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Leahy: Patent reform agreement reached (02/25/2010)
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said on Thursday that a tentative agreement has been reached in the long-running battle over patent reform. »
Vermont Dems in favor of antitrust repeal (02/23/2010)
Vermont's two Democrats in Congress advocated Tuesday for repealing antitrust exemptions for the health insurance industry on the eve of a vote in the U.S. House. »
Judiciary chairmen vow hearings on torture memos report (02/20/2010)
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) said they would press forward with congressional inquiries after the Justice Department released a report Friday condemning those lawyers' conclusions, but declining to pursue criminal charges. »
Democrats seek Senate rules changes to speed passage of legislation (02/19/2010)
Sens. Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders of Vermont said they would support changing the 60-vote rule, but Leahy said any change must allow for debate on issues. »
Leahy And Feinstein Endorse Use Of Federal Courts To Prosecute Terrorists (02/11/2010)
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Ver., and Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., sent a letter to President Barack Obama Thursday endorsing the use of federal criminal courts to prosecute terrorists. »
Leahy Calls For Restrictions On Corporate Campaign Spending (02/03/2010)
Senator Patrick Leahy says there should be restrictions on corporations that want to spend money influencing a political campaign. »
Leahy Accuses Republicans Of Stalling On Obama's Judicial Nominees (01/20/2010)
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Ver., made a statement Wednesday after the Senate unanimously confirmed the nomination of Beverly Martin to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, criticizing Republicans for stalling the process of getting the judicial nominations approved. »
Leahy Keeps Up Fight For Antitrust Repeal (01/14/2010)
A group of 19 Democratic senators is still trying to get an antitrust exemption repeal provision into the final version of the health bill. »
Vermont recieves $10.45 million in new first-responder grants (12/08/2009)
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., today announced $10.45 million in new first-responder grants to Vermont. The grants will be used to address the planning, equipment, training and exercise needs of first responders across the state the senator's office said in a release. »
Leahy wants antitrust law to apply to insurers (12/05/2009)
For more than 60 years, health and medical malpractice insurers have been exempt from federal antitrust laws designed to protect consumers and encourage competition. A group of senators led by Sen. Patrick Leahy wants to change that. »