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Dems, GOP split on NY trials of alleged terrorists
Nov 15th, 2009 - AOL News
WASHINGTON -Bringing those accused in the Sept. 11 attacks to New York for trial would increase the security threat to the city and give radical Islamists a platform to propagate their ideology...
Obama to lay out plans to help small businesses
Oct 29th, 2009 - Boston
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama speaks Thursday morning to small business leaders about the administration's plans to offer them assistance. Those plans include...
Leahy: Congress should make agencies be more open
Sep 30th, 2009 - Boston
WASHINGTON—The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee wants new measures to clamp down on special exemptions that federal agencies are using to avoid disclosing information to the public under the Freedom of Information Act. Democratic Sen...
Date set for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation ...
Jun 9th, 2009 - NY Daily News
WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats announced Tuesday that Judge Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court confirmation hearings will begin July 13. In setting the mid-summer hearing...
Top Democrat: Sotomayor would follow the law
Jun 2nd, 2009 - Yahoo! News
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy said Tuesday that federal judge Sonia Sotomayor told him she'd follow the law as a Supreme Court justice and not necessarily base her rulings on her life experiences.
Patrick Leahy videos from YouTube:
0:23Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont 11/19/09
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the chairman of that committee, said that arguments raised by Republican senators about whether bin Laden would be afforded Miranda rights if he were captured amount to a "red herring." "The red herring that my friend [Sen ...
4:27Sen. Patrick Leahy : This is a Defining Moment
Sen. Patrick Leahy : This is a Defining Moment
1:01Pat Leahy - GSWL Pitcher
Pat Leahy, 3 time Golden Stick Wiffle Ball Pro Champion, former GSWL 1st overall pick in the Pro Draft pitching Pat Leahy pitches for the Mob wiffle ball team.
9:58Senator Patrick Leahy: Habeas Corpus Rally
Speech by Senator Patrick Leahy at the "Restore Law and Justice" rally in the United State Capitol's North Senate Park on June 26, 2007. Urge your Senators to restore habeas corpus here: ga3.org
Patrick Leahy from WikiPedia:
Patrick Joseph Leahy (born March 31, 1940) is the senior United States Senator from Vermont. He is a member of the Democratic Party, the first and only Democratic United States Senator in Vermont's history, the current chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and has the distinction of being the first and only Senator to cameo in a Batman film. As of 26 August 2009 (2009 -08-26)[update] Leahy is also third most senior U.S. Senator.
Leahy was born in Montpelier, Vermont, the son of Alba (née Zambon) and Howard Francis Leahy, a printer. His father was Irish-American and his mother Italian-American.[citation needed] His family roots are traced back to Irish immigrants in Montreal, Quebec and his wife's family is from Quebec.[citation needed] He has a brother, John, and a sister, Mary.
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