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7 Mar 2014, 12:56 pm
James Sensenbrenner (R- Wis.) and John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Senator Patrick Leahy, (D-Vt.) have instead led a bipartisan effort to address this injustice, with the introduction of the Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014. [read post]
9 Jan 2015, 2:17 am
Finally today, Billboard reports that Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and several of his fellow Democrats have reintroduced a bill that would close a loophole in the U.S. [read post]
2 Aug 2021, 5:56 am
When Obama took office, the filibuster enabled Republicans to block any nominee who didn’t have supermajority support in the Senate, and it enabled the GOP to slow the Senate’s business to an excruciating crawl even when Democrats did have the 60 votes necessary to break a filibuster.The Senate changed these rules to allow judges to be confirmed by a simple majority, and to limit the minority party’s power to delay most confirmation votes.Then-Senate… [read post]
5 Mar 2014, 12:53 pm
Patrick Leahy made the case that "the principle that all sides deserve an effective counsel is at the bedrock of our constitutional system” and “we cannot equate the lawyer with the conduct of those we represent if we want our justice system to endure." [read post]
23 Jan 2014, 12:52 pm
Just last week, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, harshly criticized the House of Representatives for rejecting a Senate provision in the 2014 Consolidated Appropriations Act that would have brought the U.S. into compliance with the Vienna Consular Convention. [read post]
25 Feb 2016, 7:19 am
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, was the chief prosecutor for Chittenden County in Vermont before he was elected to the Senate. [read post]
14 Feb 2014, 1:37 pm
Patrick Leahy (D-VT) reintroduced his data privacy protection bill, which would also create a national standard for data-breach notification. [read post]
30 Aug 2013, 5:49 am
The blue slip is a required by the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Senator Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont. [read post]
19 Sep 2014, 2:21 pm
Patrick Leahy, the chair of the Judiciary Committee, who wrote a letter on Sept. 12 to Judge John Bates, the head of the AO, urging that public access to the documents be restored. [read post]
29 Jul 2014, 10:22 am
Earlier today, Senator Patrick Leahy introduced a revised version of his USA FREEDOM legislation, the USA FREEDOM Act of 2014, which focuses on telephone record collection and FISA Court reform. [read post]
2 Oct 2015, 5:40 am
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11 Nov 2021, 11:21 am
That’s why we’re glad to see the issue of patent transparency come back to Congress, in the form of a recently introduced bill called the “Pride in Patent Ownership” Act, S. 2774, sponsored by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Thom Tillis (R-NC). [read post]
8 Feb 2017, 6:29 am
On Thursday, February 2, Senators Mark Warner (D-VA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced legislation to restrict National Security Council (NSC) membership and the composition of the National Security Council’s senior decision-making committee. [read post]
15 Mar 2014, 7:24 am
Patrick Leahy, a 40-year veteran of the Senate, describedas one of the most important he had ever witnessed. [read post]
11 Jul 2022, 2:04 pm
On June 30, Vermont Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy fell, broke his hip, and had immediate surgery. [read post]
18 Dec 2013, 1:34 pm
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) introduced the USA FREEDOM Act, which largely addresses Judge Leon's constitutional concerns in Klayman and refocuses law enforcement attention on stopping actual terrorist threats, not snooping on innocent Americans. [read post]
20 Dec 2021, 10:59 am
.), and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) are the sponsors of the Senate companion legislation (S. 79) and have taken the lead in building a coalition to pass this legislation during the 117th Congress. [read post]
29 Mar 2012, 12:10 pm
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) plans to introduce a bill that would permit generic manufacturers to proactively improve warning information in labeling even before the brand drugmaker does. [read post]
27 May 2011, 11:00 am
The connection of this law to improving national security and foreign relations with host nations was also stressed.Senators present included Patrick Leahy, (D-VT), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Al Franken (D-MN), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT). [read post]
15 Mar 2013, 11:36 am
Responding to the pair—and supporting the Administration—was Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont. [read post]
