Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , left, squeezes past committee member Sen. Al Franken's, D-Minn. , on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009, prior to the start of the committee's hearing on the reauthorization of the Patriot Act. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , left, squeezes past committee member Sen. Al Franken's, D-Minn. , on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009, prior to the start of the committee's hearing on the reauthorization of the Patriot Act.

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  3. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 29: Senate Judiciary Committee's Crime and Drugs Subcommittee Chairman Arlen Specter (D-PA) delivers an opening statement 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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  5. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 29: Jareem Gunter (C) 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, (2nd L)(D-NV), hugs John Rockefeller (C)(D-WV) as Christopher Dodd (L)(D-CT), Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and his wife Marcelle watch after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad healthcare overhaul on Capitol Hill, in Washington, November 21, 2009.
  8. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 21: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) hugs Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) following the Senate's cloture vote on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill on November 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Senate approved the motion to bring the bill to a full debate on the floor of the Senate by 60-39 vote.
  9. 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.
  10. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (C) is greeted by Senator Jeff Sessions (L) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy as he arrives to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington November 18, 2009.
  11. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy (R) escorts U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder into the hearing room to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington November 18, 2009.
  12. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., listens as Attorney General Eric Holder, back to camera, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, before the committee's hearing on Justice Department oversight.
  13. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 28: Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) (L) and Sen. Al Frankin (D-MN) visit before the bill signing ceremony for the FY2010 National Defense Authorization Act in the East Room of the White House October 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. The $681 billion U.S. defense budget bill provides for a 3.4 percent pay increase for members of the U.S. military and included legislation that makes it a federal hate crime to assault people based on sexual orientation.
  14. BOSTON - AUGUST 29: Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) (C) leaves the John F. Kennedy Library as Sen. Edward Kennedy's casket is transported to the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help for his funeral August 29, 2009 in Boston, Massachusetts. Sen. Kennedy, the youngest brother of former President John F. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, died of brain cancer on August 25.
  15. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks to the media about the Democratic health care bill on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, in Washington. Sens. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., Al Franken, D-Minn., second left, and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., listen in the back.
  16. Sens. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., left, Al Franken, D-Minn., Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Mark Begich, D-Alaska, Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., are all smiles during a news conference on health care legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009.

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