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(Newser) - More than $100 million in anti-narcotics aid to Mexico has been delayed because of alleged human rights abuses in the country's war with drug cartels, the Washington Post reports. Sen. Patrick Leahy, chair of a subcommittee that oversees foreign aid spending, blocked plans to release a favorable State Department report... More »

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human rights • Mexico • State Department • Patrick Leahy • Mexican drug war

(AP) - The Senate Judiciary Committee today put off its vote on Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination for one week, to July 28, after Republicans asked for a delay. Chairman Patrick Leahy says he is disappointed the Republicans held up the committee's action, but predicts Sotomayor will join the Supreme Court in... More »

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Jeff Sessions • Patrick Leahy • Senate confirmation hearings • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor

analysis

Blame Everyone Involved for Shallow Sotomayor Hearings

Dems go lightly; GOP eyes history outside of court

Jul 20, 09 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - With Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation a virtual certainty and her appointment unlikely to change the direction of the Supreme Court, last week's toothless hearings held few surprises. Except, that is, for observers who were hoping the Senate Judiciary Committee would press for substantive Q-and-A, Joan Biskupic writes for USA Today.... More »

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Senate Democrats • Senate Judiciary Committee • Jeff Sessions • Senate Republicans • Patrick Leahy • justice • confirmation hearings • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor

Confirmation hearings

 Sotomayor: 
 Roe v. Wade 
 Is 'Settled Law' 


Jul 14, 09 12:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Questioning is under way on Day 2 of Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings, and there has already been much talk of New Haven firefighters and wise Latina women. Asked about that infamous quote early on, Sotomayor replied, “I want to state upfront, unequivocally… I do not believe that any racial... More »

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Jeff Sessions • Patrick Leahy • Senate confirmation hearings • confirmation hearings • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor • Ricci v. DeStefano

(Newser) - Sonia Sotomayor has wrapped up the first session of what promises to be a successful but contentious confirmation process. Patrick Leahy opened today's hearing by expressing hope Sotomayor would be spared racial attacks. “She has been a judge for all Americans,” the Senate Judiciary Committee chair said. “... More »

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Jeff Sessions • Patrick Leahy • Senate confirmation hearings • empathy • confirmation hearings • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor

 Sotomayor Confirmation  
 Hearings Start July 13 

Senate judiciary chair: it's a 'reasonable schedule'

Jun 9, 09 11:40 AM CDT
(AP) - Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor will convene on July 13, says the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman. Patrick Leahy said the date represents a "reasonable schedule" that would give committee members several more weeks to prepare. President Obama has urged the Senate to vote before it leaves... More »

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(Newser) - Sonia Sotomayor made her first trip to Capitol Hill today, and had heart-to-hearts with Harry Reid and assorted members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, explaining the “wise Latina” remark that has drawn so much attention to chairman Patrick Leahy, Politico reports. Though everyone has a different background, the Supreme... More »

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Senate • Harry Reid • Senate Judiciary Committee • Mitch McConnell • Jeff Sessions • Patrick Leahy • nominee • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor

Analysis

Sotomayor Vote Carries Risks for These Senators

Judiciary committee members share spotlight with nominee

May 28, 09 9:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation looks likely, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be some drama between here and there. Politico runs down which senators have the most to win—and the most to lose:  
  • Patrick Leahy: Facing his first nominee as judiciary chairman, Leahy’s
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Senate • Senate Democrats • Senate Judiciary Committee • Arlen Specter • Jeff Sessions • Senate Republicans • Patrick Leahy • Charles Grassley • Senate confirmation hearings • US Supreme Court • US Senate • Sonia Sotomayor

Obama Meets With Senators on Court Choice

Nominee coming 'soon,' should be seated by October, say Dems

May 13, 09 1:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s choice for the next Supreme Court justice is coming “soon,” said Democratic senators after a meeting with the president. The White House says the appointee won’t be announced this week, but Harry Reid and Patrick Leahy say he or she should be seated by... More »

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Harry Reid • Patrick Leahy • US Supreme Court • David Souter • President Obama

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Sebelius: Never 
 Mind Biden; 
 It's OK to Travel 

Newest cabinet member seeks to allay swine flu fears

May 3, 09 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s new Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius made the talk show rounds today, insisting that people should continue traveling, despite remarks to the contrary by Joe Biden. “Traveling and being in close places is certainly something we encourage people to continue to do,” she... More »

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Mitt Romney • Joe Biden • travel • Health and Human Services • Arlen Specter • Patrick Leahy • Kathleen Sebelius • swine flu

(Newser) - President Obama today said he’d be open to the idea of creating a panel to investigate the Bush administration’s interrogation methods in the war on terror. Obama and his aides have been dismissing the idea for weeks, but today in a press conference with King Abdullah of Jordan,... More »

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Bush administration • Barack Obama • CIA • torture • Patrick Leahy • interrogation techniques • harsh interrogation • Obama administration

 Senators Rank 
 Bipartisan Colleagues 

Kennedy, Collins named most bipartisan

Apr 21, 09 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you want to reach across the aisle in the Senate, chances are you're stretching toward Ted Kennedy or Susan Collins, according to a Hill survey of the upper chamber. “I’d love to co-sponsor every piece of legislation with Ted Kennedy,” says Sen. Richard Burr. The most... More »

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Congress • Charles Schumer • Senate • Senate Democrats • Ted Kennedy • Senate Republicans • Patrick Leahy • partisanship • Susan Collins • bipartisanship • Jim Bunning

Leahy Calls
For 'Truth Commission' on Bush Abuses

Republicans say
it's a waste of time

Mar 4, 09 4:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Sen. Patrick Leahy called today for a "truth commission" to investigate alleged abuses by the Bush administration in the name of the war on terror, CNN reports. Detention and interrogation practices at Gitmo and Abu Ghraib “have seriously eroded fundamental American principles of the rule of law,"... More »

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War on Terror • Congress • torture • Abu Ghraib • Senate Judiciary Committee • Arlen Specter • Patrick Leahy • Guantanamo Bay • John Cornyn • inquiry

GOP Questions Put Brakes on Holder Vote

Committee will wait
week on AG nominee, infuriating chair Leahy

Jan 21, 09 3:04 PM CST
(Newser) - The Senate Judiciary Committee delayed today’s scheduled vote on Eric Holder’s confirmation by another week, CNN reports. Republican members engineered the move, saying they have questions about the attorney-general nominee’s stance on interrogation techniques. Chairman Patrick Leahy, who said he was “extremely disappointed,” banged down... More »

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Department of Justice • Senate Judiciary Committee • Arlen Specter • Patrick Leahy • Senate confirmation hearings • confirmation hearings • attorney general • Eric Holder • US Senate • Obama administration • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

Republicans
Picking a Fight
Over Holder

Dems need one GOP vote to move AG pick out of committee

Jan 9, 09 10:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Senate Republicans seem to have settled on attorney-general-designate Eric Holder as their main target for a tough confirmation hearing. Thanks to his liberal leanings and his role in the Clinton administration—especially the controversial 11th-hour Marc Rich pardon—Holder will get a grilling in the Judiciary Committee. Ranking Republican Arlen... More »

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Department of Justice • Attorney General • Senate Judiciary Committee • Arlen Specter • Patrick Leahy • confirmation hearings • Eric Holder

 GOP: Hold Up on Holder 

GOP plans a fight over Obama's AG nominee

Dec 12, 08 9:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Senate Republicans are laying a speed bump on Eric Holder’s route to confirmation as attorney general, Politico reports. Joined by a key Democrat, they're objecting to Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy’s plan to fast track Holder's confirmation, scheduling hearings as early as Jan. 8. Republicans note that more... More »

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Senate Judiciary Committee • Jon Kyl • Patrick Leahy • attorney general • Eric Holder

 Lieberman Should 
 Be Punished: Leahy 

Dem wants McCain-backing independent stripped of committee chairmanship

Nov 14, 08 4:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Patrick Leahy thinks fellow Sen. Joe Lieberman, after campaigning for John McCain, should no longer occupy the chair of key committees, the Democrat told Vermont Public Radio today. The Connecticut independent currently caucuses with the Democrats, and chairs the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committees, the Hill notes. Lieberman went... More »

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Senate • Democratic caucus • Vermont • Joe Lieberman • Patrick Leahy • Election 2008 • Senate committees • chairman

 Stevens Corruption Trial Begins 


Sep 22, 08 5:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jury selection began today in the corruption trial of Ted Stevens, the first US senator in over 20 years to face a criminal trial, reports WTUU of Anchorage. The list of 200-plus possible witnesses at the Alaska Republican's trial, in federal court in Washington, DC, includes Colin Powell as well... More »

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Alaska • Ted Kennedy • Ted Stevens • Patrick Leahy • Orrin Hatch • Bill Allen • Colin Powell • Daniel Inouye

 Senate Grills FBI 
 on Anthrax, Ivins 

Lawmakers raise doubts that suspect acted alone

Sep 17, 08 2:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Senators cast strong doubts today on the FBI's conclusion that Bruce Ivins acted alone in the 2001 anthrax scare, reports the Washington Post, with many demanding a more public vetting of the investigation into America’s largest bioterror attack. "There are others out there who should be... More »

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investigation • FBI • Robert Mueller • Patrick Leahy • anthrax • DNA evidence • Bruce Ivins • bioterrorism

Probe Finds Bias in Justice Dept. Hiring

Perceived Democratic ties sank applicants for prestigious programs

Jun 24, 08 3:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Justice Department screened applicants to its internship and recruitment programs for conservative attitudes and credentials, rejecting applicants with liberal-sounding resumes, the Washington Post reports. Today's report by the department’s inspector general details a history of partisan hiring practices beginning in 2002 and concludes that the process "undermined... More »

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Bush administration • Department of Justice • US attorneys scandal • conservative • Patrick Leahy • partisanship • US attorney firings

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