Patrick Leahy actually said...

Regrettably, the Senate leadership is returning again and again to using constitutional amendments as election-year rallying cries to excite the passion of voters. That's wrong.

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Senator Leahy criticizes the Senate leadership for using constitutional amendments as political tools during election years.

06/25/2006

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