Leahy secures $125,000 for Ellis Block in Springfield
A Leahy-Secured $125,000 Grant Shifts Into Gear The Long-Awaited Reconstruction Of Springfield’s Burned-Out Ellis Block . . . Community Leaders And Developers Celebrate Groundbreaking SPRINGFIELD, Vt. (Friday, Sept. 3) – During a groundbreaking ceremony at the Ellis Block in Springfield on Friday, U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy announced he has secured a $125,000 federal appropriation to [...]
ICYMI, on video: Vermont Democratic Party unity rally
The Vermont Democratic Party held a unity rally for the 13 party candidates for statewide races, including state auditor, secretary of state, lieutenant governor and governor. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., headlined the event.
Leahy named a conferee on Wall Street reform bill
Press release from David Carle Leahy Named A Conferee On Wall Street Reform Bill . . . Derivatives And Credit Card Reforms Take Center Stage WASHINGTON (THURSDAY, May 27) – Senate leaders have appointed U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) as one of the 12 Senate conferees who will negotiate the final form of the landmark [...]
Leahy: New Organic Program Rule On Livestock Access To Pasture Faithful To Organics Law
Leahy: New Organic Program Rule On Livestock Access To Pasture Faithful To Organics Law FRIDAY, Feb. 12) — On the eve of U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack’s Saturday meeting with organic producers in Vermont, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) says USDA’s new organic program rule on organic livestock access to pasture “ensures that the organic [...]
Vermont Receives $5.7 Million in Emergency Dairy Payments
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today announced that $5.7 million in emergency support to more than 1,000 Vermont dairy farmers has been released. The assistance, coming at a time when dairy farmers have experienced the lowest prices in 40 years, is part of a $350 million dairy assistance measure sponsored by Sanders.
Economy, health care reform, renewable energy top Vermont Democratic Party’s list
Editor’s note: The Vermont Democratic Party held its fall festival, an annual fundraiser, at the Old Labor Hall in Barre last night. About 200 people attended the catered evening soiree. Sens. Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders spoke and Margaret Cheney read a letter from her husband, Rep. Peter Welch (he was away on a congressional [...]
‘Cyber Senator’ earmarks $1M for ePrescribe
VITL’s electronic service purported to cut costs and limit errors from illegible prescriptions Program incentivizes doctors to use ePrescribe instead of paper scripts MONTPELIER – Puzzled Montpelier Pharmacy customers found the aisles thronged with men in suits Friday morning. An elderly woman looked around and asked, “What’s going on?” The occasion was the announcement that [...]
