Senator Russell Feingold

Democrat  •  Wisconsin  •  3rd Term  •  Sworn In 1993
Current Term 2005 - 2010 View All
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07/16/09
CIA Assassin Program Was Nearing New Phase

...have called for an investigation into whether the CIA improperly withheld information from oversight committees. Sen. Russell Feingold (Wisconsin), a member of the Senate intelligence committee, was among several prominent Democrats who have accused the

07/16/09
CIA assassin program was nearing new phase

Sen. Russell Feingold (Wis.), a member of the Senate intelligence committee, was among several prominent Democrats who have accused the CIA of violating the ...

Source: msnbc.com
07/16/09
CIA Assassin Program Was Nearing New Phase

The plan to kill top al-Qaeda leaders, which had been on the agency's back burner for much of the past eight years, was suddenly thrust into the spotlight because of proposals to initiate what one intelligence official called a "somewhat more

07/16/09
RE: Russell Feingold

Russell Feingold of Wisconsin told Mzz Sotomayor that he looks forward to listening to her for "years to come" in the comfort of his "family room," though ...

Source: Washington Times
07/16/09
Sotomayor Avoids Questions About Her Position on Abortion, Other Issues

...to disclose her views, used their questions to draw attention to issues personally significant to them. Asked by Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.), who co-sponsored a landmark campaign finance measure, for her thoughts on that subject, Sotomayor replied th

07/16/09
Feingold pushes AG Holder on Appointment of a Prosecutor

by fflambeau In an excellent column over at the Capital Times, John Nichols reports that Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wisconsin) is pushing AG Eric Holder to ...

Source: Daily Kos
07/15/09
RE: Russell Feingold

Democratic Senator Russell Feingold, who has fiercely criticized what he terms "war on terror" abuses, also drew a cautious response when he asked whether ...

Source: AFP
07/15/09
Historic court pick Sotomayor faces final grilling

A judge should rule from law and the constitution," she added, drawing approval from Democratic Senator Russell Feingold, a fierce Bush critic. ...

Source: The Age
07/15/09
Sotomayor pushes back hard on racial bias charges

...for bearing arms. She resisted attempts by some Democrats to draw her into potentially contentious areas. When Sen. Russell Feingold asked whether the Supreme Court had made mistakes when it struck down Bush-era laws on policies relating to the war on t

Source: PR-Inside.com
07/15/09
RE: Russell Feingold

A judge should rule from law and the constitution," she added, drawing approval from Democratic Senator Russell Feingold, a fierce Bush critic. ...

Source: MSN Malaysia News
07/15/09
RE: Russell Feingold

Democratic Senator Russell Feingold, who has fiercely criticized what he terms "war on terror" abuses, also drew a cautious response when he asked whether ...

Source: AFP
07/15/09
Where Did Sotomayor's Empathy Go?

...with nunchucks. (Bonus video here.) But in an eight hour-hearing, she only made one genuinely humanizing comment. When Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wisc.) asked whether her vaunted empathy would apply to the Brewers' fans in his state and to rural folk, Sot

Source: Mother Jones
07/15/09
RE: Russell Feingold

Democratic Senator Russell Feingold, who has fiercely criticized what he terms "war on terror" abuses, also drew a cautious response when he asked whether ...

Source: AFP
07/15/09
RE: Russell Feingold

Sen. Russell Feingold (Wis.), a member of the Senate intelligence committee, was among several prominent Democrats who have accused the CIA of violating the ...

Source: Washington Post
07/14/09
Also, I Know Some Police Officers Who Carry Guns

...hearing on Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court provided a reminder that Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) is not the sort of civil libertarian whose mental map of the Bill of Rights excludes the Second Amendment (although the borders of hi

Source: Reason
07/14/09
BC-US--Supreme Court-Nomination, 10th Ld-Writethru,0837

...a gun advocacy group. Sotomayor resisted attempts by some Democrats to draw her into potentially contentious areas. When Sen. Russell Feingold, a Democratr, asked whether the Supreme Court had made mistakes when it struck down Bush-era laws on policies

Source: PR-Inside.com
07/14/09
RE: Russell Feingold

Her remarks came in response to questions from Democratic Senator Russell Feingold, who has fiercely criticized what he tars as "war on terrorism" abuses, ...

Source: MSN Indonesia
07/14/09
Sotomayor pushes back hard on racial bias charges

When Sen. Russell Feingold asked whether the Supreme Court had made mistakes when it struck down Bush-era laws on policies relating to the war on terror, ...

Source: Forbes
07/14/09
Sotomayor denies bias in 'wise Latina' remark

...she would tolerate. And she resisted attempts by some Democrats to draw her into potentially contentious areas. When Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., asked whether the Supreme Court had made mistakes when it struck down Bush-era laws on policies relating

07/14/09
Sotomayor denies bias in 'wise Latina' remark (with continuing coverage)

...would tolerate. And she resisted attempts by some Democrats to draw her into potentially contentious areas. When Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., asked whether the Supreme Court had made mistakes when it struck down Bush-era laws on policies relating to t

07/14/09
Sotomayor denies racial bias in speeches, rulings

...she would tolerate. And she resisted attempts by some Democrats to draw her into potentially contentious areas. When Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., asked whether the Supreme Court had made mistakes when it struck down Bush-era laws on policies relating

07/14/09
Democrats Want to Prosecute CIA for Thought Crimes?

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin has also publically called for an investigation while Sen. Russell Feingold was quoted as saying “Individuals who ordered ...

Source: Canada Free Press
07/13/09
What to Watch for in Sotomayor's Confirmation Hearings

Expect Sotomayor to be pressed on the legalities of domestic spying and warrantless wiretapping by Democrat Russell Feingold of Wisconsin. ...

Source: Washington Post
07/13/09
A two-way spotlight

...an outsized Upper Midwest contingent on the sharply divided committee, which includes Wisconsin Democrats Herb Kohl and Russell Feingold. The two states are the only ones with two senators on the powerful 19-member panel, which bristles with some of the

07/13/09
RE: Russell Feingold

Sen. Russell Feingold (D-WI) has put out a statement calling for an official probe into the report, broken by Scott Shane of the New York Times, ...

Source: The Moderate Voice
07/13/09
Obama is absent on campaign-finance issues

But he has yet to unveil a plan or react to a bipartisan draft bill by Sen. Russell Feingold, a Democrat from Wisconsin, and Sen. ...

Source: Christian Science Monitor
07/13/09
RE: Russell Feingold

Sen. Russell Feingold (D., Wis.) “…I suggest to everyone watching today that they be a little wary of a phrase that they're hearing at this hearing, ...

Source: Wall Street Journal Blogs
07/13/09
RE: Russell Feingold

Sen. Russell Feingold (D-WI) has put out a statement calling for an official probe into the report, broken by Scott Shane of the New York Times, ...

Source: The Moderate Voice
07/13/09
Obama Pressed to Get Health-Care Plan Back on Track

“There is a fear of that,” said Senator Russell Feingold, a Wisconsin Democrat. Rahm Emanuel, White House chief of staff, countered in an interview that ...

Source: Bloomberg
07/13/09
RE: Russell Feingold

Expect Sotomayor to be pressed on the legalities of domestic spying and warrantless wiretapping by Democrat Russell Feingold of Wisconsin. ...

Source: Washington Post

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Phone: 202-224-5323
Fax: 202-224-2725

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