Sen. Patrick J. Leahy

Recent Activity

• Jan. 27 Sponsored S2960: A bill to exempt aliens who are admitted as refugees or granted asylum and are employed overseas by the Federal Government from the 1-year physical presence requirement for adjustment of status to that of aliens lawfully admitted for permanent re…

• Sponsored S2968: Trademark Technical and Conforming Amendment Act of 2010

• Jan. 25 Cosponsored S619: A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to preserve the effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in the treatment of human and animal diseases.

• Cosponsored SRES397: A resolution relative to the death of Charles McCurdy ("Mac") Mathias, Jr., former United States Senator for the State of Maryland.

• Jan. 20 Cosponsored S2936: A bill to accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for the relief of victims of the earthquake in Haiti.

• Cosponsored SRES392: A resolution expressing the Sense of the Senate on the humanitarian catastrophe caused by the January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti.

• Jan. 19 Cosponsored S2931: A bill to accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for the relief of victims of the earthquake in Haiti.

• Dec. 21 Sponsored S2924: Boys & Girls Clubs Centennial Reauthorization Act of 2009

• Dec. 17 Cosponsored S2909: A bill to provide State programs to encourage employee ownership and participation in business decisionmaking throughout the United States, and for other purposes.

• Cosponsored S2914: A bill to provide for the establishment of the United States Employee Ownership Bank, and for other purposes.

• Dec. 16 Cosponsored S1739: Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act of 2009

• Cosponsored S1183: A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide assistance to the Government of Haiti to end within 5 years the deforestation in Haiti and restore within 30 years the extent of tropical forest cover in existence in Haiti in 1990, and …

• Dec. 03 Cosponsored SRES370: A resolution relative to the death of Paula F. Hawkins, former United States Senator for the State of Florida.

• Dec. 02 Cosponsored S2831: A bill to provide for additional emergency unemployment compensation and to keep Americans working, and for other purposes.

• Nov. 17 Sponsored S2793: A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for clarification on the use of funds relating to certain homeland security grants, and for other purposes.

• Cosponsored SRES354: A resolution commending Robert C. Byrd, Senator from West Virginia.

• Nov. 16 Sponsored S2786: A bill to amend titles 18 and 28 of the United States Code to provide incentives for the prompt payments of debts owed to the United States and the victims of crime by imposing late fees on unpaid judgments owed to the United States and to the vi…

• Nov. 15 Cosponsored S2772: A bill to establish a criminal justice reinvestment grant program to help States and local jurisdictions reduce spending on corrections, control growth in the prison and jail populations, and increase public safety.

• Cosponsored SRES345: A resolution deploring the rape and assault of women in Guinea and the killing of political protesters.

• Cosponsored S1646: A bill to keep Americans working by strengthening and expanding short-time compensation programs that provide employers with an alternative to layoffs.