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'''Patrick Leahy''', a Democratic, is Senator from [[Vermont]]. He is the current chairman of the powerful [[Senate Judiciary Committee]] and has served in the Senate since 1974. His re-election races have not been close since the 1980 election. | '''Patrick Leahy''', a Democratic, is Senator from [[Vermont]]. He is the current chairman of the powerful [[Senate Judiciary Committee]] and has served in the Senate since 1974. His re-election races have not been close since the 1980 election. | ||
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| + | After countless stories of election fraud by the group ACORN, Patrick Leahy was one of seven Democrats that voted to continue funding [[ACORN]]. The vote failed and ACORN was stripped of funding in the Senate <ref>[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/27153.html Senate denies ACORN funding, Politico, September 14, 2009]</ref> | ||
[[Category:Irish-Americans]] | [[Category:Irish-Americans]] | ||
Revision as of 03:09, September 15, 2009
Patrick Leahy, a Democratic, is Senator from Vermont. He is the current chairman of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee and has served in the Senate since 1974. His re-election races have not been close since the 1980 election.
ACORN
After countless stories of election fraud by the group ACORN, Patrick Leahy was one of seven Democrats that voted to continue funding ACORN. The vote failed and ACORN was stripped of funding in the Senate [1]