Sen. Patrick Leahy, the Senate president pro tempore and the chamber's current longest-serving member, announced Monday that he plans to retire when his term ends in 2023. "I have reached the ...

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy withdrew two amendments to immigration reform that would have provided protections for binational same-sex couples Tuesday evening. At the end of the ...

Sen. Patrick Leahy, a grizzled Democrat who has represented Vermont in the U.S. Senate since President Gerald Ford’s administration, becoming the longest-serving active lawmaker in the chamber, said ...

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Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) declared victory Tuesday after the U.S. Senate signed off on sweeping changes to the nation’s surveillance laws. The USA Freedom Act, he said in a written statement, “will ...

U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont broke his hip after falling at his home. Leahy's office says in a statement Thursday that the 82-year-old Democrat fell Wednesday night in McLean, Virginia. Doctors ...