Judiciary committee chairman patrick leahy
A victory for DOMA repeal in the Senate Judiciary Committee, but now it faces even greater hurdles in the full Senate. An election night victory in Iowa means marriage is safe, for now; but polling in...
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now there's one thing I know about the senator Diane Feinstein she laws then I say she believes that is very important that they spying on average americans we found out through Edward stones...
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What really prompted a prominent law firm to give up its defense of DOMA, and lose a key lawyer in the process? The date's been set for a showdown over the secret Prop 8 trial tapes, and over...
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I had a good meeting with Judge Sotomayor today. She's a very impressive person. The meeting that I had with her, she was frank, she was forthcoming, and I repeat impressive. Her record and...
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Judge Sotomayor is the epitome of the American dream. She is, as President Obama called her, a role model of aspiration, discipline, commitment, intellectual prowess, and integrity. Hers is a truly...
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On this vote the yeas are 68, and the nays are 31. The nomination of Sonia Sotomayor of New York to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is confirmed. Today the Senate...
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this is very big news for many years now we've been hearing about how all love these different counterterrorism programs that it that are in place including drones including NSA surveillance...
QUORUM CALL: MADAM PRESIDENT? THE SENATOR FROM UTAH. MADAM PRESIDENT, BEFORE THE SENATE MOVES TO FINAL PASSAGE OF THE AMERICAN INVENTS THE SENATE IS IN A QUORUM CALL. I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT THE...
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VOTE AGAINST MY GOOD FRIEND, MARIA CANTWELL'S AMENDMENT, AND MOVE THE BILL FORWARD. WITH THAT, MADAM PRESIDENT, I YIELD THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT? SENATOR FROM UTAH. MADAM PRESIDENT, I RISE...
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I'VE BEEN DOING IT, I ASSURE YOU, THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TENNESSEE AND IN MULTIPLE FORMS IN THE SENATE. I THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND I NOTICE THE ABSENCE OF A QUORUM. THE CLERK WILL CALL THE...
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