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Patrick Joseph Leahy OBE (/ ˈ l eɪ h i / LAY-hee; born March 31, 1940) is an American politician and attorney who represented Vermont in the United States Senate from 1975 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party , he also was the president pro tempore of the United States Senate from 2012 to 2015 and from 2021 to 2023.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee, Patrick Leahy, indicated that previously authorized subpoenas would be issued if the requests were still outstanding after the due date. [ 182 ] [ 183 ] August 24, 2007: Wan J. Kim , Assistant Attorney General for the DOJ Civil Rights Division since November 2005, announced his resignation, effective at the ...
Sen. Patrick Leahy, the veteran Democratic lawmaker who told reporters Monday he will not seek re-election in Vermont, holds impressive distinctions. Patrick Leahy has been in the Senate for decades.
[46] Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) dismissed the claims and warned Taylor she was "in danger of drawing a criminal contempt of Congress citation". [46] Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) took issue with the claim as well, telling Taylor You seem to be selective in the use of the presidential privilege.
The Vermont Democrat, 81, the chair of the Appropriations Committee and Senate president pro tem, will leave the Senate after having served for 46 years.
David Carle, Leahy’s press secretary, did not disclose the specifics of the 80-year-old senator’s condition, only saying he “was not feeling” after returning to his office from the trial.
Leahy was the last Watergate Baby to serve in Congress; he retired in 2023 after 48 years in office. [ 3 ] "Watergate Babies" can also apply to those Democrats elected to state or local office in 1974; [ 4 ] [ 5 ] political scientist Malcolm Jewell wrote, "Democrats made substantial state legislative gains in a large number of states in 1974 ...
The president pro tempore of the United States Senate (also president pro tem) is the second-highest-ranking official of the United States Senate. Article I, Section Three of the United States Constitution provides that the vice president of the United States, despite not being a senator, is the president of the Senate.