Patrick Leahy — Senate Judiciary Committee

By Aaron Mehta

Longtime liberal stalwart Patrick Leahy of Vermont will continue to be a crucial figure in shaping the future path of the Supreme Court as c

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"… k to supply merino wool boot socks to the Marines …"

Analysis — A Canadian-style single-payer health system in Vermont?

By Wendell Potter

A new governor in Vermont is boldly declaring his intent to look at a Canadian-style single-payer health care system....

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"… ower cost. Vermont’s entire Congressional delegation — Sens. Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders and Rep. Peter Welch — supports Shumlin’s e …"

Senate chairs: Democrats have deep ties to industries they oversee

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

Though the Democrats lost six of their 59 Senate seats in the November election, they still enter the 112th Congress in control of the upper

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"… urity and Governmental Affairs CommitteeJoseph LiebermanJudiciary CommitteePatrick Leahy …"

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The political donation histories of Obama’s potential new justices

By Aaron Mehta

When word leaked Thursday night that Supreme Court Justice David Souter is planning to retire after this court term ends, it took about 30 s

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"… sidential campaign ($1,000), Clinton’s first Senate run ($250), and Sen. Patrick Leahy’s (D-VT) 2008 re-election ($1,000). Leahy chairs the Senate Judiciary co …"

SEC loses short-lived FOIA exemption in financial reform law

By Laurel Adams

In a victory for advocates of government transparency, Congress has voted to repeal a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) exemption for the Se

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"… ) for possible criminal proceedings.”A bipartisan group led by Democrats Patrick Leahy of Vermont and Ted Kaufman of Delaware and by Republicans Charles Grassley …"

Obama won't sign notary bill that might speed home foreclosures

By Michael Hudson

The White House announced this afternoon that President Barack Obama would not sign a bill to ease restrictions on interstate commerce, whic

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"… ate — and require courts to recognize electronic notarizations. Democrat Patrick Leahy of Vermont, pushed the legislation through the Senate without debate last …"

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Federal bureaucracy dismisses most Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower claims

By Michael Hudson

Whistleblower protections passed after the Enron accounting scandal have been largely gutted by the federal bureaucracy responsible for prot

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"… important whistleblower protection law in the world.”Now Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, co-author of the Sarbox whistleblower provisions, says he is c …"

Reform reading: SEC tackles energy payments, conflict minerals next week

By Julie Vorman

A roundup of news and commentary to help consumers monitor the transparency and accountability of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law....

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"… with financial reform? Well, authors Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland and Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont say the new information reported to the SEC will help investors …"

U.S. energy, mining companies must disclose government payments

By Julie Vorman

U.S. energy companies will soon have to reveal how much they pay foreign governments for rights to produce crude oil, natural gas and minera

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"… rities and Exchange Commission. The provision was added by Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, a long-time supporter of the voluntary Extractive Industries T …"

Commentary: Enhance democracy in Colombia

By María Cristina Caballero

BOSTON, July 29, 2002 — The elected Colombian president, Alvaro Uribe, recently visited the United States and Europe and declared that his "

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"… ited States, too, would benefit from a negotiated settlement. U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., recently said that after two years of funding the $1.5 billion Pla …"

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