Topic: Patrick Leahy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional leaders have struck a deal to extend key anti-terrorism surveillance tactics for four years, a senior Democratic aide said on Thursday, a move that would avoid a potentially contentious fight over the tactics.The three tactics, initially approved by ...

California Senator Dianne Feinstein on Wednesday introduced legislation that would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)California Senator Dianne Feinstein on Wednesday introduced legislation that would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Feinstein's measure would end the Clinton-era law that bans ...

The US House of Representatives on Monday voted to extend controversial counter-terrorism surveillance powers at the heart of the Patriot Act adopted after the September 11, 2001 attacks.With the three provisions set to expire February 28, lawmakers approved legislation to extend them ...

AG reverses Bush policy, orders prosecutors to use DNA evidence to greatest extent possibleAttorney General Eric Holder directed federal prosecutors on Thursday to use DNA evidence to the greatest extent possible, reversing a policy of the Bush administration.In guidance to U.S. attorneys' ...

Democrat Patrick Leahy is the senior A trained lawyer, Leahy served as the Chittenden County State's Attorney from 1966 to 1974, immediately after which he was elected to the Senate representing Vermont. In 2004, while taking a photo alongside Vice President Dick ...

Democrat Patrick Leahy of Vermont easily wins 7th term in US Senate, defeating 6 othersThe U.S. Senate's second-longest serving member is headed back to Washington.Democratic U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont easily won re-election to a seventh term Tuesday, defeating GOP challenger ...

The title of a recently released Fox News article is " One name, interestingly enough, that's flying around on Capitol Hill, is Secretary of State HILLARY CLINTON. "With President Obama being pulled every which way on criteria for his next Supreme Court ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill that homeowners advocates warn will make it more difficult to challenge improper foreclosure attempts by big mortgage processors is awaiting President Barack Obama's signature after it quietly zoomed through the Senate last week.The bill, passed without public ...

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 legislation the Senate passed ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate was expected to appoint 12 senators, including banking committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, to a conference committee with the House of Representatives to hammer out a final Wall Street reform bill, said a source familiar with Senate discussions ...