Congressman Peter Welch is a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The panel recently gave its approval to a new health care reform plan. We talk with the Congressman about the reasons why he voted for it.

Senator Patrick Leahy says he believes Judge Sonia Sotomayor will play become a leader on the U.S. Supreme Court.

NPR News analysts offer a special report to wrap-up the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.

Senator Patrick Leahy is playing a critical role in the Senate's review of U-S Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.

Sen. Patrick Leahy made the first opening statement today as he opened Senate Judiciary Committee hearings into the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.

This week, with the confirmation hearings beginning for Sonia Sotomayor, Vermont Law School Professor Cheryl Hanna  reflects on changes in the legal community - some right here at home.

Senator Patrick Leahy predicts Sonia Sotomayor will be quickly confirmed to the Supreme Court. Senator Leahy says he won't permit any "name-calling or histrionics" when the Senate Judiciary Committee takes up Sotomayor's nomination later today.

Senator Patrick Leahy says he'll postpone creating a "Truth Commission" to investigate allegations of illegal detainee interrogation techniques by the Bush administration.

Senator Patrick Leahy says some critics of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor are trying to smear her character before the Senate's confirmation hearings. Leahy says he's scheduled those hearings for mid- July so the full Senate can vote on the nomination before the August congressional recess.

Commentator Madeleine Kunin has been thinking about ethnic and gender identity, and how it may - or may not - influence our ability to lead.

New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen gets her chance Monday to meet with U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.

Senator Patrick Leahy spent one-on-one time with Judge Sonia Sotomayor Tuesday on Capitol Hill. He delivered a strong defense of the Supreme Court nominee's record and qualifications. 

Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has a deep Vermont connection. Sotomayor traveled to Vermont in 2007 to attend a memorial at Vermont Law School in South Royalton for her friend, the late Judge James Oakes. 

A Vermont friend of Judge Sonia Sotomayor describes how she got to know the Supreme Court nominee over the past decade as the judge heard cases from Vermont on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

Why the teen pregancy rate is inching upwards after many years of promising trends. Judge Sonia Sotomayor's connection to Vermont.  An audio postcard from the town of Sudbury.

Bennington's Southwestern Vermont Medical Center grappled with a shortfall, Vermonters weighed in on President Obama's Supreme Court nomination. These were some of the voices in the news this week:

New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen says she looks forward to a fair and swift confirmation for Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court.