Patrick Leahy
Senator Vermont
Elected 1974
Committees:
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Appropriations
Judiciary – Chairman
Rules and Administration
Ratings:
Liberal: less
defense spending
protect
civil liberties, human rights
ACLU American Civil
Liberties Union 93
Protect
individuals from legal infringements on rights
Liberal
labor
LCV League of
Conservation Voters 100
Pro-environmental
protection
Promote
electronic commerce and innovation
NTU National
Taxpayers Union 2
Pro-taxpayer
rights
Pro-business
Conservative: foreign policy
social
and budget issues
CFG Club for Growth 0
Pro-tax
limitation
Conservative: promotes marriage and family
oppose
abortion
Votes in 111th Congress: 2009 – 2010
Yes Overturn Ledbetter
Extend
statute of limitations in pay discrimination
Yes Pass $787
Billion Stimulus
Funds to
revive U.S.
No Repeal DC Gun Laws
Yes Confirm Sonia Sotomayor
Confirm
Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court
Yes Pass Health Care Bill
Provides
insurance for people without health insurance
Yes Regulate Financial Firms
Regulations
on financial services firms
Yes Pass Tax Cuts for Some
Bush era
tax cuts to continue for incomes under $250,000
Yes Legalize Immigrants’ Kids
Give
children of illegal parents path to legal status
Yes Ratify New START
Ratify
Strategic Arms Treaty with Russia
Yes Confirm Elena Kagan
Confirm Elena Kagan to Supreme
Court
No Stop EPA Climate Regulations
Oppose EPA
regulations of greenhouse gases under Clean Air Act
Yes Repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Lift ban on
openly gay people in military
Year Candidate Vote Campaign
Chest
2010 Patrick
Leahy (D) 151,281 64% 4,869,504
Len
Britton (R) 72,699
31 232,549
2004 Patrick
Leahy (D) 216,972 71% 1,531,833
Jack
McMullen (R) 75,398
25 736,086
1998 Patrick
Leahy (D) 154,567 72% 1,014,751
Fred
H. Tuttle (R) 48,051
22
1992 Patrick
Leahy (D) 154,762 54% 1,202,445
James
H. Douglas (R) 123,854 43 195,737
1986 Patrick
Leahy (D) 124,123 63% 1,705,099
Richard
Snelling (R) 67,798
35 1,502,304
Vermont
Population 2010: 625,741
State Rank: 49th
Change since 2000: up
2.8%
Urban: 37%
Rural: 63
Cities:
Median Income: 51,555
Median Home Value: 211,800
Private Employment: 75%
Government Employment: 14
Self-Employed: 10
Poverty: 11
Blue Collar: 20
White Collar: 62
Median Age: 41
Over 65: 14%
Under 18: 21
High School Graduates: 91%
College Graduates: 33
Graduate Degree: 13
Veterans: 11%
Registered Voters 2010:
No Party Registration
Voter Turnout - 243,617
Turnout, Voting Age -
49%
White: 94%
Black: 1
Hispanic: 2
Asian: 1
2008 Presidential Vote:
Barack Obama (D) - 219,262 67%
John McCain (R) - 98,974 30
2004 Presidential Vote:
John Kerry (D) - 184,067 59%
Votes in the 110th Congress: 2007 – 2008
Yes Raise CAFE standards
Limit
debate on setting higher fuel standards for vehicles
Yes Expand SCHIP
Expand
State Children’s Health Insurance Program
Yes Cap Greenhouse Gases
Limit
debate on setting Cap and Trade system to curb climate change
Yes Bailout Financial Markets
$700
billion dollar bailout of financial industry
No Make English Official Language
English the
official language of the US
Yes Path to Citizenship
Limit
debate on immigration reform bill
No Fetus is Unborn Child
Define
fetus as an unborn child
Yes Prosecute Hate Crimes
Limit
debate on measure funding prosecution of hate crimes
Yes Withdraw Troops March, 2008
Withdrawal
of most US Iraq
No Iran Guard is Terrorist Group
Iranian
Revolutionary Guard is terrorist group
No Increase
Missile Defense Funding
Increase
funding for missile defense
No Overhaul FISA
Overhaul
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Votes in the 109th Congress: 2005 – 2006
Yes Bar ANWR Drilling
Bar oil and
gas leasing in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
No FY06 Spending Curb
Curb
federal entitlement spending
No Estate Tax Repeal
Limit
debate on proposal to permanently repeal estate tax
Yes Raise Minimum Wage
Increase
minimum wage to $7.25
No Confirm Samuel
Alito
Confirm
Samuel Alito as Associate Justice, Supreme Court
Yes Path to Citizenship
Path to
citizenship for illegal immigrants
No Bar Same Sex Marriage
Limit
debate on Constitutional amendment for marriage to man, woman
Yes Stem Cell Research Funding
Federal
funds for embryonic stem cell research
No Limit
Interstate Abortion
Prohibit
minors crossing borders for abortion without parental consent
No CAFTA
Central
American Free Trade Agreement
Yes Urge Iraq
Start
withdrawing US troops from Iraq
Yes Provide Detainee Rights
Habeas
Corpus rights for military detainees
Votes in the 108th Congress: 2003 – 2004
Yes Ban Drilling
in ANWR
Block
drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
No Approve Bush Tax Cut
Reduce
taxes by $350 billion through 2013
No Medicare/Rx Bill
Medicare
prescription drug benefit legislation
Yes Bar Overtime Pay Regulations
Block funds
for federal regulations of overtime pay
No Energy Bill
Cloture
motion to end debate on comprehensive energy bill
Yes Support Roe v. Wade
Senate
support for Roe v. Wade decision
Yes Ban Partial
Birth Abortion
Ban
procedure opponents describe as “partial-birth” abortion
Yes Assault Weapons Ban
Extend for
10 years ban on assault weapons sale and possession
No Ban Same Sex Marriage
Cloture
motion to end debate on Constitutional amendment to ban same-sex
marriage
* Ban Bunker
Buster Bomb
Prohibit
Energy Department funding of “bunker-buster” program
No Fund Iraq
Provides
$87 billion for US operations in Iraq Afghanistan
Yes Restrict
Missile Defense
Restrict
deployment of national missile defense system
* Absent
Votes in the 107th Congress: 2001 – 2002
No Approve Bush Tax Cuts
Cut taxes
$1.35 trillion over 10 years
Yes Expand Patients’ Rights
Expand
patients’ rights dealing with insurers, health organizations
Yes Campaign Finance Reform
Eliminate
use of “soft money”, raise contribution limits
No Permit ANWR Development
Cloture
motion to end debate on allowing energy development of Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge
No Confirm Ashcroft as AG
Confirm
John Ashcroft as Attorney General
No Bar Gays in the Boy Scouts
Withhold
education funds from schools prohibiting Boy Scout use
Yes Funds for Hate Crime Prosecution
Cloture
motion to end debate on funding to prosecute hate crimes
Yes Overseas
Military Abortions
Abortion
services for military personnel and dependents overseas
No Bar
Cooperation with International
Court
Prohibit US
No Trade Promotion Authority
Authority
for president to negotiate trade agreements
No Authorize
Force in Iraq
Authorize US Iraq
Yes Homeland
Security Department Union
Cloture
motion to limit debate on excluding presidential authority to bar union
membership
Votes in the 106th Congress: 1999 – 2000
No Education Savings Accounts
Tax free
education savings accounts for children in public, private schools
Yes Prescription Drug Benefit
Establish
prescription drug Medicare benefits
No Delay Ergonomic Standards
Delay
federal standards for ergonomic protection for one year
No Phase Out
Estate Tax
Phase out
estate and gift taxes
No Review Movie Violence
Federal
review of violence in entertainment produced on federal property
Yes Gun Show Background Checks
Background
checks on persons purchasing guns at gun shows
Yes Ban Partial
Birth Abortion
Ban
late-term procedures known as partial birth abortion
Yes Broaden Hate Crimes List
Broaden
coverage of federal hate crimes
Yes NATO War in Serbia
Authorize
US operations as part of NATO campaign against Yugoslavia
No Table Cuba
Table
proposal to bar US citizens’ travel to Cuba
Yes Nuclear
Test-Ban Treaty
Ratify
comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty
Yes Permanent
Trade with China
Enable
permanent trade relations with China
Votes in the 105th Congress: 1997 – 1998
No Balanced Budget Amendment
Amend
Constitution requiring a balanced budget
Yes Clinton
Implements
entitlement spending cuts per budget agreement
Yes Cloture on Tobacco
Invoke
cloture on tobacco settlement
No Education IRAs
Expand
education savings accounts to include private schools
Yes Satcher for Surgeon General
Confirm
David Satcher as US Surgeon General
Yes Highway Set-asides
Table
proposal to end minority set-aside funding benefits
Yes Table Child Gun Locks
Table
proposal requiring gun dealers sell child safety locks on handguns
Yes Override Partial Birth Veto
Override Clinton
Yes Chemical Weapons Treaty
ratify
treaty barring chemical weapons
Yes Cuban Humanitarian Aid
Provide
humanitarian assistance to Cuban citizens
Yes Table Bosnia
Table
proposal requiring legislation to continue US forces in Bosnia
Yes Funds for Test Ban Treaty
Increase
funding for expenses related to nuclear test-ban treaty
Votes in the 104th Congress: 1995 – 1996
No Reduce Medicare Growth in Funds
Reduce
entitlement program spending to balance budget
No Limit Product Liability Damages
Limit
damages in product liability cases
Yes Increase
Minimum Wage
Increase
minimum wage to $5.15 per hour
No Welfare Reform
Restrict
welfare benefits and require beneficiaries find work
No Flag Amendment
Constitutional
amendment prohibiting desecration of US flag
Yes Endangered Species
Moratorium
on listing endangered species
Yes Gay Employment Rights
Prohibit
job discrimination on basis of sexual orientation
Yes Override Partial Birth Veto
Override Clinton
No Anti-Missile Defense
Table
proposal to cut $300 million from anti-missile program
No Cuban Embargo
Tighten US Cuba
No Bar Bosnia
Prohibit
funds for US troops in Bosnia
No Cut Vietnam
Cut $1.5
million in economic aid to Vietnam
Votes in the 103rd Congress: 1993 – 1994
Yes Clinton
Clinton
Administration deficit reduction plan
Yes NAFTA
North
American Free Trade Agreement
No Brady Handgun Purchase
Waiting
period for purchase of handgun; background check
No Strike Race/Death Penalty
Reject
Racial Justice Act provisions of death penalty cases
No Limit UN Command of Forces
Prohibit
funds for US forces in certain international operations
Yes Cut Missile Funds
Reduce
funds for Trident II missile program
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