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Patrick Leahy

Type: Person

Name: Patrick Leahy

Title: Senator

Place of Birth: Montpelier

Nationality: United States

Fact Sheet: Biography for Patrick Leahy

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 2 reports

Op-ed: Democrats Throw Queers Under the Bus—Again

When will the Democrats be our allies in more than name only?It’s a reasonable question.The Employment Non-Discrimination Act has been introduced in every Congress but one since 1994, but it has yet to pass, even when both the House and Senate has Democratic ... [Published Gay.com - 7 hours ago]

Entities: LGBT, Lesbian, Patrick Leahy, Immigration

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 2 reports

Senator: Immigration needs comprehensive approach

Sen. Patrick Leahy says reforming the U.S. immigration system requires a comprehensive, rather than a piecemeal, approach.The Vermont Democrat's comments came at a news conference on Friday, three days after the Senate Judiciary Committee, which Leahy ... [Published Champlain Channel - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Patrick Leahy, Immigration, Homosexuality, Reformism

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 2 reports

A necessary compromise on immigration: Editorial

Immigration reform is closer to being realized than ever before, enabling 11 million immigrants living in the United States without authorization to earn their pathway to citizenship, strengthening border patrols and making it easier for highly skilled ... [Published New Jersey Online - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Patrick Leahy, Immigration, Gay, Marco Rubio

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 2 reports

Patrick Leahy

Signs and Wonders: Gay marriage advocates fight the battle to lose the war on immigration reform

Silly me. Earlier this week, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., tried to tack on an amendment to the immigration bill that would allow an American citizenâs foreign-born, same-sex "spouse" the ability to become a citizen. The amendment ... [Published World Magazine - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Homosexuality, Gay, Patrick Leahy

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 2 reports

John Cornyn

Patent Abuse Reduction Act Aims To Shoot Down Trolls

The fightback against patent trolls is picking up steam with new ammunition materializing in the form of Texas Senator John Cornyn’s newly introduced Patent Abuse Reduction Act of 2013 . According to Cornyn, the bill is designed to act as a deterrent ... [Published SiliconANGLE - 13 hours ago]

Entities: John Cornyn, Patent, Abuse, Rackspace Hosting Inc

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 17 hours ago - 3 reports

Eric Holder

Obama Orders Release of Admission that Droves Have Killed 4 U.S. Citizens Since 2009

Its not news that four American citizens have been killed by counter-terrorism drones, in a sort of dystopic sci fi series of attacks targeting enemies of the state. What’s news is that Attorney General Eric Holder admitted to it for the first time Wednesday. ... [Published JD Journal - May 23 2013]

Entities: Drone, Eric Holder, Anwar Al-Awlaki, Counter-Terrorism

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 21 hours ago - 2 reports

Barack Obama

The Danger in D.C. is Bipartisanship

(SitNews) - The growing scandals enveloping the Obama administration are becoming a series of shiny baubles being dangled before the right and the left alike. The right wants to impeach Obama, while the left, of course, wants to blindly defend him. Meanwhile, ... [Published Sitnews - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Patrick Leahy, Barack Obama, Immigration, Democratic Party (US)

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

Immigration bill moves forward leaving gay couples behind

0 CommentsMarried couple Kelli Ryan and Lucy Truman may have to relocate back to Europe since Ryan cannot sponsor Truman for permanent residency.Washington –- Lucy Truman and Kelli Ryan, a married same-sex couple living in Newtown, are considering leaving ... [Published The Connecticut Mirror - May 23 2013]

Entities: Gay, Immigration, Patrick Leahy

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 18 reports

Obama Orders Release of Admission that Droves Have Killed 4 U.S. Citizens Since 2009

Entities: Drone, Eric Holder, Anwar Al-Awlaki, Counter-Terrorism

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 6 reports

Immigration bill more acceptable to Senate Republicans

The immigration bill passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee is picking up Republican support. Committee chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) removed a major obstacle to the bill’s passing the Senate by withdrawing his own amendment to it, an amendment ... [Published Homeland Security News Wire - May 23 2013]

Entities: Immigration, Republican Party (US), Patrick Leahy, Mitch McConnell

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 3 reports

US: LGBT activists protests against removal of gay protections from immigration reform bill

The protesters rallied outside Senator Marco Rubio's Doral office, to protest the removal of same-sex protections in immigration reformLGBT rights activists gathered outside the office of a US Senator on Wenesday, in order to protest against the decision ... [Published Pink News - May 23 2013]

Entities: LGBT, Gay, protest, Marco Rubio, Homosexuality

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

A step forward

Action by the Senate Judiciary Committee in approving landmark immigration reform is a reminder that where there is a willingness to compromise, politics need not be an endless stalemate.The committee voted, 13-5, in favor of a revised version of a bill ... [Published Times Argus - May 23 2013]

Entities: Patrick Leahy, Immigration, Orrin Hatch

Quotes

In a statement after committee approval of the bill, Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said, "the dysfunction in our current immigration system affects all of us and it is long past time for reform." He later added, "We need an immigration system that lives up to American values and helps write the next great chapter in American history by reinvigorating...

USHCC Applauds Senate Judiciary Committee for Moving Immigration Reform Bill to Full Senate [Published OSIX News - 6 hours ago]

Leahy has been quoted as saying about his wife, "we hate it when we are apart from each other."

Op-ed: Democrats Throw Queers Under the Bus—Again [Published Gay.com - 7 hours ago]

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Senator: Immigration needs comprehensive approach [Published Champlain Channel - 7 hours ago]
Leahy: Immigration needs comprehensive approach [Published Burlington Press - 7 hours ago]
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Senate Committee Sacrifices LGBT Protections in... [Published City Watch - 11 hours ago]
Annual economic study of region paints mixed pi... [Published Scranton Times-Tribune - 11 hours ago]
Judiciary Committee approval moves immigration ... [Published Boston Pilot - 13 hours ago]
Patent Abuse Reduction Act Aims To Shoot Down T... [Published SiliconANGLE - 13 hours ago]
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Immigration bill will falter if same-sex amendm... [Published Florida Baptist Witness - 17 hours ago]
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Blogs

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U.S. Government Admits Drone Strikes Killed Fou... [Published Impunity Watch - 10 hours ago] By Mark O’Brien Impunity Watch Reporter, North America WASHINGTON, United States — The Justice Department acknowledged for the first time this week that U.S. drone strikes have killed four American citizens in the Middle East since 2009. ...
Patent Abuse Reduction Act Aims To Shoot Down T... [Published SiliconANGLE - 13 hours ago] The fightback against patent trolls is picking up steam with new ammunition materializing in the form of Texas Senator John Cornyn’s newly introduced Patent Abuse Reduction Act of 2013 . According to Cornyn, the bill is designed to act as a deterrent ...
Boehner: House To Determine 'Appropriateness' O... [Published Talking Points Memo - May 23 2013] House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) on Thursday refrained from commenting on the appropriateness of using drones to target Americans overseas, but he did say that Congress would investigate the death of four such U.S. citizens since 2009, which the government ...
Immigration Reform LGBT Rights [Published TechCrunch - May 23 2013] Editor’s note: Gavin Newsom is Lieutenant Governor of California and the former Mayor of San Francisco. In 2004, he defied state law and married same-sex couples. He recently published “ Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent ...
Immigration Reform LGBT Rights [Published TechCrunch Europe - May 23 2013] Editor’s note: Gavin Newsom is Lieutenant Governor of California and the former Mayor of San Francisco. In 2004, he defied state law and married same-sex couples. He recently published “ Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent ...

Audio/Video

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Leahy on UAFA Amendment [Published Senator Patrick Leahy - YouTube Channel - May 22 2013]
Leahy: All Families should Be Treated Fairly By... [Published Senator Patrick Leahy - YouTube Channel - May 22 2013]
Leahy on UAFA and Comprehensive Immigration Reform [Published Senator Patrick Leahy - YouTube Channel - May 22 2013]
Senator Leahy's Floor Statement on Gun Violence... [Published Senator Patrick Leahy - YouTube Channel - Apr 11 2013]
Senator Leahy's Closing Statement at Gun Violen... [Published Senator Patrick Leahy - YouTube Channel - Mar 15 2013]

Press Releases

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Judiciary Committee Approves Immigration Bill t... [Published PR Newswire - May 22 2013]
U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy to Deliver Commencem... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Mar 25 2013]
Before Judiciary Hearing, Law Enforcement Leade... [Published CisionWire - English - Mar 05 2013]
SAVE Applauds New Inclusion Mandate of Violence... [Published CisionWire - English - Mar 01 2013]
Leahy Embassy Security Bill Passes Senate [Published PR Newswire: Policy & Public Interest - Feb 05 2013]