Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , presides over a hearing on effective strategies for preventing health care fraud, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. , and Leahy. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 weeks ago

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , presides over a hearing on effective strategies for preventing health care fraud, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. , and Leahy.

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  3. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev, center left, .gets a hug by Sen. Jay Rockefeller D-W.Va, as Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., left and Sen. Patrick Leahy D-Vt., right, looks on after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad health care overhaul at Capitol Hill in Washington on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009.
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  8. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 29: Jareem Gunter testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee's Crime and Drugs Subcommittee during a hearing on 'Body Building Products and Hidden Steroids: Enforcement Barriers' on Capitol Hill September 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. A former college baseball player, Gunter suffered liver damage and was hospitalized after taking a strength building dietary supplement he says contained steroids.
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  10. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 29: Senate Judiciary Committee's Crime and Drugs Subcommittee member Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) (L) and Chairman Arlen Specter (D-PA) question witnesses during a hearing on 'Body Building Products and Hidden Steroids: Enforcement Barriers' on Capitol Hill September 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is considering drawing up legislation that would give the Food and Drug Administration the responsibility of screening dietary suppliments for illegal steroids before they can be marketed and sold.
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  12. Senate Judiciary Committee member Senator Al Franken, D-MN, attends a hearing on Patriot Act re-authorization September 23, 2009 in the Dirksen Senate Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
  13. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., presides over a hearing on effective strategies for preventing health care fraud, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., and Leahy.
  14. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., left, shakes hands with committee member Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, as Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is seen at center, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington, after a committee vote regarding the health care reform bill.
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