Senator Patrick Leahy

Democrat  •  Vermont  •  6th Term  •  Sworn In 1975
Current Term 2005 - 2010 View All
  • Votes with party 95%
  • Abstains: 2%

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11/19/09
Holder defends holding terrorism t...

...for these heinous crimes." The attorney general has promised to seek the death penalty for all five suspects. Vermont Sen. Patrick Lea...

Source: CNN
11/19/09
Obama predicts conviction, executi...

...collapse. "It will be like Sept. 11 Part 2. We're going to drag these families back through this?" Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D...

Source: ABC News
11/19/09
Senators seek help on Fort Hood pr...

... In addition to the public hearings that Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., will begin today, Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-...

11/19/09
Obama, Holder predict conviction i...

...powerful nation on earth; we have a justice system that is the envy of the world. We will not be afraid," said Chairman Patrick Leahy,...

11/19/09
Bam's big oops on terror

...acquitted, he could be charged with a long list of other crimes that would tie him up in courts forever. Committee Chairman Patrick Le...

Source: New York Post
11/19/09
US Senate committee approves Vt. j...

...has approved the nomination of a Vermont state judge to become the state's next federal judge. The office of U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy s...

Source: Boston Globe
11/19/09
Video: Sen. Leahy Says No Need To ...

...Holder’s historically bad decision to prosecute Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and five other terrorists in civilian court, Sen. Patrick Leahy...

11/19/09
Senate confirms controversial judge

...on delaying tactics against a president's picks for the bench, even if the senators oppose a particular nominee. Sen. Patrick Leahy , ...

11/19/09
Administration Guarantee of Convic...

...somebody for lawful reasons." So confident are some in the federal justice system's ability to convict terrorists that Sen. Patrick Le...

Source: FOX News
11/18/09
Controversial court nominee surviv...

...a deal that effectively stopped Democratic filibusters of Bush's judicial nominees except in extraordinary circumstances. Sen. Patric...

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11/20/09
Pat Leahy: We wouldn’t need to “in...

...Osama bin Laden, there’s no need to interrogate him, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Thursday. Sen. Patrick Leahy ...

11/19/09
Opinionated Catholic: Sen. Patrick...

Sen. Patrick Leahy Says No Need to Interrogate Osama bin Laden if Captured. Ugghhh. I feel so safe under our leadership. We can only pray...

11/19/09
Leahy: No need to interrogate bin ...

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the chairman of that committee, said that arguments raised by Republican senators about whether bin Laden wou...

Source: News
11/19/09
Broadway Carl's Blog-O-Mania: Time...

This is what I want to see: an elected representative so passionate about his convictions that he or she will don tights and wrestle in a...

11/19/09
Ignorance On Display; Senator Patr...

Ignorance was on display in the words of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) as reported by Michael O'Brien of The Hill. The Senator stated tha...

11/19/09
Conviction predicted in 9/11 case ...

We will not be afraid," said Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. 9/11 families weigh in. Among the spectators were some relatives of 9/11 victi...

11/19/09
Senator Leahy's pre-9/10/01 mentality

...to Sen. Lindsey Graham's concern that under administration policy we might have to "Mirandize" Osama bin Laden, Sen. Patrick Leahy cla...

Source: Power Line
11/19/09
The American Version of the French...

...focusing on jobs would soon be a priority, Reed's office said. Democratic Sens. John Kerry (Mass.), Paul Kirk (Mass.) and Patrick L...

Source: The Corner
11/19/09
The Rant | The Rant | Memphis Flyer

Senator Patrick Leahy has suggested punishing Lieberman by stripping him of his committee chairmanship, but I think it's past time to boo...

11/19/09
Epoch Times - U.S. Pledges $275 Mi...

At a ceremony in London U.S. Ambassador Louis Susman read out a letter, from senior Democrat Senator Patrick Leahy to Prince Charles pled...

Official website: http://leahy.senate.gov/
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433 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-4242
Fax: 202-224-3479

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