Topic: Patrick Leahy

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), in perhaps the least-discussed Senate race in the country, offered a strong hint as to why he's running for a seventh...
Vermont's congressional delegation is congratulating the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to accept the bequest of a 420-acre lakefront...
Kagan Called The Graham Amendment "Fundamentally Lawless" And Compared It To The Kind Of Laws That "Dictatorships Have Passed..." "When...
Leahy coasts to victory, defeating political newcomer in Vt. Democratic primary for US SenateU.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy has easily won a spot on Vermont's general election ballot.The 70-year-old handily defeated political newcomer Daniel Freilich (FRY-lick)

It's primary election day in Vermont

Vermont voters go to the polls Tuesday for a rare summer primary election.. . Polling places, which open at various times around the state, close...
There is nothing like an up-for-grabs governor's office to pop the cork on pent-up political ambitions.. . As Governor Jim Douglas, a Republican...

Vermont Senate Candidate is on a cow

Look down. Back up. Where are you? You're watching Daniel Freilich, a challenger to Senator Patrick Leahy in the Vermont Democratic primary next...
The US Congress voted Wednesday to reduce sentencing disparities for offenders caught with crack cocaine versus the drug in powder form, a gap blamed for disproportionate jailing of black Americans.The US House of Representatives, by voice vote, approved

Key US Senate panel backs 'libel tourism' bill

A key US Senate panel on Tuesday approved a bill to shield US journalists, authors, and publishers from "libel tourists" who file suit in countries where they expect to get the most favorable ruling.The Senate Judiciary Committee, by voice vote, referred

Factbox: Kagan hearing from gavel to gavel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday begins its anticipated week-long confirmation hearing on President Barack Obama's nomination of Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court.Here's a look at how the nationally broadcast proceeding