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March 02, 2006

Random Trivia: Leahy Casts 12,000th Vote

From The Hill:

Sen. Patrick Leahy officially joined an exclusive club within the world’s most exclusive club yesterday as he became only the 12th senator to cast 12,000 roll call votes.

The Vermont Democrat’s historic vote came on a motion to invoke cloture on S. 2271, the Patriot Act. He joined the minority in a 69-30 vote that overrode a threatened filibuster.

Leahy joins an elite circle that includes six other sitting senators who have cast 12,000 votes or more. That circle is led by Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), who has voted more than 17,000 times, the most ever. The others are Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) and Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), more than 14,000, and Joseph Biden and Pete Domenici, just over 12,000.

Posted by Max at March 2, 2006 03:11 PM