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CORRECTS SPELLING OF SMITHSON - Actor and director Clint Eastwood, left, and Sen. Pat Leahy, D-Vt. , look at the James Smithson Bicentennial Medal which Leahy presented to Eastwood during the opening of the Warner Bros. Theater at the Smithsonian... View Photo »
Sen. Pat Leahy, D-Vt, presents actor and director Clint Eastwood the Smithonian's James Smithson Bicentennial Medal during the opening of the Warner Bros. Theater at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 1,... View Photo »
Sen. Pat Leahy, D-Vt. , left, talks with Warner Bros. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Barry Meyer during the opening of the Warner Bros. Theater at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. View Photo »
Sen. Pat Leahy, D-Vt. , left, Barry Meyer, chairman and chief executive officer of Warner Bros. , center, and actor Clint Eastwood help cut the ribbon to open the Warner Bros. Theater at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington,... View Photo »
President Barack Obama greets, from second from left, Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass. , and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. , on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, after delivering his State of... View Photo »
FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama greets, from second from left, Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass. , and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. , on Capitol Hill in Washington, after... View Photo »
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 14: FBI Director Robert Mueller (C) is escorted by committee chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy (L) (D-VT) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (R) (D-CA) prior to testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee during a oversight hearing on... View Photo »
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 3: United States Senator Patrick Leahy (Democrat of Vermont), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciiary Committee, and his wife, Marcelle, arrive for the formal Artist's Dinner honoring the recipients of the 2011 Kennedy Center... View Photo »
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , walks towards the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011. View Photo »
CORRECTS CARPER TO DEMOCRAT - Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Del. , left, followed by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. , center, and Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , walk toward the Senate floor during a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011. View Photo »
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. , left, and Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , walk towards the Senate floor during a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011. View Photo »
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 10: Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) participates in a news conference at the U.S. Captiol November 10, 2011 in Washington, DC. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines Thursday to repeal... View Photo »
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 10: Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) (R) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) participate in a news conference after helping move a repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act out of the committee at the U.S.... View Photo »
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 10: Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (C) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) (L) arrive for a news conference with at the U.S. Captiol November 10, 2011 in Washington, DC. The Senate Judiciary Committee... View Photo »
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 10: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) (2nd R) speaks during a news conference with (L-R) Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Sen. Al Franken... View Photo »
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 10: Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (2nd L) introduces Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) (3rd L) during a news conference with (L-R) Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), Sen. Sheldon... View Photo »
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , leaves a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, to discuss Judiciary Committee action on legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act. View Photo »
Senate Judiciary Committee member, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn. , center, accompanied by committee chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , right, and fellow committee member, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. , speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington,... View Photo »
Senate Judiciary Committee member, Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill. , right, accompanied by fellow committee member Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. , left, and committee chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington,... View Photo »
Senate Judiciary Committee member, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calf. , right, accompanied by committee chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, to discuss Judiciary... View Photo »
Patrick Joseph Leahy (born March 31, 1940) is the senior United States Senator from Vermont. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and is the current chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. As of 2009 Leahy is also fourth most senior U.S. Senator. Full Article
Sen. Pat Leahy, D-Vt. , left, talks with Warner Bros. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Barry Meyer during the opening of the Warner Bros. Theater at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012.
View Photo »Sen. Pat Leahy, D-Vt. , left, Barry Meyer, chairman and chief executive officer of Warner Bros. , center, and actor Clint Eastwood help cut the ribbon to open the Warner Bros. Theater at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012.
View Photo »CORRECTS SPELLING OF SMITHSON - Actor and director Clint Eastwood, left, and Sen. Pat Leahy, D-Vt. , look at the James Smithson Bicentennial Medal which Leahy presented to Eastwood during the opening of the Warner Bros. Theater at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 14: FBI Director Robert Mueller (C) is escorted by committee chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy (L) (D-VT) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (R) (D-CA) prior to testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee during a oversight hearing on Capitol Hill December 14, 2011 in...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 3: United States Senator Patrick Leahy (Democrat of Vermont), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciiary Committee, and his wife, Marcelle, arrive for the formal Artist's Dinner honoring the recipients of the 2011 Kennedy Center Honors hosted by United States...
View Photo »Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , walks towards the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 10: Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) participates in a news conference at the U.S. Captiol November 10, 2011 in Washington, DC. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines Thursday to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, which...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 10: Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (C) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) (L) arrive for a news conference with at the U.S. Captiol November 10, 2011 in Washington, DC. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines Thursday to...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 10: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) (2nd R) speaks during a news conference with (L-R) Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) and Senate Majority Whip...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 10: Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (2nd L) introduces Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) (3rd L) during a news conference with (L-R) Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Sen. Charles...
View Photo »Senate Judiciary Committee member, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn. , center, accompanied by committee chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , right, and fellow committee member, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. , speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011,...
View Photo »Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , center, accompanied by committee members, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, to discuss committee action on legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act. From left...
View Photo »Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. , center, flanked by Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Del. , left, and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-VT. , right, take part in news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, to discuss Judiciary Committee...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 19: Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano (C) is greeted by ranking member U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) (L) as committee chairman U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (R) looks on prior to a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee October 19, 2011...
View Photo »NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 13: (L-R) Henry Jarecki, Gloria Jarecki, Marcelle Pomerleau Leahy, and U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy attend the 2011 Directors Guild Of America Honors after party at Nobu 57 on October 13, 2011 in New York City.
View Photo »NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 13: (L-R) U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy speaks as Actress Helen Mirren and First Vice President of the Directors Guild of America Paris Barclay look on at the 2011 Directors Guild Of America Honors at the Directors Guild of America Theater on October 13, 2011 in New...
View Photo »NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 13: U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy speaks at the 2011 Directors Guild Of America Honors at the Directors Guild of America Theater on October 13, 2011 in New York City.
View Photo »NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 13: Actress Helen Mirren (L) and First Vice President of the Directors Guild of America Paris Barclay (R) pose with award recipient U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (C) at the 2011 Directors Guild Of America Honors at the Directors Guild of America Theater on October 13,...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 12: Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate (L) greets Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (R) prior to testifying before the Senate Appropriations Committee Homeland Security Subcommittee on Capitol Hill October 12, 2011 in Washington DC. The...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 05: Supreme Court Justices Stephen Breyer (R) and Antonin Scalia (3rd L), escorted by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (L), and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) (2nd L), arrive at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee October 5, 2011 on Capitol Hill in...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 05: Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (C) speaks as Supreme Court Justices Stephen Breyer (L) and Antonin Scalia (R) listen during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee October 5, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The justices...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 26: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) (C), U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) (L), and U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (R) pause during a news conference September 26, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The Senate has approved a Continuing...
View Photo »President Barack Obama greets, from second from left, Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass. , and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. , on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, after delivering his State of the Union address.
View Photo »FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama greets, from second from left, Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass. , and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. , on Capitol Hill in Washington, after delivering his State of the Union...
View Photo »US President Barack Obama (3rd R) signs the America Invents Act, sponsored by Chairman Patrick Leahy (Top) and Chairman Lamar Smith at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia, on September 16, 2011. The act reforms the patent application system...
View Photo »Sen. Pat Leahy, D-Vt. , left, talks with Warner Bros. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Barry Meyer during the opening of the Warner Bros. Theater at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012.
View Photo »In the fight against al-Qaida and other terrorist threats, we should give our intelligence, military, and law enforcement professionals all the tools they need ... But the mandatory military detention provision in Section 1032 actually limits those tools by tying the hands of the intelligence and law en...
The stated intent of the legislation — the brainchild of Republican House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith and Senate Democratic Judiciary Committee Patrick Leahy — is to protect intellectual property and curb the rampant digital piracy for which the Internet has become the principle medium ... ...
The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act reflects Congress’s ongoing commitment to end domestic and sexual violence
I always bless myself before I meet (Senator) Pat Leahy
I fought against the Bush administration policies that left us in the situation we face now, with indefinite detention being the de facto administration policy
Without the chief of the National Guard Bureau on the Joint Chiefs of Staff, among the other changes made by this amendment, the unique experience of nearly half a million members of the National Guard will continue to be largely unknown, and their voices, their interests, and their concerns have gone m...
