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Dec 23, 2022 · The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy about his five decades in the U.S. Senate as he prepares to...
He’s currently the longest-serving senator and third in line to the presidency as president pro tempore. He’s the fourth-longest serving senator in history and has cast nearly 17,000 votes. Leahy has been active on judicial, criminal justice, gay rights, human rights, privacy and environmental issues.
Nov 15, 2021 · Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont announced today he will not seek a ninth term in office next year. He was elected in 1974, and his decision to step down creates a rare opening in Vermont's ...
Nov 15, 2021 · WASHINGTON — Senator Patrick J. Leahy, Democrat of Vermont and the chamber’s longest-serving member, announced on Monday that he would retire at the end of his term rather than seek re-election...
Aug 22, 2022 · Election Dashboard. State Results. Primary Schedule. Entrance/Exit Polls. Sen. Patrick Leahy reflects on retirement, new memoir. Leahy, the most senior and longest-serving member of the Senate, is retiring. By ABC News. August 22, 2022, 8:28 PM. 5:54. Sen. Patrick Leahy speaks as Secretary of State Antony Blink...Show More. Show More.
Aug 23, 2022 · Vermont’s Patrick Leahy has served in the U.S. Senate for half a century. “I never expected to see the arc of history that I’ve seen. Starting out as the junior-most member of the Senate, immediately post-Watergate, Republicans and Democrats trying to come together to put the country back together,” Leahy says.
Patrick Joseph Leahy, 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.
