Lawmakers from both parties sharply questioned the Justice Department over its reported effort to secretly obtain two months of phone records from Associated Press journalists, with House Speaker John Boehner's office saying "they better have a damned good explanation."The AP disclosed the departmen Full story
Religious leaders said Wednesday that adding a gay rights proposal to immigration legislation could risk their support for the bill, setting up a potential Senate showdown. Full story
Senator Marco Rubio has said that an amendment including same-sex couples will derail the bill, but Senator Patrick Leahy says now is the time. Full story
Sen. Patrick Leahy and fellow Capitol Hill leaders discuss the U.S. strategy moving forward in Syria.
The Senate is committed to changing the immigration system, but will reform strengthen civil rights protections for immigrants who face detention and deportation? Full story
The first of the new gun bills inspired by the Newtown shooting tragedy is out of committee and on its way to a full Senate vote. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., left, gestures to an example of a drone held by a staff member, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday March 20, 2013, during the committee's hearing to examine the future of drones in America, focusing on law enforcement and privacy c
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy , D-VT, chats with Ranking Member Chuck Grassley , R-IA, before the Senate Judiciary Committee on S.744, the "Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act."
Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont speaks to reporters as a street entertainer impersonating Cuban Revolution leader Che Guevara stands beside him in Havana February 20, 2013. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan
epa03672921 Democratic Senator from Vermont Patrick Leahy listens to Republican Senator from Iowa Chuck Grassley during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on immigration reform legislation in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington DC, USA, 22 April 2013. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont speaks to reporters in Havana February 20, 2013.REUTERS/Desmond Boylan
U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) speaks during a news conference at the Toussaint Louverture Airport in Port-au-Prince February 21, 2013. A U.S. congressional delegation, led by Leahy, arrived in Haiti on Thursday after a trip to Cuba turned up no signs the two countries were closer to solving thei
