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Senate kills NSA surveillance reform bill

National Security

Senate kills NSA surveillance reform bill

Susan Ferrechio · November 19, 2014 1:55 am

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced his opposition to a bill aimed at curbing government data collection.Â (Win McNamee/Getty images)

National Security

McConnell voices opposition to bill curbing NSA’s data collection

Susan Ferrechio · November 18, 2014 4:03 pm

Leahy pushes for patent reform following FTC, MPHJ settlement

Leahy pushes for patent reform following FTC, MPHJ settlement

Jessica Karmasek · November 11, 2014 6:30 pm

U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch looks at President Obama after he nominated her to be the next attorney general, Saturday. Lynch would succeed Attorney General Eric Holder. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Patrick Leahy: Most Republicans will support Obama’s AG pick

Sean Lengell · November 10, 2014 5:29 pm

President Barack Obama talks with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on the Colonnade of the White House, Nov. 7, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

McConnell warns Senate Dems on lame-duck nominees

Susan Crabtree · November 8, 2014 2:30 pm

The Republican-controlled House gave Obama a rare victory in December when it overwhelmingly passed a bill to combat patent trolls -- companies that exist mainly to file lawsuits over infringement claims, using vague regulations to score settlements from businesses looking to avoid massive legal costs. (iStock Image)

White House watches patent reform go from certain victory to embarrassing defeat

Brian Hughes · July 11, 2014 1:00 pm

Leahy blames Reid — and trial lawyers — for failure of patent reform bill

Leahy blames Reid — and trial lawyers — for failure of patent reform bill

Jessica Karmasek · July 10, 2014 2:50 pm

Patent reform legislation sidelined; Leahy hopes bill will be taken up again this year

Patent reform legislation sidelined; Leahy hopes bill will be taken up again this year

Jessica Karmasek · July 8, 2014 2:20 pm

VIDEO: Senator Patrick Leahy pushes Bill of Rights for digital world

Steve Doty · July 1, 2014 4:50 pm

FILE - In a Dec. 11, 2013 file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., presides over his committee's hearing on "Continued Oversight of U.S. Government Surveillance Authorities" on Capitol Hill in Washington. Leahy plans to convene a hearing Tuesday, July 1, 2014 in Vermont to gather opinions from residents on a proposal by the Federal Communications Commission that could create fast lanes for Internet traffic from websites that can afford to pay more. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Leahy to hold hearing in Vermont on net neutrality

Wilson Ring · June 29, 2014 3:16 pm

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, right, and Sen. John Cornyn, the ranking minority member of the panel, struck a blow Tuesday for maintaining agreement across the partisan aisle on the importance of protecting the public's right to know what its government is doing. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Patrick Leahy, John Cornyn introduce much-needed FOIA improvement bill, but still no penalties for violating public’s right to know

Mark Tapscott · June 25, 2014 11:52 am

The Supreme Court decided Wednesday on the case put forward by Republican activist Shaun McCutcheon, shown here in Washington on Oct. 8. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate Democrats again pushing to silence freedom of speech

Elizabeth Slattery and Hans von Spakovsky · June 2, 2014 2:43 pm