. In Contracts For
Innovative Systems To Improve Aircraft Safety And Maintenance
-
02 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy
(D-Vt., Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee), On The
President's Commutation Of The Sentence Of Lewis (Scooter) Libby
June
[Click here to visit Senator Leahy's
2007 photo archives.]
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29 -
Release - FY2008
State-Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill Includes
Leahy-Feinstein Legislation To Restrict The Sale Or Transfer Of
Cluster Bombs
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29 -
Release - Judiciary
Chairmen Leahy, Conyers Seek Basis For President's Executive
Privilege Claim As They Take Next Steps To Enforce Congressional
Subpoenas
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28 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On Judicial
Nominations
-
28 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, On The Senate's Failure To Proceed With The Debate On The
Immigration Reform Bill
-
28 -
Release - Senate
Appropriations Committee Passes Fiscal Year 2008 State And
Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill
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28 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On The
Supreme Court Decisions On School Integration
-
28 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy
(D-Vt.), Chairman Senate Judiciary Committee, On White House
Claim Of Executive Privilege
***Audio and
video
available.***
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27 -
Release - As FOIA
Anniversary And July 4th Near, Leahy Presses For Passage Of The
Leahy-Cornyn OPEN Government Act To Strengthen Nation's Foremost
Right-To-Know Law
-
27 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.), In Support Of the Baucus-Tester-Collins-Leahy
Amendment To The Immigration Bill, Concerning REAL ID
-
27 -
Release - Senate
Judiciary Committee Issues Subpoenas For Legal Basis Of Bush
Administration's Domestic Surveillance Program
-
27 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.), Subcommittee Hearing On "Oversight Of The Federal
Death Penalty"
***Audio available.***
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26 -
Remarks - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy
(D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, "Day Of Action To
Restore Law And Justice"
-
22 -
Reaction - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, To The
White House's Withdrawal Of The Nomination Of William W. Mercer
To Be Associate Attorney General
-
22 -
Release - Leahy
Announces $1.2 M. Grant For Help To Vermont's Crime Victims
-
21 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, Tribute To Suphada Rom
-
21 -
Release - Senate
Judiciary Committee Authorizes Chairman Leahy To Issue Subpoenas
Related To Administration's Domestic Surveillance Program
***Audio and
video
available.***
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20 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy, Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee, Judicial Confirmation Hearing
-
20 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Subcommittee On State And
Foreign Operations Of The Appropriations Committee, After His
Meeting With UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
-
20 -
Comments - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.) On DHS Announcement Of Draft Plan For New WHTI
Border-Crossing Requirements
-
20 -
Release - Senate Panel
Holds Hearing On Rising Violent Crime In Aftermath Of Hurricane
Katrina
***Audio and
video
available.***
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18 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy On The Bush Administration's Announcement Of The Lifting
Of Financial Restrictions On The Palestinian Government And Of
Support For Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
-
18 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy
On The House Committee On Oversight And Government Reform Report
On RNC E-Mails
-
14 -
Release - Key Panel OKs
Leahy-Stevens Amendment To Mandate Delay Of Border-Crossing Card
-
14 -
Release - IG/OPR Confirm
Internal DOJ Probe Includes Goodling Meeting With Attorney
General
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13 -
Statement -
Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Chairman, Senate Judiciary
Committee, On The Issuing Of Subpoenas In The Investigation Of
The Firing Of U.S. Attorneys
***Audio and
video
available.***
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13 -
Release - Judiciary
Chairmen Leahy, Conyers Issue Subpoenas For White House
Officials, Documents
-
12 -
Comment - Comment Of
Sen. Patrick Leahy On New Documents From Department Of Justice
Showing Deep White House Involvement In Firing And Replacement
Of U.S. Attorneys
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12 -
Release - Department Of
Justice Official Schlozman Reverses Testimony Before Judiciary
Panel, Corrects Role In Voter Fraud Case
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11 -
Letter - Leahy And
Stevens Urge State And DHS To Take More Time To Work Out Kinks
In WHTI Border-Crossing Plans
-
11 -
Release - Vermont And
New Hampshire Senators Introduce Bill To Advance Conservation
Along The Upper Connecticut River
-
08 -
Comments - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt., Chairman, Subcommittee On State And Foreign
Operations) On His Meeting Thursday With Colombian President
Alvaro Uribe
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08 -
Release - Leahy:
Passport Delays A Preview Of Even Worse To Come If Bush
Administration Continues To Ignore Problems With WHTI
Border-Crossing Plans
-
08 -
Reaction - To Department Of
Justice Refusal To Provide Answers On NSA Program
-
07 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy On REAL ID Provisions In The Immigration Bill
-
07 -
Statement - Judiciary Panel
Clears Bill Restoring Habeas Safeguards For Millions Of U.S.
Permanent Residents
***Audio and
video
available.***
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07 -
Release - Bipartisan
Coalition Of Senators And Representatives Asks President To
'Unlock' Hometown Heroes Benefits
-
06 -
Response -
From James Comey To Questions Submitted To The Record In
Senate Judiciary Committee Investigation Into The Hiring And
Firing Practices At The Department Of Justice
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06 -
Letter - Leahy, Specter
Inquire About Former DOJ Official's Account Of 'Uncomfortable'
Conversation With Attorney General
-
06 -
Release - National
Guard Chief Warns Of Record-Wide Equipment Gap Caused By
Deployments To The Middle East
-
06 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, Hearing On "Patent
Reform: The Future Of American Innovation"
***Audio and
video
available.***
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05 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy, Recognizing The National
Freedom Of Coffee Growers Of Colombia
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05 -
Release
- Justice Sends Leahy, Committee Supplemental Documentation
Revealing Secret Order For Hiring And Firing Procedures Within
Department
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05 -
Release - Panel Hears
From Department Of Justice Official Schlozman, Fired U.S.
Attorney Graves
***Audio and
video
available.***
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05 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, "Examining The Federal Role To Work With Communities To
Prevent And Respond To Gang Violence: The Gang Abatement And
Prevention Act Of 2007"
-
05 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy On The Dismissal Of Charges Against Guantanamo Detainees
And The Need For Restoration Of Habeas Corpus Protections
-
05 -
Release -
Congressional Delegation Lauds Vermont's Energy
Efficiency Programs Earning State Top Ranking In National Report
May
[Click here to visit Senator Leahy's
2007 photo archives.]
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30 -
Comment - Leahy Reaction
To Department Of Justice's IG/OPR Expanding Internal Probe Of
U.S. Attorneys To Include Politicization Of Hiring Practices
Within Department
-
25 -
Release - Leahy And
Welch Will Have First-Hand Look At Regional Conflicts In The
Middle East
-
25 -
Letter - Leahy, Specter
Ask Rove Lawyers To Voluntarily Provide "Lost" E-Mails Related
To Panel's Probe
-
24 -
Statement - Leahy To
Vote No On Iraq Spending Plan
-
24 -
Release - Vermont Dairy
Farmers Win Key Proviso For Extending And Expanding MILC Program
-
24 -
Release - Leahy Presses
For Passage Of FOIA reforms, Urges Secret Hold On Bill Be Lifted
-
23 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy On Senate Amendment 1165, Concerning Dairy Workers And
Comprehensive Immigration Reform
-
23 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, D-Vt., Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On Testimony
Of Former DOJ White House Liaison Monica Goodling Before The
House Judiciary Committee
-
23 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, Hearing On "Rising Crime In The United States: Examining
The Federal Role In Helping Communities Prevent And Respond To
Violent Crime
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22 -
Letter - Leahy, Specter
Press For Answers On Administration's Domestic Spying Program
-
22 -
Statement - Senate Panel
Holds Hearing On Restoring Habeas Corpus Rights
***Audio
and video
available.***
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21 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, On The Motion To
Proceed
***Audio and
video
available.***
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17 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On H.R. 1700, The
COPS Improvements Act Of 2007
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17 -
Release - Panel OKs Bill
To Allow Qualified Retired Law Enforcement Officers To Answer
Call Of Duty
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16 -
Release - Department Of
Justice Response To Senate Judiciary Committee Subpoena On U.S.
Attorney Probe
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16 -
Letter - Leahy Seeks
Answers For NASA's Elimination Of "To Understand And Protect Our
Home Planet" From NASA's Mission Statement
-
16 -
Letter - Leahy Presses
White House To Cooperate With Panel's Probe Into U.S. Attorney
Firings
-
16 -
Release - Leahy
E-Business Seminar To Feature IBM Global VP And Google Business
Solutions Expert
-
16 -
Release - Leahy And
Sanders Again Vote To Withdraw U.S. Troops From Iraq
-
16 -
Release - Leahy,
Specter Issue Bipartisan Demand For Justice Department Documents
-
16 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, Hearing On "Rogue Online Pharmacies: The Growing Problem
Of Internet Drug Trafficking"
***Audio
and video
available.***
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15 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, Hearing On Politicization Of The Hiring, Firing, And
Decision-Making Of U.S. Attorneys, Part IV
***Audio
and video
available.***
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15 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On The Revised U.S.
Sentencing Commission Guidelines On Federal Crack Cocaine
Sentencing Policy
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15 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy On National Peace Officers Memorial Day
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14 -
Comment - Of Sen.
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On
The Resignation Of Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty
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10 -
Release - Vermont's
Interstates Pose For Cutting-Edge Aerial Photos In Latest
'ConnectVermont' Initiative That Will Aid Highway Safety And
Convenience And Chart The Way For The 'Digital Superhighway' Of
The Future
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10 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, Chairman, State, Foreign Operations, And Related Programs
Subcommittee, Hearing On FY08 State, Foreign Operations Budget
Request
***Audio
and video
available.***
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09 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, Co-Chair, Senate National Guard Caucus, On National Guard
Equipment Stocks
***Audio
and video
available.***
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09 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On The Confirmation
Of Debra Ann Livingston
***Audio
and video
available.***
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08 -
Release - Leahy, Nadler
Introduce Immigration Equality Bill
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08 -
Release - Vermont Civil
Liberties Leader Warns Leahy Panel Of Drawbacks Of REAL ID Act
On States, Citizens
***Audio
and video
available.***
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07 -
Comment - Leahy: Guard
Equipment Shortfall Hampers Kansas Tornado Response
-
07 -
Letter - Leahy, Specter
Seek Cooperation From DOJ Official, Former Interim US Attorney
In Judiciary Panel's DOJ/US Attorney Probe
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07 -
Release - Leahy,
Feingold Urge S.E.C. To Ensure Arbitration Is Voluntary
-
03 -
Release - Senate
Judiciary Panel Passes Leahy-Specter Data Privacy And Security
Bill
-
03 -
Letter -
Department Of Justice
Response to Leahy-Whitehouse Letter Requesting Results Of U.S.
Attorney Investigation Be Made Public
-
03 -
Letter - Leahy,
Whitehouse Seek Data On Potential Partisan Bias In Public
Corruption Cases
-
02 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Subcommittee On State And
Foreign Operations, On President Uribe's Visit And On Funding
For Plan Colombia
-
02 -
Letter - Bipartisan
Bloc Of Judiciary Senators Seeks Secret DOJ Memo Delegating
Broad Hiring And Firing Authority To Aides
-
02 -
Release - Chairman Leahy
Issues Subpoena For 'Lost' Karl Rove E-Mails
-
01 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, Hearing On "Process
Patents"
***Audio
and video
available.***
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01 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, Senate Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry,
Hearing On "Conservation Policy Recommendations For The Farm
Bill" ***Audio
and video
available.***
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01 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy
On President Bush's Veto Of Bill That Includes Timetable For
Withdrawal Of U.S. Troops From Iraq
-
01 -
Letter - Department Of Justice Response To Leahy-Specter
Request For Supplemental Testimony From Attorney General Alberto
Gonzales
April
[Click here to visit Senator
Leahy's 2007 photo archives.]
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30 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, D-Vt., Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On Reports
Of A Confidential Memo Granting Sweeping Hiring/Firing Authority
To DOJ Political Officials
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30 -
Letter - Leahy,
Whitehouse Seek Transparency In U.S. Attorneys Probe
-
26 -
Release - Vermont
Congressional Delegation Hits President's Threatened Veto Of
Iraq Withdrawal Timetable
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26 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, Hearing On The Federal Bureau Of Investigation Fiscal
Year 2008 Budget
***Audio and
video
available.***
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26 -
Statement - Leahy Urges
Restoration Of Habeas Corpus Rights
***Audio and
video
available.***
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25 -
Letter - Vermont Disaster
Declaration Request: Vermont Delegation's Letter To President
Bush
-
25 -
Release - Senate
Judiciary Committee Passes Bipartisan Bill To Curb Oil Cartel's
Anti-Competitive Practices
-
25 -
Release - Senate
Judiciary Committee Okays Leahy Bill To Combat War Profiteering
***Audio and
video
available.***
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25 -
Letter - Leahy, Specter
Ask Attorney General To Clarify Testimony On U.S. Attorney
Dismissals
-
25 -
Release - Leahy Hails
Pentagon's Decision To Pull The Plug On The Controversial
"Talon" Database Program
-
24 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, Hearing On "'The
Insurrection Act Rider' And Control Of The National Guard"
***Audio and
video
available.***
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24 -
Release - Vermont
Delegation Wins Another Key Victory In The Effort To Extend And
Expand MILC Program
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20 -
Statement - Of The Vermont
Delegation On The Impeachment Resolution Passed By The Vermont
Legislature
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19 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, Hearing On
"Department Of Justice Oversight," Witness: Attorney General
Gonzales
***Audio and
video
available.***
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18 -
Release -
Leahy, Hatch, Berman And Smith Introduce Bicameral, Bipartisan
Patent Reform Legislation
-
18 -
Opening Statement - Of Sen.
Patrick Leahy, Chairman, State, Foreign Operations Subcommittee
Hearing, FY08 Budget Request For Maternal And Child Health, And
Family Planning/Reproductive Health
-
16 -
Joint Statement - Of Judiciary
Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) And Ranking Member
Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) On Postponement Of Tuesday's Judiciary
Committee DOJ Oversight Hearing Until Thursday
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13 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy
On The Passing Of Liz Daley Jeffords
-
12 -
Letter - Leahy, Specter
See Swift Investigation Of 'Lost' White House E-Mails
-
12 -
Letter
- White House Response To Leahy-Conyers Letter Pushing For
Cooperation In U.S. Attorney Firings Probe
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12 -
Release - Senate
Judiciary Panel Clears Oversight Bill On Government Data Mining
-
12 -
Release - Senate
Judiciary Committee Okays Bipartisan Leahy-Cornyn Bill To
Strengthen FOIA
-
12 -
Release - Leahy:
Vermont Department Of Corrections Awarded $400,000 Grant To
Improve Crime Victim Notifications
-
12 -
Release - Senate
Judiciary Committee Authorizes Chairman Leahy To Issue Subpoenas
As Part Of Panel's Ongoing Investigation Into Mass Firings Of
Prosecutors
***Audio and
video
available.***
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12 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, Chairman, Judiciary Committee, 100 Days: Senate
Accomplishments So Far In The 110th Congress, Senate Floor
***Audio and
video
available.***
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11 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy On The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act
-
11 -
Letter -
Leahy, Specter Seek Cooperation From White House Official In
Judiciary Panel's Department Of Justice Probe Into U.S. Attorney
Firings
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10 -
Letter - Leahy,
Schumer, Kohl, Feingold, Feinstein And Whitehouse Demand
Documents On Wisconsin Prosecution Of Democratic Aide
-
10 -
Release - Leahy
Announces $149 M. Army Contract Installment For Burlington's
General Dynamics
-
09 -
Letter - Judiciary
Committee Members Seek Undisclosed Documents From Department Of
Justice
-
09 -
Joint Statement - Of Senate
National Guard Caucus Co-Chairs Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) And
Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.) About The Decision To Deploy More Than
12,000 Guard Members To Iraq
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Letter - Leahy Presses
White House To Turn Over Documents, Information Being Withheld
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06 -
Letter -
Justice Department Responds To Leahy-Whitehouse Inquiry To
Justice Department Protocol To Avoid Internal Conflicts In U.S.
Attorney Investigation
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05 -
Release - White River
Junction Firm Receives $1.5 M. Air Force Contract
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05 -
Release - Leahy Will
Join In Introducing Feingold-Reid-Leahy Bill To Redeploy Troops
From Iraq
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05 -
Letter - Leahy Asks
Attorney General To Provide Details Of His Role In U.S. Attorney
Dismissal Plan At Upcoming Oversight Hearing
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04 -
Release - Leahy Funds
Expand Broadband Availability In Southwest Orleans County
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03 -
Letter - Judiciary
Senators Seek Safeguards In DOJ Investigation
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02 -
Comments - Of
Sen. Patrick Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On The
Supreme Court's Denial Of Certiorari In Boumediene v. Bush
March
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Release - Leahy Urges
Passage Of Data Privacy Bill
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Release - Senate OKs
Leahy Measure Paving The Way For MILC Extension
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Release - As Senate
Passes First Timetable For Withdrawal From Iraq, Leahy And
Sanders Call On President To Holster His Veto Pen
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Release - Panel Hears
From Former DOJ Official Involved In U.S. Attorneys' Dismissals
***Audio and
video
available.***
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Letter - Department Of Justice Response To Leahy
Inquiry About Status Of Department Of Justice Officials Asked to
Cooperate With Judiciary Panel's Probe Into U.S. Attorneys
Dismissals
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28 -
Letter - Committee
Chairmen Leahy, Conyers Push For White House Cooperation
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28 -
Reaction - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.) To President Bush's Wednesday Remarks In Which The
President Again Threatens To Veto A Timetable For Withdrawal Of
U.S. Troops From Iraq
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Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, Foreign Operations Subcommittee, Hearing On FY 2008 USAID
Budget Request And Foreign Aid Reform
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27 -
Letter - Leahy Seeks
Status Of DOJ Officials Asked To Cooperate With Judiciary
Panel's Probe Into U.S. Attorney Dismissals
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27 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy On The FY 2007 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill
***Audio and
video
available.***
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27 -
Remarks - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, Co-Chair, Senate National Guard Caucus, Annual National
Guard Caucus Breakfast
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27 -
Release - Senate Panel
Holds FBI Oversight Hearing
***Audio and
video
available.***
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Comments - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, D-Vt., Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On
Department Of Justice Staffer Monica Goodling Declining To
Provide Testimony To Committee On Dismissals Of U.S. Attorneys
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Comments - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy On Release Of New Information About Attorney General
Gonzales' Involvement In the Firing Of U.S. Attorneys
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23 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, D-VT., Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On Former
Department Of Justice Chief Of Staff Kyle Sampson Accepting
Invitation To Voluntarily Testify Before Committee
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Release -
Key Panel OKs Leahy Measure
Paving The Way For MILC Extension
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22 -
Letter - Democratic
Members Of Senate Judiciary Committee Reject White House Offer
That Places Limitations And Conditions On Committee's
Investigation
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21 -
Letter -
Senate Guard Caucus Leaders
Blast Air Force Leaders For Proposals To Restructure Air Force
Reserve In Ways That Would Weaken The Air Guard
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21 -
Release -
Senate Judiciary Panel Probes
FBI's Misuse Of PATRIOT Act Powers
***Audio and
video
available.***
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20 -
Comments - Of Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy After
A Private Meeting With White House Counsel Fred Fielding
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20 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy, Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee, on S. 214, Preserving United States
Attorney Independence Act Of 2007
***Audio and
video
available.***
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20 -
Release - Senate Judiciary Holds Hearing On Combating War
Profiteering
***Audio and
video
available.***
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Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy, Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee, On S. 214, Preserving United States
Attorney Independence Act Of 2007
***Audio and
video
available.***
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Comment - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee, On Bush Administration's Delay In
Responding To Congressional Requests As Part Of Probe Into U.S.
Attorney Firings
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15 -
Release -
Leahy, Durbin, Coburn & Cornyn
Introduce Bipartisan Genocide Accountability Act
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15 -
Release -
Senate Judiciary Committee
Authorizes Chairman Leahy To Issue Subpoenas As Part Of Panel's
Ongoing Investigation Into Mass Firings Of Prosecutors
***Audio and
video
available.***
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14 -
Release - Vermont Editor Testifies Before Leahy Panel On
Need For Stronger Open Government Laws
***Audio and
video
available.***
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13 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy On Final Passage Of The "Improving America's Security By
Implementing Unfinished Recommendations Of The 9/11 Commission
Act Of 2007
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13 -
Letters - Leahy,
Specter Ask Current And Former White House Officials To
Cooperate With Committee Investigation Into Mass Firings Of US
Attorneys
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13 -
Release -
Leahy And Cornyn Mark Sunshine
Week With Introduction Of OPEN Government Bill
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video
available.***
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13 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy, Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee, On Reintroduction Of The Leahy-Cornyn OPEN
Government Act
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13 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee, On U.S. Attorney Firings
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12 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Chairman, Senate
Judiciary Committee, On Comprehensive Immigration Reform
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12 -
Letter -
Delegation Urges FEMA To
Prepare For Possible Montpelier Flood
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12 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy At The Senate Agriculture
Committee Field Hearing, Montpelier, Vermont, "2007 Farm Bill
Opportunities For Vermont And The Northeast"
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12 -
News Advisory - Reformer Editor/President Of The
Vermont Press Association To Testify Before Leahy Panel On Open
Government Laws
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11 -
Comment - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy On Halliburton's
Announcement That It Will Move Its Headquarters From Houston To
Dubai
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09 -
Reaction - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary
Committee, On The Inspector General's Report On The Use Of
National Security Letters
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08 -
Statement - Of Sen. Patrick Leahy, International Women's Day
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07 -
Letter -
To Attorney
General Requesting Department of Justice Officials Be Made
Available Voluntarily To Judiciary Committee As Part of Its
Investigation Into Dismissals of U.S. Attorneys
07 -
Release
- Senate Judiciary Committee Focuses On Insurance Industry's
Antitrust Exemption
***Audio and
video
available.***
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Statement - Of Sen. Patrick
Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, Preserving
Prosecutorial Independence: Is The Department Of Justice
Politicizing The Hiring And Firing Of U.S. Attorneys
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video
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