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Sen. Leahy scolds his colleagues for killing LGBT equality in immigration reform
Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on Monday again chided his fellow lawmakers for killing an anti-discrimination amendment to comprehensive immigration reform. “The bill now before the Senate is not the bill I would have drafted,” he said on the Senate floor. “I voted for amendments in the Judiciary Committee…
Sen. Leahy chides colleagues for killing LGBT equality in immigration bill
Senate Judiciary chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on Tuesday reluctantly withheld an amendment to the comprehensive immigration bill that would protect binational same-sex couples. “And I say this with a heavy heart,” Leahy said after withholding the amendment. “You know, I look at what my state went through on this issue,…
Senate committee passes email privacy bill
A US Senate panel approved a bill to boost email privacy protections in a vote Thursday that followed widespread uproar over the FBI probe that toppled CIA director David Petraeus. The measure, which if enacted would require police to obtain a warrant in most cases to access email accounts, drew…
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