Patrick Joseph Leahy is an American politician and attorney who represented Vermont in the United States Senate from 1975 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the president pro temp
Official portrait, c. 2021
Leahy with President Bill Clinton in February 1993
Former Committee Chairman Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia, far right) shakes hands with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, while Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont, center right) and Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) look on. The hearing was held to discuss further funding for the War in Iraq.
Charles Ernest Grassley is an American politician serving as the senior U.S. senator from Iowa, a seat he has held since 1981. Since 2025, he has been the president pro tempore of the United States Se
Patrick Leahy
…calling the parade seemingly "inappropriate and wasteful" at a time of war. In March 2018, Leahy wrote a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley in which he expressed his fear that "the damage being done to the FBI, and to our nation's institutions more broadly, will far outlast any current…
Grassley with President Ronald Reagan in 1981
Senators Grassley and Max Baucus (D-MT), and Representative Clay Shaw (R-FL) (left to right) address the media after a meeting at the White House with President Bill Clinton.