Senator Patrick Leahy (D)

Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/05/1974
Next Election: 2016
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Marcelle; 3 Children: Kevin, Alicia, Mark
Birth date: 03/31/1940
Birthplace: Montpelier, VT
Home City: Middlesex VT
Religion: Roman Catholic

Profession

State's Attorney, Chittenden County, 1966-1974 Attorney

Education

JD, Georgetown University, 1964 BA, Saint Michael's College, 1961

Committees

Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Appropriations
Judiciary
Rules and Administration
Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee on Defense
Subcommittee on Homeland Security
Subcommittee on Hunger, Nutrition, and Family Farms
Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security
Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee on Nutrition and Food Assistance, Sustainable and Organic Agriculture, and General Legislation
Subcommittee on Production, Income Protection and Price Support
Subcommittee on Rural Revitalization, Conservation, Forestry and Credit
Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
Subcommittee on The Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights
Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies

Recent Votes

HR 2072 Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 2343 Prohibits Increase in Interest Rates for Student Loans
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Yea

S 1925 Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 1789 United States Postal Service Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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