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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano speaks with Senate Judiciary Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , prior to testifying before the committee, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 04: Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) participtes during a hearong of the Senate Judiciary Committee as U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill on May 4, 2011 in Washington, DC. During Holder's testimony on oversight of the Department of Justice he...

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Senate Judiciary Committee Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , center, and the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, left, welcome Attorney General Eric Holder on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 4, 2011, prior to Holder testifying before the committee.

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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , right, escorts Attorney General Eric Holder on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 4, 2011, prior to Holder testifying before the committee's oversight hearing.

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Senate Democrats including from left, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. , Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. , Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich. , speak to reporters following the short term funding bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Sept. 26, 2011.

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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 20: U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) (R), the number-three Republican in the Senate, talks with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) before the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol September 20, 2011 in Washington,...

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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , center, flanked by House Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet subcommittee Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va. , left, and Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich. , ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, gestures...

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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, (L-R) Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan and Senator Patrick Leahy share a laugh as they wait for the president to arrive before his address to a joint session of the United States Congress on the subject of job creation on Capitol Hill...

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Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (C) and actor and activist Sean Penn (R) walk through the J/P HRO facility funded by Penn for Haitians displaced in by the 2010 earthquake, in Port-au-Prince March 22, 2011. The Senator arrived two days after the hotly contested run-off vote in the...

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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 02: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) talks briefly with Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs ranking member Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) (L) and Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) before testifying about the...

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US Democratic Senator from Vermont Patrick Leahy, an avid photographer, takes pictures of press photographers waiting for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to come out to speak to the press at the Capitol in Washington on August 1, 2011.

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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, walks with Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 14, 2011, as he arrives for a meeting with Democrats.

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Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill. , center, flanked by Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, left, and Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , questions Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Education Secretary Arne Duncan, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 28, 2011, during the Senate subcommittee...

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Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, left, greets committee chair Sen. Dan Inouye, D-Hawaii, left, and Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , is seen second right, before he testifies regarding the Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2012 budget request before the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee...

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(L-R) Subcommittee Chairman Al Franken (D-MN) looks at his mobile phone as he and Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) arrive for a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled "Protecting Mobile Privacy: Your Smartphones, Tablets, Cell Phones and Your Privacy" on Capitol Hill in Washington...

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Subcommittee Chairman Al Franken (D-MN) (L-R) and Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) greet Apple Vice President of Software Technology Guy "Bud" Tribble before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled "Protecting Mobile Privacy: Your Smartphones, Tablets, Cell Phones and Your Privacy"...

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Senate Privacy, Technology and the Law subcommittee Chairman Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn. , left, huddles with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 10, 2011, during the subcommittee's hearing on "Protecting Mobile Privacy:...

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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy , D-Vt. , speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April 4, 2011, to discuss a joint effort with the House to thwart the harm done to the economy by online vendors dealing in counterfeit goods or copyright...

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FILE - In this April 4, 2011 file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Two top Senate Democrats and the Obama administration are close to ending a months-long impasse over $20 million targeted for U.S. programs to...

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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, right, accompanied by Senate Judiciary Committee Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , speaks during a news conference on Capitol in Washington, Monday, April 4, 2011, to discuss their efforts to thwart the harm done to the economy by...

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With his city devastated by floodwaters from Hurricane Irene, Paterson, (N.J.) Mayor Jeffery Jones, center, joins senators to make an appeal to pass emergency funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011. From left to right...

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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sn. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. welcomes Attorney General Eric Holder on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 4, 2011, prior to Holder testifying before the committee.