Leahy’s Legacy: A Conversation with the Senator
From his groundbreaking election as the first Democrat voted into the Senate from Vermont, Patrick Leahy has not just been witness to history, he's had a hand in making it. In two wide-ranging conversations leading up to his retirement, Vermont Public's Jane Lindholm sat down with the Dean of the Senate to understand how Leahy frames his nearly half-century-long career as a Vermont senator, and what he hopes his legacy will be.
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Leahy's Legacy: A Conversation with the Senator
Our coverage of Sen. Patrick Leahy:
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