Senator
Patrick Leahy says he’s pleased that the debate over gun control legislation
will proceed in the U.S. Senate over the next few weeks. An
effort to filibuster the legislation was defeated on Thursday.
Senator
Patrick
Leahy talks about what he thinks should happen with gun laws and retired Middlebury College political science professor Eric Davis discusses how politics influences gun control legislation.
Cities and towns in Vermont say Washington needs to deal with the coming fiscal cliff quickly because it could hurt their budgets and lead to another
recession.
The town of Barre is receiving federal grant money secured by Sen. Patrick Leahy and the U.S. Forest Service to acquire forest land
in Washington County.
A federal immigration program that promotes information sharing between local
law enforcement and the FBI was rolled out Tuesday in Vermont, leaving Maine as the only state in the nation that hasn’t yet launched Secure Communities.