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Senator Patrick Leahy, age 82, third in line to the presidency, recovers from hip surgery as President Joe Biden, age 79, has COVID
Sen. Leahy, recovering from hip surgery, is 3rd in line to the presidency. At 79, Biden is younger …
Nicole Gaudiano
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4 senators say 88-year-old Sen. Dianne Feinstein's memory is 'rapidly deteriorating': report
One lawmaker told the San Francisco Chronicle they had to "reintroduce themselves to Feinstein mult…
Jake Lahut
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Top Democrat dings Ted Cruz for talking out of turn during Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearing: 'I know the junior senator from Texas likes to get on television'
The rare jab from Sen. Pat Leahy, the chamber's longest-serving member, came as Cruz interrupted De…
Bryan Metzger,Oma Seddiq
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Sen. Patrick Leahy blasts Sen. Lindsey Graham's questioning of SCOTUS nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson and leaves the hearing room in protest
"She'll be confirmed," Leahy said. "It'll be a tremendous improvement to the Supreme Court but it's…
John L. Dorman,Oma Seddiq
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RBG nomination records reveal Ron Klain's playbook for putting a Black woman on the Supreme Court
Ron Klain helped put Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. Clinton White House records show how…
C. Ryan Barber,Warren Rojas
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Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy says it will be 'awfully difficult' for the GOP to slow-walk Biden's Supreme Court pick
"I think it's going to be awfully difficult for the Republicans, after setting that precedent, to s…
Brent D. Griffiths
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RESULTS: Vermont Democrats choose Rep. Peter Welch in primary race to succeed veteran outgoing Sen. Patrick Leahy
Democrats selected Rep. Peter Welch to succeed long-serving Patrick Leahy, while popular GOP Gov. P…
John L. Dorman
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Sen. Patrick Leahy, who presided over Trump's 2nd impeachment trial and is currently the longest serving senator, announces his retirement
Leahy is the 5th-longest serving senator ever, holding his Senate seat for 46 years since he was fi…
Bryan Metzger,Grace Panetta
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Democratic senators urge Biden to curb lethal drone strikes after 10 civilians were killed in Kabul
The lawmakers say the recent killing of 10 civilians in Kabul should prompt a "decisive shift away"…
Charles Davis
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Sen. Patrick Leahy taken to hospital and released hours after being sworn in to preside over impeachment trial
"Out of an abundance of caution, the Attending Physician recommended that he be taken to a local ho…
Azmi Haroun
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Republicans are finally ready for DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' impeachment trial
House Speaker Mike Johnson said GOP lawmakers will formally deliver its two articles of impeachment…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Senate Republicans unveil $1.4 trillion spending bill to avoid a government shutdown next month — but Democrats are blasting its lack of coronavirus relief funding
Republicans say a stimulus package should be dealt with separately from annual spending bills. But …
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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10 Things in Politics: What Sen. Patrick Leahy's health scare shows
The chances of a bipartisan relief deal are fading, and a Capitol riot suspect wants to go on vacat…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Democrats warn Lindsey Graham not to go through with a 'reckless' Supreme Court hearing after he refused to get coronavirus test
Democrats demand "every Senator and staffer who plans to attend the hearings must test negative for…
David Choi
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A US senator who's third in line to the presidency has starred in 5 'Batman' movies
Sen. Patrick Leahy tells Heath Ledger's Joker that he "won't be intimidated by thugs" in "The Dark …
Jacob Sarkisian
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Ted Cruz slams 'relentlessly hostile to Donald Trump' judge overseeing the Jan. 6 case. He voted to confirm her.
Ted Cruz and every other Senate Republican present voted to confirm Chutkan in 2014, leading to a 9…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Democrats face a tough choice to confirm judges in red states: Work with GOP senators or defy them
For Democrats to make good on Biden's promise to restore balance to the courts, experts say they mu…
Oma Seddiq,Nicole Gaudiano
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Live Results: Democratic Rep. Peter Welch wins against Republican Gerald Malloy in Vermont's US Senate election
Democratic congressman Peter Welch will fill retiring Sen. Patrick Leahy's seat after winning the r…
Hanna Kang
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Some of Congress' youngest members have famously flamed out. Can a candidate be too young to serve?
"I'm not sure that you should judge every young person by the mistakes that one young person made,"…
Oma Seddiq
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Top Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy says he regrets calling on Al Franken to resign
"While the facts from case to case can differ, and while there are sound reasons for weighing evide…