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“Delay for delay’s sake is wrong and should end.” - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat. (Associated Press)
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat, doesn't have "much of a leg to stand on" in his complaints about Senate Republicans preventing votes on more judicial nominees, a conservative critic contends. (Associated Press)
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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano speaks with Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (right), Senate Judiciary Committee chairman, prior to her testimony before the panel on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
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Sen. Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont confers Wednesday with his fellow Democrat, Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California. Mrs. Feinstein is a co-sponsor of a bill to repeal DOMA, which passed Congress in 1996. Mr. Leahy voted for it then, but now supports its repeal.
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Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat
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Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (center), Vermont Democrat, and Sen. Charles E. Grassley (left), Iowa Republican, welcome Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, May 4, 2011, before Mr. Holder testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy says intellectual property theft costs billions of dollars and "hundreds of thousands of jobs."
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat, chided Republicans Thursday for delaying a nominee hearing. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat and Judiciary Committee chairman (Associated Press)
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Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, from right, speaks as he stands with Sen. Joe Lieberman, Connecticut Independent, Sen. Mark Udall, Colorado Democrat, and Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat, at a press conference about the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" bill during an unusual Saturday session on Capitol Hill in Washington Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Associated Press Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont joins fellow Senate Democrats (from left) Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Charles E. Schumer of New York, and Dianne Feinstein of California after Elena Kagan's confirmation vote.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat (right) and Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Republican, listen to ranking Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, speak Tuesday. Mr. Sessions requested the vote on Elena Kagan to be delayed a week.
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Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat, right, and Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Republican, center, listen as the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama speaks during a business meeting of the committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Committee Chair Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat, (right) speaks with Ranking Member Sen. Jeff Sessions, Alabama Republican, as Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, President Obama's pick to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens, testifies on the third day of her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 30, 2010. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg
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Committee Chair Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat, takes a photo as ranking member Sen. Jeff Sessions, Alabama Republican, smiles as they wait for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, President Obama's pick to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens, to testify on the third day of her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 30, 2010. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg
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Senate Judiciary Committee members, from left, the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Jeff Sessions, Alabama Republican, committee Chairman Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat, Sen. Herb Kohl, Wisconsin Democrat, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat, listen to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 29, 2010, during the committee's confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
