Senator
Patrick Leahy has now become the senior most member of that chamber and he’s in
line to become the chairman of the Senate Appropriations committee.
All three members of Vermont’s congressional delegation may be ready to allow the
so called "payroll tax holiday" to expire at the end of the year. That would boost tax burdens for middle
income families.
Senator Patrick Leahy says
he’s working with a bipartisan group of senators to develop a compromise budget
deficit plan that Congress can consider in the lame duck session after the
November election.
U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy says
he was drawn to Batman’s approach to crime-fighting because the Caped
Crusader had no superpowers and used his intelligence.
Senator Patrick
Leahy is renewing his fascination with the Caped Crusader by appearing in a
scene in the next Batman movie. The movie "The
Dark Knight Rises" will get its first public showing in Vermont.