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Patrick Leahy

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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
January 8, 2021 at 2:10 AM

3 ways we can remove Trump from office, starting today

Friend -- While yester‌day was a failure of security, it demonstrated our democracy's ultimate resilience. On the same day that our Capitol was laid under siege, Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff flipped two Senate seats, giving Democrats control of the chamber (in no small part becau…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
January 5, 2021 at 11:00 PM

13 of my GOP colleagues refuse to certify Biden as the next president

Friend -- Frankly, I am ready for President Trump to leave town. And I know you feel that way, too. Four years of every single democratic institution we hold dear eroded. If it's integral to the fabric of our democracy, you can bet that President Trump and a loyal bevy of legislators have a…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
December 30, 2020 at 4:02 PM

The bills that Mitch McConnell didn't pass this year

Friend -- As we take into account the enormity of the past year, I would also like to reflect on what didn't happen in 2020. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell held hundreds of House-passed bills on his desk this year, with no intention of bringing them to the Senate floor -- creating w…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
December 21, 2020 at 4:00 PM

From the Leahy family to yours: Happy holidays!

Friend -- Happy holidays from Marcelle and me to you and yours! 2020 has brought many challenges. We Vermonters have faced these unprecedented difficulties together, and Marcelle and I know that we will continue to do just that. We, and our nation, will get through this. Our prayer for the n…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
December 7, 2020 at 6:41 PM

Why this week is so critical in Georgia

Friend -- To‌day is a big day in Georgia: It's the last day to register to vote in Janu‌ary's Senate runoffs. Another big upcoming deadline? A week from t‌oday, early voting begins. That means this we‌ek is critical for Jon Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock, who are running in tight campa…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
December 4, 2020 at 9:31 PM

We need to pass a bipartisan COVID relief bill NOW

Friend -- Earlier this week, Democrats and Republicans in the Senate and the House came together to unveil a new COVID relief bill. Almost immediately, Mitch McConnell shot it down. Instead of focusing on the millions of Americans who are out of work, the state and local governments w…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
November 23, 2020 at 9:01 PM

One way to help the most vulnerable among us this week

Friend, Like just about every other aspect of our lives, Thanksgiving 2020 will be different. Millions of Americans will spend Thursday alone, sacrificing their holiday to keep their community and family safe. Marcelle and I will be desperately missing our children and grandchildren as we c…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
November 20, 2020 at 10:31 PM

We owe it to Stacey Abrams

Friend -- As I reflect on this past year and this historic election, I keep returning to one extraordinary person and her efforts: Stacey Abrams. After putting up a tough fight in Georgia's 2018 gubernatorial race -- one rampant with voter suppression, especially of Black voters -- Stacey co…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
November 6, 2020 at 10:03 PM

We can still flip the Senate in January

Friend -- While we wait for final results, all indications point to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris being our President- and Vice President-Elect. And while we celebrate that historic win, we cannot stop fighting for a Democratic Senate. With both Georgia races headed to an early January runoff,…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
November 2, 2020 at 5:31 PM

The unexpected battleground state

Friend -- In these final days, Texas has turned into a battleground for both the White House and Senate. Voters in Texas are energized like never before: The state's early voting turnout surpassed the total turnout for 2016, and the race for Texas' Senate seat -- once considered…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
October 29, 2020 at 7:31 PM

Democrats can win everywhere -- even in the South

Friend -- When my friend former Vermont Governor Howard Dean chaired the DNC, he insisted on a 50-state strategy where Democrats competed everywhere. This fall, Democrats are competing everywhere with a chance to win almost anywhere. It's not only about a handful of swing states …
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
October 26, 2020 at 7:45 PM

Today, I will vote "no" on Amy Coney Barrett

Friend -- Tod‌ay, I will vote "no" on the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to be a justice on the United States Supreme Court. Because we are eight days out from an election (more than 57 million Americans have already voted). Because to‌day's vote crumbles precedent and principle, for…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
October 22, 2020 at 2:00 PM

These four Democrats could flip the Senate

Friend -- This morning, while Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee plan to move Amy Coney Barrett forward in a committee markup session, I am joining my Democratic colleagues by boycotting this sham process. The Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are committed…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
October 20, 2020 at 8:45 PM

Senate polling update: Michigan

Friend -- Last week, The New York Times released a deeply concerning poll: Senator Gary Peters (D) of Michigan is up over his Republican opponent, Trump-endorsed John James, by just one point. We need to face a difficult reality: Democrats could lose an extremely important Senate seat. …
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
October 14, 2020 at 12:10 AM

Why this week's hearings are unlike any I've seen in my 46 years of service

Friend -- In my 46 years of serving in the Senate (which includes 20 Supreme Court nominations and 16 confirmation hearings), I have never seen a Supreme Court confirmation hearing anything like this one. While I would like to say that this was pleasantly unique, we all know -- including my…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
October 12, 2020 at 6:00 PM

Elizabeth Warren and I need your help

Friend -- I am so proud to share the words and endorsement below from my friend and colleague Senator Elizabeth Warren. I, too, proudly endorse Molly Gray for Lieutenant Governor. I'll let Senator Warren's words speak for themselves below -- and they speak volumes -- but first,…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
October 10, 2020 at 2:00 PM

We need to postpone Amy Coney Barrett's hearing

Friend -- The Senate Judiciary Committee is a coronavirus hot spot. Two Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee tested positive for COVID-19 after attending Amy Coney Barrett's nomination ceremony. Two more members of the Senate Judiciary Committee were at the event, were lik…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
September 30, 2020 at 3:02 PM

We could single-handedly flip the Senate with these four challengers

Friend -- The current debate on when to fill the seat vacated by Justice Ginsburg highlights two things we need to do in the next 34 days: Elect Joe Biden president, and elect a Democratic majority in the Senate. We cannot begin to undo the deep damage done by Donald Trump -- to the judiciar…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
September 27, 2020 at 3:30 PM

My thoughts on Amy Coney Barrett

Friend -- Last night, President Trump announced his Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Just nine days since Justice Ginsburg passed and just 37 days until Election Day (far less for millions of Americans who have already cast or will…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
September 25, 2020 at 4:01 PM

The president and I don't have much in common, but...

Friend -- Earlier this week, in Vermont, delivery of ballots began all across the state. In fact, every registered Vermont voter will receive their ballot in the mail sometime between September 21 and October 1. Vermont is fortunate to have a secretary of state who is committed to voting ri…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
September 17, 2020 at 9:46 PM

Americans are engulfed in flames and storm surges

Friend -- Millions of Americans -- who are engulfed in flames and in storm surges -- are acutely experiencing the urgency of the climate crisis. It is on our front doorsteps and in our lungs. Even if we're far away from today's fires or hurricanes, no one in this country is immune from the dam…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
September 10, 2020 at 12:57 AM

Skinny bill? It's anemic.

Friend -- When I asked this community last week to tell Mitch McConnell that a new relief bill should be the Senate's #1 priority, the skeletal bill he's bringing to a vote (as early as tomorrow) is not what I meant. Thousands of you lent your voices in support of the millions of Americans w…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
September 3, 2020 at 2:02 PM

Tell Mitch McConnell: We need a new relief bill now!

Friend -- Next week, the Senate will be back in session. And the #1 item on the agenda should be to respond to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has prohibited the Senate from acting on the House bill that was sent to the Senate in May. While he ref…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
August 28, 2020 at 7:51 PM

Seen enough?

Friend -- Seen enough? Whether you watched every night of this week's Republican National Convention or avoided it at all costs, the Republicans made their case totally clear this week: Up and down the ballot, they are the party of Trump. I've …
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
August 12, 2020 at 11:00 PM

The next president and vice president

Friend -- I was overjoyed when I heard yesterday's announcement. I've had the honor of serving in the Senate and on the Senate Judiciary Committee alongside both the next president and vice president: Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris. Just this summer, Sena…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
July 22, 2020 at 12:31 AM

Honor John Lewis by restoring the Voting Rights Act

Friend -- My wife Marcelle and I were in tears this weekend when we heard the news about Congressman John Lewis' passing. He was a dear friend and mentor -- but not just to me. He was an American hero and a lodestar to us all. It was an honor to work alongside John Lewis for so many years…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
July 15, 2020 at 6:31 PM

Did you see what's happening in Alabama?

Friend -- I know it seems like every day a new state or race is in the news, but I wanted to make sure you didn't miss what's happening in Alabama: New polling has Doug Jones tied with or just behind his Republican opponent, Tommy Tuberville -- it's a dead heat. Remember when Sen…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
July 14, 2020 at 2:13 AM

Losing in Michigan would make it nearly impossible for Democrats to take back the Senate

Friend -- I wouldn't reach out if it weren't important. But we just found out that my friend Gary Peters' Trump-backed opponent has outraised him for a full year running, thanks to GOP billionaires, like Betsy DeVos' family, funneling millions of dollars into Michigan. That me…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
June 30, 2020 at 2:01 PM

Four Senate challengers you can support today

Friend -- This fall, we have the opportunity and the responsibility to build a Senate that looks like the America we serve. Supporting candidates with diverse identities, experiences, and backgrounds -- at the ballot box but also funding their campaigns to get them there in the first place …
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
June 29, 2020 at 1:01 PM

The DeVos family is trying to unseat this Democratic senator

Friend -- Republican dark money donors in Michigan have their eyes on my colleague Senator Gary Peters, who is up for reelection this fall. In fact, in Michigan alone, Republican super PACs and other dark money groups, in addition to Trump-endorsed Republican challenger John James, have spen…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
June 26, 2020 at 2:01 PM

Our goal is simple: Flip the Senate

Friend -- Democrats need to flip only four seats this November to take back the Senate. We can do it -- but we're going to need help from supporters across the country. Supporters I trust and believe in, just like you. That's why Senate Democrats have launched an exciting new website to fi…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
June 15, 2020 at 7:31 PM

We can stop voter suppression before the November election

Friend -- 192 days. That's how many days Mitch McConnell has been refusing to allow action on H.R. 4, a bill that would restore the Voting Rights Act. The Voting Rights Act -- a bipartisan-supported voter protection law that has been repeatedly proven to combat voter suppression, particul…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
June 11, 2020 at 3:00 PM

[Sign your name] Demand Mitch McConnell take up policing reform

Friend -- The Senate cannot wait a second longer before taking action on criminal justice and policing reform. That's why I'm proud to join Senators Cory Booker and Kamala Harris, as well as other leaders in the Senate, in introducing the Justice in Policing Act. We need…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
June 4, 2020 at 11:45 PM

We need a consoler-in-chief, not an instigator-in-chief

Friend -- I've been in the Senate for 45 years, and I've never seen our country in such collective pain. While in the throes of a pandemic that's taken the lives of over 100,000 Americans, we are also experiencing a reckoning of this nation's epidemic of police brutality against …
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
May 22, 2020 at 2:02 PM

Tell Mitch McConnell to get to work on the Senate relief bill

Friend -- Last week, the House passed another pandemic relief bill, providing essential funding for agencies that need to focus on fighting the COVID-19 pandemic as well as for additional stimulus checks, health care benefits, and so much more. But today, the Senate goes on a one-week recess…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
May 20, 2020 at 11:15 PM

Trump is trying to stop vote-by-mail

Friend -- Another day, another fight that President Trump is picking with states that desperately need a federal leader right now. This morning, on Twitter, the president threatened to withhold federal funds for two states -- Michigan and Nevada -- for, respectively, sending applicatio…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
May 19, 2020 at 8:52 PM

Pres. Trump fired ANOTHER official

Friend -- Abuse of power in the Trump Administration does not stop, not even during a pandemic in which over 90,000 Americans have died and millions have been infected. On Friday night, President Trump informed Congress that he was firing the State Department's inspector general at Secretar…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
May 16, 2020 at 7:31 PM

[ACTION NEEDED] Send a clear message to the White House

Friend -- Right now, with an outbreak within its own walls, the White House is requiring masks for its staff, implementing contact tracing best practices, and administering frequent tests. This is the right thing to do for the safety of the many public servants who work at the White House. …
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
May 8, 2020 at 11:02 PM

Michael Flynn and William Barr's Department of "Justice"

Friend -- The Department of Justice (DOJ) made a shocking and unprecedented move when it dropped its criminal case against Michael Flynn. As a former prosecutor and current member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, I am outraged by the conduct of Attorney General William Barr. He…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
May 7, 2020 at 11:51 PM

Why we MUST protect the USPS

Friend -- Our country's founders so strongly believed that a well-funded post office is essential to our democracy that they gave Congress the power to establish "post offices and post roads" in the Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause 7). They were right. It's never been more clear…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
May 1, 2020 at 4:24 PM

Congress' lawsuit against the Trump admin

Friend -- Earlier this week, the D.C. Court of Appeals heard arguments in the House's lawsuit against the Trump administration. President Trump and his enablers are being accused of misappropriating billions of dollars intended for military families to fund Trump's pointless and xenophobic …
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
April 20, 2020 at 10:46 PM

President Trump said that vote-by-mail "doesn't work out well for Republicans"

Even during a pandemic crisis, one thing remains clear: Voting is an essential right and responsibility of every American. One of the least talked about provisions that I worked on in the last stimulus package was $400 million in election support grants to the states. To adhere to public safet…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
April 16, 2020 at 6:08 PM

The president wants to halt funding the World Health Organization

Friend -- President Trump has mishandled this pandemic at every turn. Instead of taking responsibility and charting a clear course forward, he is attempting to shift blame to the World Health Organization (WHO), saying he's going to halt U.S. funding to an essential partner in this fight. I…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
April 2, 2020 at 3:05 PM

The biggest relief package in American history

FirstName/Friend -- Last week, the Senate reached a bipartisan agreement on a $2 trillion relief package, the largest in American history, and passed it with a unanimous vote of 96-0. I was proud how, in the end, the bill had such broad bipartisan support and President Trump signed it so…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
March 20, 2020 at 7:02 PM

How to support each other during this challenging time

Friend -- It’s hard to find the words during this extraordinary time we’re living in. We all keep saying “unprecedented” -- and that’s because it is. But here’s what we know we can expect from the American people, during times of joy and during harder times as well, because we’ve seen it again…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
March 4, 2020 at 11:31 PM

We have a coronavirus emergency funding bill

Friend, Today, as Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, I announced a bipartisan, bicameral coronavirus emergency appropriations bill for $7.8 billion. This bill -- more than three times the $2.5 billion President Trump proposed -- will allow our state, local, and federal agencies…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
March 3, 2020 at 11:16 PM

The president's budget is helping the coronavirus spread

Friend, Last week, public health experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned that Americans need to start preparing for the spread of the coronavirus on our own shores. And over the past few days, we've seen outbreaks and, tragically, deaths in the United States. Wha…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
February 16, 2020 at 3:01 PM

The president is not entitled to his own separate justice

Friend, "Equal Justice Under Law." A guiding principle for this country's justice system, etched directly onto the Supreme Court. Last week, President Trump and Attorney General Barr blatantly ignored this principle when they reversed the sentence recommendations for Roger Stone, an ally an…
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
February 7, 2020 at 9:01 PM

There is one Democratic senator being attacked for his impeachment vote

Friend, I spoke yesterday about being disappointed in some of my Senate colleagues and how they conducted themselves during this impeachment trial. Fortunately, I also have colleagues like Doug Jones of Alabama who did the hard thing and the right thing. Wednesday, Sen. Jones voted to convict …
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  Patrick Leahy · [email protected]
February 6, 2020 at 10:30 PM

Imagine a different Senate

Friend, Imagine how different the outcome of the past month could've been with a different partisan makeup of the Senate. Imagine a Senate that doggedly pursued the truth. One that took its constitutional duties seriously and with integrity. And one that had welcomed every shroud of evid…
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