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Patrick J. Leahy

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Congressional Record entries

Entry Title Date
Executive Session May 21, 2012
Patrick Leahy, D-VT
"I am glad we are finally able to debate and vote on the nomination of Paul Watford of California to fill a judicial emergency vacancy on the Ninth Circuit. As the distinguished Presiding Officer knows, it was 3\1/2\ months ago that we voted Mr. Watford out of committee. We had not been able to get an agreement to debate or vote on this nomination since it was approved. So for the 27th time, the majority leader was forced to file cloture to get an up-or-down vote on one of President Obama's judicial nominations."
Executive Session May 21, 2012
Patrick Leahy, D-VT
"Paul Watford is far from an ideological, partisan selection. He shouldn't engender any serious objection; he is too good for that. He is the kind of nominee who, as my years here in the Senate demonstrate, normally receives unanimous support. It would usually not even require a roll call vote, because he has the qualifications, the judgment, and the ability. Maybe some were concerned that he was too well qualified or relatively young, and so some feared he might some day be nominated to a still higher court so they wanted to avoid voting on his nomination as they did when Elena Kagan was nominated to the D.C. Circuit by President Clinton, or when they delayed a vote as they did with Judge Sonia Sotomayor when she was nominated to the Second Circuit by President Clinton."
Executive Session May 21, 2012
Patrick Leahy, D-VT
"Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that following the vote on the Watford nomination, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, that no further motions be in order to the nomination; that any statements related to the nomination be printed in the Record; that the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action, and that the Senate then resume legislative session."
Executive Session May 21, 2012
Patrick Leahy, D-VT
"Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum, but I ask unanimous consent that the time between now and the vote at 5:30 be evenly divided."
Violence Against Women Act May 17, 2012
Patrick Leahy, D-VT
"I thank the Senator from New Hampshire for bringing attention to this important issue and for all her hard work addressing issues of domestic and sexual violence. As a Senator and a prosecutor, I have found that transportation is a particular problem for victims of domestic and sexual violence who live in rural areas."

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