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

McCain's Bipartisan Hope

2008-09-05T00:00:00Z

Sen. John McCain's advisers are working on strategies for a McCain White House to avoid legislative gridlock if Democrats, as is likely, deepen their control of Congress. Campaign strategists for the U.S. Republican candidate say a President McCain

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RETRACTION - John McCain Crashed Five Warplanes, Not Three

2008-09-01T00:00:00Z

To restore Americans' faith in their political system, McCain and Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) sponsored a 2002 law that prohibits advocacy groups such as ...

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Republican Party still adjusting to ‘bridge-burner’ McCain

2008-08-31T00:00:00Z

In-depth coverage of the candidates and the issues, all leading up to the Aug. 5 primary and the Nov. 4 general election. St. Paul, Minn. Just after John McCain defeated George W. Bush in the 2000 New Hampshire primary, Tony Snow, then an interviewer

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McCain Is Still A Puzzle To Social Conservatives

2008-08-30T00:00:00Z

Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., Russell Feingold, D-Wis., and others, said Larry Hart, director of government relations for the American Conservative Union. ...

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The Power of Words

2008-08-28T00:00:00Z

Obama is the junior senator from Illinois and has only served for four years at the national level, a fact his detractors often point out. ...

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The Next President: Look Past the Rhetoric

2008-08-27T00:00:00Z

All his life John McCain has been a solo performer: as a fighter pilot, a prisoner of war, a congressional aide, congressman, and senator. ...

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Obama stresses economy on campaign trail

2008-08-24T00:00:00Z

Wisconsin Senator Russell Feingold introduces Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama during a campaign stop in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, on Sunday, ...

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Relax, We're Only Assessing You

2008-08-21T00:00:00Z

Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) and several of his colleagues are worried about new guidelines for FBI investigations that Attorney General Michael Mukasey is on the verge of approving. Yesterday, in a letter to Mukasey, they raised several

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Relax, We're Only Assessing You

2008-08-21T00:00:00Z

Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) and several of his colleagues are worried about new guidelines for FBI investigations that Attorney General Michael Mukasey ...

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McCain was forced to drop the straight talk

2008-08-20T00:00:00Z

Senate Republicans hold a weekly policy lunch. The party leaders often hand out a Message of the Week that the senators are supposed to repeat at every opportunity. Sometimes there will be a pollster offering data that supposedly demonstrates the

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California senator to skip Democratic convention

2008-08-19T00:00:00Z

Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) (L) deliver her opening statement as Senate Judiciary Committee members Sen. Russell Feingold (D-WI) listens during a markup hearing ...

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Passengers With Checkpoint-Friendly Laptop Bags Applaud New TSA Policy (AHN)

2008-08-15T00:00:00Z

Washington, D.C. (AHN) - Frequent American air travelers expressed satisfaction with the new Transportation Security Administration policy that frees carriers of checkpoint-friendly laptop bags from having to take their notebooks in and out its case

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New Laptop Bags Expected To Speed Airport Check-In

2008-08-15T00:00:00Z

In a related development, Sen. Russell Feingold sought a clarification from Homeland Security Sec. Michael Chertoff if the government policy is to go ...

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You are in: Home/News/US border security gets ...

2008-08-07T00:00:00Z

Wisconsin Senator Russell Feingold is pushing for legislation that will require searches to be carried out only if there's 'reasonable suspicion' that a ...

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Kerry Rips Former Pal McCain for Ad Citing Praise from Dems

2008-08-07T00:00:00Z

Russell Feingold and Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. â€” talking up the Republican nominee as a bipartisan deal-maker and all-around good guy. ...

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Paul Sponsors â€˜Data Protection Actâ€™

2008-08-06T00:00:00Z

Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) called the policy â€œtruly alarmingâ€ and pledged to sponsor a Senate companion bill to Paulâ€™s legislation. ...

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Laptops and Electronic Devices Subject To Detainment at US Borders

2008-08-06T00:00:00Z

Senator Russell Feingold (D-Wis) reportedly plans to introduce a bill requiring reasonable suspicion for border searches. As noted by CNET, unless Congress ...

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Common ground

2008-08-06T00:00:00Z

Pryor supports granting such immunity, while more liberal senators such as Russell Feingold of Wisconsin and Hillary Clinton of New York, as well as scores ...

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Homeland Security Authorizes Laptop Searches At U.S. Borders

2008-08-05T00:00:00Z

Investigators don't have to suspect illegal activity in order to read people's e-mail, examine their photographs, and find out what Web sites they have visited when they enter the United States with laptops or other electronic devices, the U.S.

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Homeland Security Authorizes Laptop Searches At US Borders

2008-08-05T00:00:00Z

... privacy protections than other information. US Sen. Russell Feingold, a Wisconsin Democrat, said he plans to introduce legislation limiting such searches.

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