Howard and Alba Leahy Library is located in the Vermont History Center in Barre, VT. It is housed in the old Spaulding School Building and run by the Vermont Historical Society , which is also located in the same building.
81-554: The library was named after Howard and Alba Leahy, the parents of U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy . Senator Leahy helped secure funding to pay for some of the renovations of the Spaulding School building and in return the Vermont Historical Society named the library in his parents' honor. The Howard and Alba Leahy Library is open to the public and allows for individualized research. Researchers can find
162-628: A certain shape, such as for glass and tile, as a "quarry cut". The method of removal of stones from their natural bed by using different operations is called quarrying. Methods of quarrying include: Following steps are used in the blasting process; Many quarry stones such as marble , granite , limestone , and sandstone are cut into larger slabs and removed from the quarry. The surfaces are polished and finished with varying degrees of sheen or luster . Polished slabs are often cut into tiles or countertops and installed in many kinds of residential and commercial properties. Natural stone quarried from
243-539: A compromise, Baker informed Leahy of the meeting's contents and Leahy announced that he would introduce his own plan if the U.S. and Israel could not come to an agreement in the following weeks. Later that month, the Bush administration announced the U.S. would present Israel with loan guarantees only if the Israeli government halted settlement building. Leahy supported the measure and introduced his own proposal that retained
324-652: A constitutional amendment permitting organized school prayer in public schools. Leahy was appointed chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee on January 3, 1987. During his tenure as vice-chair of the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in 1987, Leahy showed a news reporter an unclassified draft report on the Iran–Contra affair . At a press conference afterward, Leahy said, "Even though it
405-557: A five-cent per gallon increase on gasoline taxes across the U.S. to finance highway repairs and mass transit. The bill passed on the last day of the 97th United States Congress . On October 19, 1983, Leahy voted for a bill establishing Martin Luther King Jr. Day . Reagan signed the legislation the next month. In March 1984, Leahy voted against a proposed constitutional amendment authorizing periods in public school for silent prayer, and against Reagan's unsuccessful proposal for
486-621: A joint statement disclosing their prior request of Comey to investigate all contacts and communications Attorney General Sessions or his aides had with Russian government officials and raised the question of whether Sessions had committed perjury in his Senate testimony. In September 2017, Leahy was one of eight senators to vote against the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a defense policy bill that included $ 640 billion in base defense spending and $ 60 billion in war funds. In November 2017, Leahy
567-788: A letter sent to Appropriations Committee conference members, requesting a delay in implementing Section 304 in H.R. 4392, the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001, until it could be fully considered by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. The amendment would introduce new felony crime laws, concerning the unauthorized disclosure of information. Leahy and his colleagues indicated this would be in conflict with existing First Amendment rights and Whistleblower Protection Acts . On June 22, 2004, Leahy and Vice President Dick Cheney participated in
648-571: A letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley in which he expressed his fear that "the damage being done to the FBI, and to our nation's institutions more broadly, will far outlast any current crises unless we take decisive, bipartisan action" and requested an oversight hearing on the Trump administration's criticisms of the FBI and Justice Department. In September 2018, as the Senate weighed
729-405: A need for the federal government to "begin tracking information about anti-Sikh, anti-Hindu and anti-Arab hate crimes as soon as possible so that law enforcement can more effectively respond to this threat". In June 2013, Leahy filed three amendments to an immigration reform package, including one that proposed recognizing same-sex marriages when one spouse is an American. He said implementation of
810-402: A news conference, Leahy pledged that he would preserve funding for TEFAP, noting his 1987 lawsuit against Agriculture Secretary Richard Edmund Lyng and declaring that TEFAP maintained the same level of significance as it did then. In August 1994, Leahy attended a news conference with the health advocacy group Public Voice, as it urged the federal government to take more ambitious steps to increase
891-485: A president or elected official who had been accused of committing the aforementioned act. In April 2017, Leahy was one of 11 senators to cosponsor a bill that would have restored a FCC rule requiring internet service providers to obtain permission from customers before selling data about them to advertisers that had been repealed earlier in the week. On June 1, 2017, weeks after the firing of FBI Director James Comey , Leahy and Senator Al Franken of Minnesota released
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#1732783635938972-536: A printing business across from the Vermont State House , and were also the publishers of the Waterbury Record newspaper. Leahy attended the parochial schools of Montpelier, and graduated from Montpelier's St. Michael's High School in 1957. In 1961, Leahy graduated from Saint Michael's College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in government. While attending college, Leahy was a member of
1053-399: A variety of resources documenting the history and people of Vermont, including a collection of books and pamphlets dating from the 1770s to the present. The past is preserved at the library in letters, diaries, ledgers and scrapbooks. The extensive photograph and broadside collections create a visual record of the state's past as well. With a special interest in family history, the library has
1134-564: A warrant." Leahy was one of two senators targeted in the 2001 anthrax attacks . The anthrax letter meant for him was intercepted before it reached his office. In 2004, Leahy was awarded the Electronic Privacy Information Center 's Champion of Freedom Award, for efforts in information privacy and open government . He is regarded as one of the leading privacy advocates in Congress. In 2000, Leahy cosigned
1215-451: Is a type of open-pit mine in which dimension stone , rock , construction aggregate , riprap , sand , gravel , or slate is excavated from the ground. The operation of quarries is regulated in some jurisdictions to manage their safety risks and reduce their environmental impact. The word quarry can also include the underground quarrying for stone, such as Bath stone . Types of rock extracted from quarries include: Stone quarry
1296-411: Is an outdated term for mining construction rocks (limestone, marble, granite, sandstone, etc.). There are open types (called quarries, or open-pit mines) and closed types ( mines and caves). For thousands of years, only hand tools had been used in quarries. In the eighteenth century, the use of drilling and blasting operations was mastered. The term remains used to describe a method of cutting into
1377-743: The Appropriations Committee and as Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs . In his position as the second-highest Democrat on the Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, Leahy chairs the Agriculture Subcommittee on Research, Nutrition and General Legislation . Upon the death of Senate President pro tempore Daniel Inouye , a Hawaii Democrat, on December 17, 2012, Leahy became
1458-622: The Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act , Senate Bill S. 3804, which would allow the court to issue a restraining order or injunction against Internet domain names which infringe upon copyright . In May 2011, Leahy introduced the Protect IP Act (PIPA) to the Senate. The bill was drafted to give the U.S. government and copyright holders additional tools to fight copyright piracy and counterfeit goods trafficking by foreign rogue websites. Critics of
1539-535: The Coquina quarry is excavated to more than 60 feet (18 m) below sea level. To reduce surface leakage, a moat lined with clay was constructed around the entire quarry. Groundwater entering the pit is pumped up into the moat. As a quarry becomes deeper, water inflows generally increase and it also becomes more expensive to lift the water higher during removal; this can become the limiting factor in quarry depth. Some water-filled quarries are worked from beneath
1620-674: The Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). Leahy voted for the Defense of Marriage Act and was one of the few in his party to support the ban on intact dilation and extraction procedures. In 2005, Project on Government Oversight , a government watchdog group, presented Leahy and Senator John Cornyn with its first ever Bi-Partisan Leadership Award, in honor of their cooperation on issues of government oversight and transparency, including their co-sponsorship of
1701-660: The Energy Department 's enforcement budget by $ 13 million. He called the Reagan administration's cuts to the enforcement budget "de facto amnesty" for violations made by alleged increases in prices for oil companies. The amendment was defeated in the Senate on October 28 by a vote of 48 to 43. On December 2, 1981, Leahy voted for an amendment to Reagan's MX missiles proposal that would divert the silo system by $ 334 million, as well as earmark further research for other methods that would allow giant missiles to be based. The vote
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#17327836359381782-604: The Pirate Act , backed by the Recording Industry Association of America . In July 2004, Leahy and Hatch introduced the INDUCE Act . Both were aimed at combating copyright infringement . On November 2, 2004 , Leahy easily defeated his opponent, businessman Jack McMullen, with 70.6 percent of the vote. On September 21, 2005, Leahy announced his support for John Roberts to be Chief Justice of
1863-509: The Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Agriculture Committee . In March 2022, he became the most senior member of Congress . At the time of his retirement, Leahy was the dean of Vermont's congressional delegation, Vermont's longest-serving U.S. senator , and the first Democrat ever elected to the U.S. Senate from Vermont. Leahy was succeeded by Peter Welch , who became the second Democrat to represent Vermont in
1944-801: 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. Leahy was the third-longest-serving U.S. senator in history at 48 years, and was the longest-serving member of the United States Congress to serve solely as a senator. During his tenure he chaired the Senate Appropriations Committee ,
2025-694: The United States Supreme Court . On January 19, 2006, Leahy announced that he would vote against Judge Samuel Alito , to be a justice of the Supreme Court. He has a mixed record on gun control , being one of the few Senate Democrats to vote against the Brady Bill . He voted for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and is in favor of phasing out farm subsidies . He voted against
2106-587: The extraordinary rendition of Arar to Syria . Leahy endorsed Barack Obama , the Democratic junior senator from Illinois , in the 2008 presidential election , and recorded a radio advertisement for the Obama campaign to be aired in Vermont. In May 2009, President Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. Sotomayor received criticism for having said "I would hope that a wise Latina woman with
2187-473: The sting operation that caught Paul Lawrence, an undercover police officer for numerous departments in Vermont. Lawrence falsely claimed to have purchased illegal drugs from several people, resulting in numerous convictions based on his perjury. From 1971 to 1974, Leahy served as vice president of the National Association of District Attorneys, and in 1974 the organization named him one of
2268-456: The $ 10 billion in loan guarantees, but "disbursed at a pace up to $ 2 billion a year for five years". On November 20, 1993, Leahy voted for the North American Free Trade Agreement . The agreement linked the U.S., Canada, and Mexico into a single free trade zone, and was signed into law on December 8 by President Bill Clinton . Clinton publicly weighed reducing funding for The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) by half. In March 1994, during
2349-517: The Agriculture Committee which suggest that he was aware of and involved in the anti-competitive and monopolistic practices of his former employer." Leahy and Kennedy contended that Crowell concealed his involvement with Louisiana-Pacific , Panhandle Logging Company, and Ketchikan Spruce Mills during the confirmation process. Crowell was confirmed by the Senate. In October 1981, Leahy introduced an amendment that would have increased
2430-597: The Agriculture Department was the only federal agency to succeed in its downsizing efforts and called on other agencies to follow its example. In 1994, Leahy introduced legislation to encourage schools to ban soft drinks and other food items of "minimal nutritional value", saying, "These vending profits go for good causes. But when it comes to vending machine junk food, it would be better to put pupils ahead of vending profits." The bill overcame opposition from The Coca-Cola Company and other representatives of
2511-638: The Foreign Relations Committee Bob Menendez , and Lindsey Graham , sent President Trump a letter requesting that he begin an investigation of the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi , under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act. The letter asked Trump to report the findings within 120 days, along with a decision on whether to impose sanctions on those found responsible. Later that month, Leahy
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2592-657: The National Federation of Catholic College Students. He was also involved with the Knights of Columbus , the Saint Michael's College Glee Club, and the school's pre-law society and politics club. He was active with the Reserve Officers' Training Corps rifle team, and was a member of the varsity rifle team. He was also on the staff of The Shield , the Saint Michael's College yearbook and WSSE,
2673-736: The OPEN Government Act of 2005, which prevented burying exemptions to the Freedom of Information Act in legislation. On March 2, 2006, Leahy was one of ten senators to vote against the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act , a bill to extend the USA PATRIOT Act . The Reauthorization Act changed the appointment process for interim United States attorneys, allowing the Attorney General of
2754-524: The Senate. Leahy's signature legislation is the Leahy Law forbidding the United States from funding foreign military units which violate human rights. Leahy was the presiding officer at Donald Trump's second impeachment trial , becoming the first senator to preside over a former president's impeachment trial. In 2023, Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport was renamed after him. Leahy
2835-530: The Society's library opened to the public on the second floor of the Vermont History Center. 44°11′45″N 72°29′54″W / 44.19592°N 72.49835°W / 44.19592; -72.49835 Patrick Leahy 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
2916-716: The Trump administration would suspend its obligations in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty in 60 days, if Russia continued to violate the treaty, Leahy was one of 26 senators to sign a letter expressing concern over the administration's "now abandoning generations of bipartisan U.S. leadership around the paired goals of reducing the global role and number of nuclear weapons and ensuring strategic stability with America's nuclear-armed adversaries" and calling on President Trump to continue arms negotiations. After Minnesota Representative Rick Nolan retired from Congress in 2019, Leahy became
2997-589: The U.S. Senate class photo. After the vote, Cheney was talking to only Republicans. When Leahy asked him to come over and talk to the Democrats, Cheney upbraided Leahy for the Senator's recent excoriations of Halliburton 's activities in Iraq . At the end of the exchange, Cheney told Leahy, "Go fuck yourself." Leahy joked about the incident in 2007, when he escorted Bernie Sanders , Vermont's newly elected senator, to
3078-471: The United States to make interim appointments without term limit or Senatorial confirmation. This was an aspect of hearings in the dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy . In March 2007, both houses voted to overturn the interim appointment provision. On January 18, 2007, Leahy received widespread coverage for his cross-examination of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales , about the Maher Arar affair and
3159-727: The West Nile virus was a biological terrorism effort. During a July 1, 2007, interview, Leahy said he was not against lawful eavesdropping and recommended a revision to the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act, so potential terrorists could be investigated without question. Leahy added that the White House had been subpoenaed, so George W. Bush administration officials could explain "the legal justification they tried to follow when, for years, they wiretapped ordinary Americans and everyone else put out
3240-578: The amendment would end discrimination in the American immigration system and that seeking "equal protection under our laws for the LGBT community is the right thing to do." According to GovTrack, in 2013, Leahy was the senator who has sponsored the most bipartisan bills. Sixty-one percent of bills he sponsored had both Democratic and Republican co-sponsors. In January 2015, Leahy headed a congressional delegation to Cuba , meant to "impress upon Cuban leaders
3321-601: The beverage industry, as well as some education organizations, and was enacted. In October 1999, Leahy voted for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty . The treaty was designed to ban underground nuclear testing and was the first major international security pact to be defeated in the Senate since the Treaty of Versailles . The 1998 United States Senate election in Vermont was noteworthy, in that Republican candidate Fred Tuttle endorsed Leahy. Tuttle
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3402-675: The bill said it would be ineffective, impede free expression on the internet, and interfere with its infrastructure. Leahy subsequently indicated that he would favor further research into provisions that raised objections. Leahy chaired the Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee from 1987 until 1995 the Judiciary Committee from 2001 to 2003 and from 2007 to 2015. He is one of the key Democratic leaders on Senate issues on rules for filling federal judgeships, via advise and consent . Leahy serves as second-highest Democrat on
3483-406: The country's three outstanding prosecutors. Beginning in 1971, he was also involved in the extensive effort to solve the murder of Rita Curran , who had been killed in her Burlington apartment. The murder, which Leahy later called among the most violent he saw while working as a prosecutor, went unsolved until 2023, when DNA testing of evidence left at the crime scene led to the identification of
3564-559: The deal as the lack of deal would allow Iran to further develop nuclear weapons. In January 2017, during a hearing, Leahy asked Jeff Sessions , President-elect Donald Trump 's nominee for attorney general, whether he believed grabbing a woman by her genitals without consent was sexual assault, in reference to comments made by Trump on the Access Hollywood tape that had surfaced during the election cycle. Leahy also asked Sessions if he would be able to "prosecute and investigate"
3645-401: The earth is often considered a luxury and tends to be a highly durable surface, thus highly desirable. Quarries in level areas with shallow groundwater or which are located close to surface water often have engineering problems with drainage . Generally the water is removed by pumping while the quarry is operational, but for high inflows more complex approaches may be required. For example,
3726-406: The expense of the other branches of government, all in the name of fighting terrorism." He added that the administration had declined to answer "the legitimate oversight questions of the public's duly elected representatives", as well as broken the law by wiretapping Americans without warrants. On September 13, 2002, Leahy said in a radio interview that an investigation should be launched into whether
3807-553: The fellowship and did not pursue a position at the Department of Justice because he intended to return to Vermont, and because he did not plan to practice criminal law. Leahy was admitted to the bar soon after his law school graduation and became an associate at the Burlington firm headed by Philip H. Hoff , who then was governor of Vermont . In January 1965, Leahy was appointed as an assistant to Lewis E. Springer Jr.,
3888-424: The first non-Republican senator from Vermont since 1856, and the first Democrat to represent Vermont in the chamber. In 1980 , Leahy defeated Republican Stewart Ledbetter by only 2,700 votes amid Ronald Reagan 's landslide victory in the presidential election . In 1986 , he faced what was on paper an even stronger challenger in former Governor Richard Snelling , but Leahy turned it back, taking 63 percent of
3969-546: The first spending package for the 2019 fiscal year, Leahy advocated for increasing the spending cap for a veterans' care program. When this proposal was not implemented in the final version of the package, which consisted of military construction and veterans' affairs, legislative branch, and energy and water, Leahy warned the decision would leave the VA choice program unfunded. In October 2018, Leahy, along with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker , ranking Democrat on
4050-555: The fiscal year to avert a government shutdown, saying the House bill left "too much undone, and it is woefully inadequate". Leahy added that bipartisan support for the bill would only come from collaborating with Democrats and charged Republicans with "appealing for our support only after they've written a mishmash bill crafted behind closed doors". After the United States federal government shutdown of January 2018 commenced, Leahy
4131-483: The healthiness of school lunches. He praised the 41 schools involved with Public Voice for setting a good example for the rest of the country and cited the importance of school lunches to education. The 1994 midterm elections resulted in a Republican majority in the House for the first time since the 1950s, and conversation arose of limiting feeding programs. Leahy remarked, "Not since the Great Depression has
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#17327836359384212-589: The importance of concrete results and positive momentum". It was American officials' first visit to Cuba, since President Obama announced normalized relations between the US and Cuba the previous month. In July 2015, after the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was unveiled, an international agreement on the nuclear program of Iran, Leahy issued a statement saying it was preferable to war and calling it "unfortunate" that some members of Congress opposed
4293-515: The international effort to ban the production, export, and use of anti-personnel land mines . In 1992, he penned a bill to prohibit the export of land mines, the first law of its kind. In February 1992, the George H. W. Bush administration and Israeli officials struggled to strike a deal that would entice both sides to proceed with a loan guarantee package. After a meeting between Secretary of State James Baker and Zalman Shoval failed to generate
4374-626: The largest printed genealogical collection in the state. It is also home to some of Vermont's earliest maps and planning documents. A catalog of most of the library's holdings is available online. In 2000, the Vermont Historical Society acquired the old Spaulding School in Barre, VT. It has since been renovated to house the Leahy library, collections storage and the administrative offices for Vermont Historical Society. In July 2002
4455-511: The law, which is the same for every American. In August, on the day of Sotomayor's confirmation, Leahy defended her record against Republican critics: "Judge Sotomayor's career and judicial record demonstrates that she has always followed the rule of law. Attempts at distorting that record by suggesting that her ethnicity or heritage will be the driving force in her decisions as a justice of the Supreme Court are demeaning to women and all communities of color." On September 20, 2010, Leahy introduced
4536-482: The legislative draftsman for the Vermont General Assembly . While working for Hoff's firm, Leahy was also appointed as Burlington's assistant city attorney . In May 1966, Hoff appointed Leahy State's Attorney of Chittenden County after the incumbent resigned. Leahy was elected to a full term in 1966 and reelected in 1970. His service as state's attorney was notable for his participation in
4617-654: The longest-serving current member of Congress. Leahy's last term ended in January 2023, and he was succeeded by Peter Welch ; he was the last United States senator to have served in the 1970s. In September 2022, Leahy was nominated as a representative of the United States to the Seventy-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly . Leahy has held progressive political positions that are generally in line with those of
4698-514: The maximum grant award to $ 250,000. In March 2019, Leahy was one of 38 senators to sign a letter to United States Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue warning that dairy farmers "have continued to face market instability and are struggling to survive the fourth year of sustained low prices", and urging his department to "strongly encourage these farmers to consider the Dairy Margin Coverage program". Quarry A quarry
4779-471: The most senior senator in the majority party, and was elected president pro tempore by unanimous consent . He was succeeded in this post by Orrin Hatch on January 3, 2015, and became president pro tempore emeritus. In February 2013, Leahy was one of 24 senators to sign a letter asserting that Sikh, Hindu and Arab Americans were often targets of violence because they were mistaken for radical Muslims and citing
4860-437: The only remaining Watergate baby in Congress. Leahy endorsed fellow Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders 's 2020 presidential campaign . In May 2021, POLITICO reported that Leahy was "leaning toward [running for a ninth term]" and asking his Senate colleagues for support. On November 15, 2021, Leahy announced that he was not running for a ninth term. Upon the death of Representative Don Young on March 18, 2022, Leahy became
4941-617: The perpetrator. Leahy originally aspired to the governorship , but in 1974 ran for the United States Senate . He ran in the wake of the Watergate scandal that had resulted in President Richard Nixon 's resignation in August of that year, won a close race against Republican Congressman Richard W. Mallary , and succeeded the retiring George Aiken . At age 34, Leahy was the youngest U.S. senator in Vermont history,
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#17327836359385022-500: The pollution of public roads, wheel washing systems are becoming more common. Many quarries naturally fill with water after abandonment and become lakes . Others are made into landfills . Water-filled quarries can be very deep, often 50 ft (15 m) or more, and surprisingly cold, so swimming in quarry lakes is generally not recommended. Unexpectedly cold water can cause a swimmer's muscles to suddenly weaken; it can also cause shock and even hypothermia . Though quarry water
5103-399: The possibility of millions of children lining up at soup kitchens been so real." He cosponsored legislation with Indiana Republican Richard Lugar that led to the downsizing of the Agriculture Department . In December 1994, the department announced it was closing 1,274 field offices around the US, a scaling back that was estimated to save over $ 3 billion over the next five years. Leahy said
5184-573: The release of human rights lawyer Waleed Abu al-Khair and writer Raif Badawi, women's rights activists Loujain al-Hathloul and Samar Badawi, and Dr. Walid Fitaih. The senators wrote, "Not only have reputable international organizations detailed the arbitrary detention of peaceful activists and dissidents without trial for long periods, but the systematic discrimination against women, religious minorities and mistreatment of migrant workers and others has also been well-documented." In December 2018, after United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced
5265-414: The richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life." In June, Leahy discussed the remark with Sotomayor and secured her consent to publicly recount their conversation. According to Leahy, the comment meant she believed one's life experiences influence who they are, but that judges of all ethnic backgrounds are still required to follow
5346-403: The school's AM radio station. In 1964, Leahy received his Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center . While in law school, Leahy was active in the Phi Delta Phi legal honor society . In addition, Leahy participated in Georgetown Law's Legal Aid Society and Legal Argument Program. He was also a representative to the school's Student Bar Association . At graduation, Leahy
5427-462: The state. Leahy has supported abortion rights , rejecting proposals to limit minors or those stationed on military bases from having the procedure performed. He voted against the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in 1995 and for it between 1997 and 2003. On March 11, 1982, Leahy voted against a measure sponsored by Orrin Hatch that sought to reverse Roe v. Wade and allow Congress and individual states to adopt laws banning abortions. Its passing
5508-405: The vote. In 1992 , Secretary of State of Vermont Jim Douglas held him to 54 percent of the vote. After that, Leahy did not face a strong Republican challenger. In May 1981, Leahy and Senator Ted Kennedy requested that the Senate reject John Crowell Jr.'s nomination as Assistant Agriculture Secretary. Leahy said his opposition was "because documents have been uncovered since his approval by
5589-422: The water, by dredging. Many people and municipalities consider quarries to be eyesores and require various abatement methods to address problems with noise, dust, and appearance. One of the more effective and famous examples of successful quarry restoration is Butchart Gardens in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. A further problem is pollution of roads from trucks leaving the quarries. To control and restrain
5670-480: The well of the Senate where he was sworn in by Cheney: "When it comes to the vice president, it's always better to be sworn in than to be sworn at." Leahy opposed the invasion of Iraq in 2003, and writes in his 2022 memoir that he found files with information that contradicted Dick Cheney's public statements about Iraq after mysterious joggers whose identities he did not know told him to request specific files. In March 2004, Leahy and Senator Orrin Hatch introduced
5751-412: Was a retired farmer and the lead actor in the mock documentary film Man with a Plan , shot in Vermont, in which a farmer decides to run for Congress. After winning the Republican nomination in a campaign designed both to promote the movie and to mock ostensible GOP frontrunner Jack McMullen , who had only recently moved to Vermont from Massachusetts, Tuttle recommended that voters support Leahy. Leahy
5832-520: Was born in Montpelier, Vermont , the son of Alba ( née Zambon) and Howard Francis Leahy. He has been legally blind in his left eye since birth. Leahy's maternal grandparents were Italian , and his father was of Irish ancestry; some of his ancestors came to Vermont in the 19th century to work at the granite quarries and manufacturing plants in Barre Town and Barre City . The Leahys ran
5913-531: Was declassified, I was way too careless about it" and accepted blame. Disclosure of that information was against Intelligence Committee rules; Leahy said he hastened his already planned departure from the committee because he was so angry at himself. Later that year, as a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Leahy said that if Reagan could not produce an acceptable Supreme Court nominee to replace Lewis F. Powell Jr. , after Robert Bork
5994-561: Was offered an E. Barrett Prettyman Fellowship, which would have enabled him to earn a Master of Laws degree from Georgetown while receiving training in courtroom advocacy. Leahy was also interviewed by the United States Attorney General , Robert F. Kennedy as one of several Georgetown Law students being considered for recruitment into the United States Department of Justice . He declined
6075-466: Was one of 18 senators to vote against temporary funding. In February 2018, Leahy was one of four senators to sign a letter to United States Secretary of Defense James Mattis requesting that the Pentagon estimate the cost of and time needed to assemble President Trump's requested military parade, calling the parade seemingly "inappropriate and wasteful" at a time of war. In March 2018, Leahy wrote
6156-403: Was one of eight senators to sign a letter to Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats requesting a classified briefing on what the American intelligence community knew about threats to Khashoggi, so that the senators may fulfill their "oversight obligation" as members of Congress. In March 2019, Leahy was one of nine Democratic senators to sign a letter to Salman of Saudi Arabia requesting
6237-477: Was one of ten Democratic senators to sign a letter urging Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu to halt the planned demolitions of Palestinian villages Khan al-Ahmar and Sussiya, on the grounds that such action would further impede efforts to seek a two-state solution and "endanger Israel's future as a Jewish democracy". On January 18, 2018, Leahy announced he would not support the stopgap measure for
6318-607: Was rejected and Douglas Ginsburg withdrew, Senate Democrats would refuse hearings for any nominee until after the 1988 presidential election . In May 1989, Leahy urged the Agriculture Department to withdraw the proposals regarding the reduction of federal inspections. In May 1990, he and Representative Dan Glickman introduced the Consumer Seafood Safety Act, a bill that would have strengthened fish inspections. Leahy has been active in
6399-587: Was seen as a rebuff of the Reagan administration. In March 1982, Leahy was named to the Senate Select Committee to Study Law Enforcement Undercover Activities of the Department of Justice, an eight-member select committee formed to investigate undercover operations. The resolution introducing the committee was the result of Harrison A. Williams 's resignation for his involvement in the Abscam sting operation. On December 23, 1982, Leahy voted for
6480-500: Was the first time a congressional committee supported an anti-abortion amendment. In 2019, Leahy worked with Senators Sherrod Brown , Susan Collins , and David Perdue on a bipartisan effort to ensure students have access to local foods. The proposal would bolster the Farm to School Grant Program, administered by the Agriculture Department, and raise the program's authorized level from $ 5 million to $ 15 million, in addition to furthering
6561-588: Was touched by this gesture; he and Tuttle made several joint appearances during the campaign, and Leahy said of Tuttle that he was the "distilled essence of Vermonthood". The September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center shifted American foreign policy focus to terrorism . In December 2006, during an appearance at the law school of Georgetown University , Leahy said that after the September 11 attacks, "the White House accelerated its power plays at
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