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Sen. Leahy pushes for LGBT equality in comprehensive immigration bill
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) announced Tuesday that he planned to file an amendments to the Senate’s comprehensive immigration bill that would expand the rights of LGBT individuals. “For immigration reform to be truly comprehensive, it must include protections for all families,” he said in a statement. “We must end the…
Senate bill seeks to cut down long mandatory sentences for drug offenses
Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Rand Paul (R-KY) proposed legislation on Wednesday that would give judges more discretion in the sentencing of federal drug crimes. The two senators said their bipartisan bill would help reduce unnecessarily long federal prison sentences. The Justice Safety Valve Act would expand a current law…
Bipartisan bill would require a warrant for police to search emails
A bill introduced Tuesday by Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Mike Lee (R-UT) would require police obtain a warrant before scouring a suspect’s email accounts. “No one could have imagined just how the Internet and mobile technologies would transform how we communicate and exchange information today,” Leahy said in an…
Leahy slams Republican opposition to Violence Against Women Act: ‘A victim is a victim’
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on Wednesday slammed Republicans who opposed renewing the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). At a press conference, the co-author of the anti-domestic and sexual violence bill said many House Republicans now realized it was a mistake to allow the bill to die last year. Republicans have…
Violence Against Women Act re-introduced to Senate
Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Mike Crapo (R-ID) introduced legislation on Tuesday to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). “This life-saving legislation should be a top priority of the new 113th Congress,” Leahy said in a statement. “It is our hope that the Senate will act quickly to pass…
Senate Judiciary chair floats federal marijuana legalization
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, suggested to U.S. Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske in a letter released Thursday (PDF) that Congress may consider legalizing marijuana in the wake of Colorado and Washington voting in favor of regulating the drug similarly to alcohol. But, Leahy wrote in…
Aide refutes report that Leahy supports warrantless email spying bill
A Senate Judiciary Committee aide is denying in strong terms that Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) supports legislation that would give federal agencies broad power to read Americans emails without a warrant. CNET’s Declan McCullagh reported on Tuesday that Leahy had rewritten a bill that was originally intended to protect email…
Sen. Leahy chides House GOP for cutting back domestic violence protections
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on Tuesday urged the Republican-led House of Representatives to vote on the Senate version of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The VAWA, originally passed in 1994 and reauthorized twice since, provides funding to local communities to improve their response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual…
Sandra Day O’Connor: Conservatives show ‘lack of understanding’ of court system
Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on Wednesday said that it was “unfortunate” that some Republicans had called Chief Justice John Roberts a traitor to conservatives after he voted to uphold President Barack Obama’s health care reform law. During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on civics education, Chairman Patrick…
Sen. Leahy: Time running out on Violence Against Women Act
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on Wednesday warned that the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act could die in the U.S. House of Representatives. The VAWA, originally passed in 1994 and reauthorized twice since, provides funding to local communities to improve their response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking.…
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