News Articles for "Patrick Leahy"
Study: Immigration bill would help Social Security
A bipartisan immigration bill pending in the Senate would strengthen the Social Security trust fund by adding millions of workers to tax rolls, and provid...
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Dems push assault weapons ban through Senate panel
Democrats pushed an assault weapons ban through a Senate committee on Thursday and toward its likely doom on the Senate floor, after an emotion-laden deba...
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Holder promises more openness on national security
Attorney General Eric Holder promised the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that the Obama administration will share more information with Congress ...
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Sandy Hook victim's father pleads for assault weapons ban
There have been wrenching scenes in Washington as the father of a young boy killed in the Sandy Hook massacre pleaded with Congress to ban automatic weapon...
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