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'''Patrick Leahy''', a [[Democrat]], is the senior [[senator]] from [[Vermont]]. He is the former chairman of the powerful [[Senate Judiciary Committee]], current chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/about/chairman|title="About Chairman Leahy."|access-date=February 15, 2021}}</ref> and has served in the Senate since 1975. He is a prominent figure of the [[Establishment|political Establishment]], having been in Washington for decades, like [[Joe Biden]] and [[Nancy Pelosi]]. This is especially given by the fact that he's received hundreds of thousands of dollars from major firms, with less than 2% of his campaign finances coming from indiviudals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/patrick-leahy/summary?cid=N00009918|title="Sen. Patrick Leahy - Campaign Finance Summary."|access-date=February 15, 2021}}</ref>

'''Patrick Joseph Leahy''' (born March 31, 1940), a [[Democrat]], is the senior [[senator]] from [[Vermont]]. He is the former chairman of the powerful [[Senate Judiciary Committee]], current chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/about/chairman|title="About Chairman Leahy."|access-date=February 15, 2021}}</ref> and has served in the Senate since 1975. He is a prominent figure of the [[Establishment|political Establishment]], having been in Washington for decades, like [[Joe Biden]] and [[Nancy Pelosi]]. This is especially given by the fact that he's received hundreds of thousands of dollars from major firms, with less than 2% of his campaign finances coming from indiviudals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/patrick-leahy/summary?cid=N00009918|title="Sen. Patrick Leahy - Campaign Finance Summary."|access-date=February 15, 2021}}</ref>

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==Background==