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December
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December 21:
Press
Conference - [PICTURED: Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), center,
is joined by Sen. John Sununu (R-NH) and Sen. Chuck Schumer
(D-NY) to announce a new agreement to extend the provisions of
the PATRIOT Act, originally passed in the aftermath of Sept. 11,
and which is to expire.]
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November 2005
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November 17:
Project On
Government Oversight Bipartisan Leadership Award -
[PICTURED: Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.)
were awarded the Project on Government Oversight's Bipartisan
Leadership Award by Executive Director Danielle Brian on Nov.
17. It is the first time the award has been presented.
It was created to recognize Congressional and other leaders who
work together across the aisle to promote a more open and
accountable government.
Leahy and Cornyn have worked together on the
Senate Judiciary Committee, where Leahy is the ranking member, to increase
government transparency and to strengthen the Freedom of Information Act.
For more on these efforts, click here.
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November 16:
Capitol Hill Meeting With The Dalai Lama - [PICTURED: Sen.
Patrick Leahy joined other senators in welcoming His Holiness the
Dalai Lama to Washington. Leahy participated in the Nov. 16
luncheon on Capitol Hill.]
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November 2:
Office Meeting With Judge Samuel Alito - [PICTURED: Sen. Patrick
Leahy and Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito greet photographers
in Leahy's Washington, DC office during the first meeting between the
Judiciary Committee Ranking Member and the nominee.]
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October 2005
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October 3:
Press Conference
- [PICTURED: Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the ranking member of the
Senate Judiciary Committee, speaks to reporters in his Burlington,
Vt. office following President Bush's announcement of his nomination
of Harriet Miers to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.]
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September 2005
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September 28:
Press Conference
- [PICTURED: Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), center, is joined by
Bunnatine "Bunny" Greenhouse, left, a whistleblower who questioned
the awarding of contracts for reconstruction in Iraq to Halliburton,
as well as Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND), second from left, Sen. Frank
Lautenberg (D-NJ), second from right, and Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.),
right, at a press conference about whistleblower protection.]
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September 21:
White House Meeting To Discuss Supreme Court Vacancy - [PICTURED:
(Left to right) Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Judiciary
Committee Ranking Member
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter
(R-Pa.), and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), discuss the
vacancy on the Supreme Court following a meeting with President George
Bush at the White House.]
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September 12:
Supreme Court Hearings Begin - [PICTURED: Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.),
center, the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Arlen
Specter (R-Pa.), left, the Committee's chairman, meet with Judge John G. Roberts
before confirmation hearings on Roberts' nomination to the Supreme Court begin.]
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September 8:
Press Conference
- [PICTURED: Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), right, and Jim
Jeffords (I-Vt.), left, hold a news conference to discuss their efforts to
repeal a controversial mercury pollution rule. For more,
click here.]
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August 2005
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August 29:
Office Meeting With
Judge John G. Roberts - [PICTURED: Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) meets with
Judge John G. Roberts a week before confirmation hearings are scheduled to
begin for the Supreme Court nominee.]
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July 2005
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July 20:
Office
Meeting With Judge John G. Roberts
- [PICTURED: Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary
Committee, meets with Judge John G. Roberts, President Bush's
nominee to the an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.]
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July 19:
Press
Conference - [PICTURED: Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the
ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Chuck
Schumer (D-NY), hold a press conference to discuss the
nomination of Judge John G. Roberts to be an Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court.]
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July 12:
White
House Meeting to Discuss Supreme Court Vacancies -
[PICTURED: Majority Leader bill Frist (R-Tenn.), Judiciary
Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), Judiciary Committee
Ranking Member Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), and Minority Leader Harry
Reid (D-Nev.) met with President Bush to discuss Supreme Court
vacancies and the role of the Senate in consultation.]
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June 2005
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June 29:
Privacy Press
Conference
- [PICTURED: Sens. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) and
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) introduced legislation to help consumers
better protect the privacy of their personal information in the
face ore recurrent data security breaches across the country.]
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June 23:
Democratic
Press Conference - [PICTURED: Pictured right to left,
Democratic Sens. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.),
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) held a press
conference to discuss presidential consultation with the Senate
in making nominations to the U.S. Supreme Court.]
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June 23:
YouthAids Meeting
- [PICTURED: Actress Ashley Judd (left) met with Sen. Patrick
Leahy (D-Vt.) to discuss promoting behavior change to stop the
spread of HIV/AIDS.]
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June 12:
"Face the
Nation" - [PICTURED: Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) is
interviewed on CBS's "Face the Nation." Photo courtesy of
AP Photo/CBS face the Nation, Karin Cooper).
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June 9:
United Nations
Press Conference - [PICTURED: Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.)
held a news conference at the UN on
June 6, following his most recent meeting with Secretary-General
Kofi Annan.
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May 2005
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May 26:
Asbestos
Press Conference - [PICTURED: Sens. Arlen Specter and
Patrick Leahy discuss Specter-Leahy asbestos trust fund bill.]
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May 11:
America's Most Wanted
- [PICTURED: Robbie Callaway of the Boys and Girls Club of America,
Sen. Patrick Leahy, John Walsh, and Ernie Allen of the National
Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
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April 2005
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April 20:
Green Mountain Coffee Hour
- [PICTURED: Sen. Patrick Leahy visits with Vermont constituents during
a Green Mountain Coffee Hour.]
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March 2005
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March 15:
FOIA Hearings -
[PICTURED: Sens. Cornyn and Leahy during a Judiciary Committee
hearing on their FOIA legislation.]
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February 2005
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- February 17:
Senate
Appropriations Committee
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[PICTURED: Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice, and Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) meet before an
Appropriations Committee hearing on the 2005 Emergency Supplemental
spending bill.
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February 16:
Senate
Appropriations Committee -
[PICTURED:
Senator Leahy talks with
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld before a Senate Appropriations
Committee hearing.]
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January 2005
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- January 24:
Purple Heart Ceremony
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[PICTURED: Sen. Leahy presents Morgan resident Charles Norton with a
Purple Heart medal.]
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January 4:
Swearing In Ceremony
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[PICTURED: Leahy, his wife Marcelle and
Vice President Cheney during the swearing in ceremony.]
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January 4:
Swearing In Ceremony
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[PICTURED: Leahy and family with Vice
President Cheney during the swearing in ceremony.]
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