‘Father’ of organic ag law, Pat Leahy, to retire from Senate

One of the last of the “Watergate babies” elected to Congress in 1974, Vermont Sen. Pat Leahy said on Monday he will retire next year after eight terms in the Senate that included stints as chairman of its Appropriations, Agriculture and Judiciary committees. Leahy shepherded passage of the national organic standards law in 1990 and… » Read More

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