Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Patrick Leahy [D, VT]

Marketplace earns 'Great Public Space' designation

2008-10-09T00:00:00Z

...standard in terms of cultural and historical interest, community involvement, and a sustainable vision for the future." Sen. Patrick Leahy joined Redmond near the fountain on the top block of the Marketplace on Wednesday to acknowledge the designation.

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Leahy: Drug focus helped with $1.2M grant

2008-10-08T00:00:00Z

...in drug interdiction and treatment funds. Seven months after convening a Senate Judiciary Committee in Rutland, Sen. Patrick Leahy announced Tuesday that Vermont will receive $1,284,436 in discretionary funds through the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant P

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How Does Vermont Figure In National Politics?

2008-10-07T00:00:00Z

Take for example Howard Dean's leadership of the DNC or Patrick Leahy's influence in the Senate. The state's small population also affords voters a chance ...

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US Troops on US Streets

2008-10-07T00:00:00Z

MATTHEW ROTHSCHILD: Well, this gets to what Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont was so concerned about, that with NORTHCOM and with perhaps this unitâ€”and I ...

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Goodrich to Equip US Army UH-60 Helicopters with Vehicle Health ...

2008-10-07T00:00:00Z

Upon receiving Congressional notification of the contract award, US Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), a senior member of the US Senate Defense Appropriations ...

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Opinion: Still cleaning up mess at Justice Department

2008-10-07T00:00:00Z

The report and the appointment vindicates Sen. Patrick Leahy's efforts to get the Bush administration to answer questions about abuse of power in the ...

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Department of Justice Finalizes Enhancements of FBI Powers

2008-10-07T00:00:00Z

As reported in the previous Watcher, several senators, including Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), said that DOJ refused to provide copies of the draft guidelines ...

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Nader to Leahy: Explain yourself

2008-10-06T00:00:00Z

... Ralph Nader spoke out against the relicensing of the troubled Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant and sharply criticized Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., ...

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Nader to Leahy: Explain yourself

2008-10-06T00:00:00Z

...Nader spoke out against the relicensing of the troubled Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant and sharply criticized Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., for backing the $700 billion bailout package passed by Congress during a campaign stump Sunday night in Burlingt

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New rules for FBI investigations

2008-10-04T00:00:00Z

...critics who say the FBI will now be able to begin investigating people with no indication they did anything wrong. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, was not reassured. "I am concerned that the guidelines continue t

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FBI gets new rules for investigations

2008-10-04T00:00:00Z

...its critical national security and foreign intelligence missions while also protecting privacy and civil liberties." Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, was not reassured. ''I am concerned that the guide

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Leahy: Bailout vote one of the toughest

2008-10-03T00:00:00Z

... billion package to bail out Wall Street was one of the most difficult US Sen. Patrick Leahy has made during his 34 years in Washington, DC, he said. ...

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Bailout Bill Passes

2008-10-03T00:00:00Z

...be catastrophic," Welch said. Vermont's entire congressional delegation did not support the bailout bill. Like Welch, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, also voted yes. But Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, voted no. Sanders says the burden will fall on the m

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Center for Rural Studies to use money from feds for economic development

2008-10-03T00:00:00Z

...Vermont's economy depends upon rural entrepreneurship, access to the latest technology and collaborative planning," said Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., who helped secure the money. "This USDA investment at UVM is about giving Vermonters the tools they need

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Senate passes copyright bill to mixed reaction

2008-10-02T00:00:00Z

US Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., is the author of the Shawn Bentley Orphan Works Act, a bill that would create a database of copyrighted works to make it ...

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Senate easily approves modified bailout

2008-10-02T00:00:00Z

...Vermont's two United States senators are on opposite sides of the vote to bail out the financial industry. Democratic U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy was 1 of 74 senators voting in favor of the rescue package. The rescue package would allow the government to sp

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Comments Of Senator Patrick Leahy About The Bailout Package ...

2008-10-01T00:00:00Z

From the start, the Bush-Paulson plan smacked too much of the top-down fiscal policy that has gone so wrong over the last decade. ...

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House Rejects $700 Billion Bailout

2008-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sen. Patrick Leahy: â€œThe evidence in our investigation in the Judiciary Committee and the report today shows Karl Rove and others among the highest ranks of ...

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Sandersâ€™ tax-the-rich bail-out plan unlikely to pass

2008-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) will support the Sanders amendment, Leahyâ€™s spokesman David Carle said this morning. Leahy contributed provisions to a separate ...

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Congressmen Flooded With Calls From Angry Constituents

2008-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sen. Patrick Leahy's office said they've also received many calls and e-mails from constituents. The majority, about 85 percent, of callers expressed their ...

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