Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Russell Feingold [D, WI]

Obama and fellow Democrats at odds about troop increase for Afghanistan

2009-11-26T00:00:00Z

...going to be there another eight or nine years," Gibbs said. But members of the party's most liberal wing, such as Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.), have expressed serious doubts about the overall direction of the president's strategy. "Devoting billions m

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Obama and fellow Democrats at odds about troop increase for Afghanistan

2009-11-26T00:00:00Z

Obama and fellow Democrats at odds about troop increase for Afghanistan

2009-11-26T00:00:00Z

...We're not going to be there another eight or nine years," Gibbs said. But members of the party's most liberal wing, such as Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.), have expressed serious doubts about the overall direction of the president's strategy. "Devoting

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Zimbabwe: Charamba - MDC-T's Convenient Scapegoat

2009-11-25T00:00:00Z

Reporting to the US Senate Sub-Committee on African Affairs, Committee on Foreign Relations on June 28, 2001, Senator Russell Feingold, ...

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2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

... chiefly on high-income earners, to pay for the war, while one Democratic senator, Russell Feingold, has pushed for a flexible withdrawal timetable. ...

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A domestic Gitmo: Bush detainees now Obama's

2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

But Democratic Sen. Russell Feingold, a longtime critic of indefinite detention, brought up the category-five detainees. “Is the administration currently ...

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Midwest Dems (heart) Coal!

2009-11-21T00:00:00Z

I wrote to my senators, Levin and Stabenow, telling them this & got a response from Senator Stabenow. It reads, in part: I share your commitment to ...

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Compensation urged as judge faults Army Corps of Engineers in Katrina floods

2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

...said. Rep. Charles Melancon (D-La.) also said he hoped for a "quick resolution" to end the legal battling. Sens. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) said the judgment underscored the "urgent need" to reform Corps wate

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Holder Struggles to Defend 911 Trial Decisions

2009-11-19T00:00:00Z

...to try other detainees. “I commend you for your decision” to try the 9/11 suspects in federal court, said Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wisc.) “But I remain skeptical of the decision to try five others in military commissions.” Feingold noted that mo

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2009-11-19T00:00:00Z

Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) said the judgment underscored the "urgent need" to reform Corps water-control polices, which have been ...

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Patriot Act: We don't know what we don't know

2009-11-19T00:00:00Z

“If you have concerns about declassifying the specific language contained in our letter,” wrote Wyden, Russell Feingold of Wisconsin and Dick Durbin of ...

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Who is Behind the "Media Reform" Movement?

2009-11-18T00:00:00Z

On the Senate level, McChesney contributed financially to Senators Russell Feingold of Wisconsin, Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Jon Tester of Montana, ...

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Chris Koslowski: Moderate this

2009-11-18T00:00:00Z

...to bipartisanship. McCain co-sponsored Congressional legislation with Democratic Senators Ted Kennedy, Joe Lieberman and Russell Feingold. McCain proudly stood by his “maverick” moniker given to him by the media as a symbol of his unwillingness to l

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Senator Calls for More Oversight in Nuclear Security

2009-11-17T00:00:00Z

US Senator Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) introduced a bill yesterday that would give Congress more options when signing off on designs for nuclear security ...

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Lowering the Raised Bar

2009-11-17T00:00:00Z

...Sept. 21, 2009. At present, the legislation has one Senate co-sponsor, Specter's fellow Judiciary Committee member Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., and no related legislation has been introduced in the House of Representatives as of Nov. 6, 2009. The Hou

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Senate approves military construction-VA spending measure

2009-11-17T00:00:00Z

In addition, the Senate approved by voice vote an amendment from Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., that would provide $5 million for grants to community-based ...

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Senate approves military construction-VA spending measure

2009-11-17T00:00:00Z

...property deeded to it after 2005's Hurricane Katrina. In addition, the Senate approved by voice vote an amendment from Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., that would provide $5 million for grants to community-based organizations and state and local governmen

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Letter: Solving the low-milk-price problem

2009-11-16T00:00:00Z

Credit Wisconsin's US Sen. Russell Feingold for many years of trying to fight the MPC invasion. In the late 1990's (like now), much cheating was going on as ...

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Lowering the Raised Bar

2009-11-16T00:00:00Z

At present, the legislation has one Senate co-sponsor, Specter's fellow Judiciary Committee member Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., and no related legislation ...

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Who is Behind "Media Reform?" Part Two

2009-11-16T00:00:00Z

On the Senate level, McChesney contributed financially to Senators Russell Feingold of Wisconsin, Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Jon Tester of Montana, ...

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