OpenCongress - Sen. Patrick Leahy

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by americausa |

Jun 13, 2008(about 1 month ago) |

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I have been out of work since November 2007. My unemployment benefits have run out. My money has run out. I unable to obtain employment and need more time to continue my search for employment. I am at risk of losing my car. Gas prices continue to rise daily. I am highly skilled in my field. My State Rhode Island is one of the hardest hit with unemployment. I am 53 old and have worked hard all my life. I've paid taxes all my life, and this is how my country is treating me. Unbelievable. The Senate, House and President continue to play games as peoples life's are put in jeopardy. Totally disgusting. So all the extra time that I am not spending on looking for employment, I will dedicate to making sure any politician that votes nay on not extending unemployment insurance will be out of a job their next term by informing the public of their decision in every forum available. I will encourage others to do so as well. It is time in this country for the people to take control of their government again and take it out of the hands of the uninformed, out of touch, uncompassionate, ignorant, greedy, self absorbed fools that are the true terrorists ruining this country. Pass a fxxkxxg bill extending unemployment benefits or you will be out of a fxxkxxg job!!!!!!!!! Try to remember you work for all the PEOPLE of this country! And all those PEOPLE will remember how you vote on this issue.

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Term Start	Term End	Role	State	Party
2005	2010	Senator	VT	Democrat
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Committee Membership

Most Recent Sponsored Bills

Bill	Status	Last Action
S.3155 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2008	Introduced	Jun 26, 2008
S.3106 Vessel Hull Design Protection Amendments of 2008	Introduced	Jun 10, 2008
S.J.Res.35 A joint resolution to amend Public Law 108-331 to provide for the construction and related activities in support of the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) project in Arizona.	Introduced	May 22, 2008

Recent Voting History

The votes below were taken by roll call, a voting procedure that records a vote from every Senator or Representative on the bill under consideration. This Member of Congress may have voted on other bills by the process known as "voice vote", but these votes are not recorded.

Bill	Voted
S.2731 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 2731 )	Abstain July 11, 2008
H.R.3221 New Direction for Energy Independence, National Security, and Consumer Protection Act On the Motion (Motion to Disagree to the Amdts. of the House, Adding a New Title and Inserting a New Section, to the Amdt. of the Senate to H.R. 3221 )	Abstain July 11, 2008
On the Nomination (Confirmation Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, USA, to be General )	Aye July 10, 2008

Voting Trends Analysis

The information below is an initial analysis of voting trends for this Member of Congress, calculated by cross-referencing all of this member's votes from the current 110th Congress (Jan. 2007 - Jan. 2009). The results are intended to offer some helpful context for the place that this Member of Congress occupies in the Congressional landscape. In the next steps of site development, OpenCongress will incorporate more detailed analyses of voting trends to give you a comprehensive snapshot of every Member of Congress.

Most often votes with: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D, RI]
Least often votes with: Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC]
Republican most often votes with: Sen. Olympia Snowe [R, ME]
Democrat least often votes with: Sen. Ben Nelson [D, NE]

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Patrick Leahy in the News

July 07, 2008 Vermont Delegation Discusses Home Heating Costs

Senators Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders, along with Congressman Peter Welch, held a news conference Monday to discuss the oil crisis facing many across ...