Senator Russell Feingold

Democrat  •  Wisconsin  •  3rd Term  •  Sworn In 1993
Current Term 2005 - 2010 View All
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11/26/09
Obama and fellow Democrats at odds about troop increase for Afghanistan

...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

11/26/09
Obama and fellow Democrats at odds about troop increase for Afghanistan

...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

11/26/09
Obama and fellow Democrats at odds about troop increase for Afghanistan

...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

11/25/09
Zimbabwe: Charamba - MDC-T's Convenient Scapegoat

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

Source: AllAfrica.com
11/24/09
A domestic Gitmo: Bush detainees now Obama's

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

Source: The Trentonian
11/24/09
RE: Russell Feingold

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

Source: AFP
11/21/09
Midwest Dems (heart) Coal!

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 ...

Source: Firedoglake (blog)
11/20/09
Compensation urged as judge faults Army Corps of Engineers in Katrina floods

...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

11/19/09
Holder Struggles to Defend 911 Trial Decisions

...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

11/19/09
RE: Russell Feingold

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 ...

Source: Washington Post
11/19/09
Patriot Act: We don't know what we don't know

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

Source: OregonLive.com
11/18/09
Who is Behind the "Media Reform" Movement?

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

Source: Post Chronicle
11/18/09
Chris Koslowski: Moderate this

...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

11/17/09
Senator Calls for More Oversight in Nuclear Security

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

Source: Global Security Newswire
11/17/09
Lowering the Raised Bar

...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

Source: Law.com
11/17/09
Senate approves military construction-VA spending measure

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 ...

Source: GovExec.com
11/17/09
Senate approves military construction-VA spending measure

...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

Source: GovExec.com
11/16/09
Who is Behind "Media Reform?" Part Two

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

Source: Right Side News
11/16/09
Letter: Solving the low-milk-price problem

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 ...

Source: The Daily News Online
11/16/09
Lowering the Raised Bar

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

Source: The American Lawyer
11/14/09
What’s the Point of Those Military Commissions Again?

Glenn Greenwald has pointed out the irony of Republicans now raising fears of another terror attack simply because the president has decided to prosecute terror suspects in a way that’s consistent with American values. But some important points are

11/13/09
US Sen. Harkin: 13 addtional senators push for fair emission allowances in ...

Joining Harkin in signing the letter were Senators Al Franken, Roland Burris, Byron Dorgan, Herb Kohl, Russell Feingold, Kent Conrad, Michael Bennet, ...

Source: IowaPolitics.com (press release)
11/12/09
US Sen. Harkin: Harkin, 13 additional senators push for fair emissions ...

Joining Harkin in signing the letter were Senators Al Franken, Roland Burris, Byron Dorgan, Herb Kohl, Russell Feingold, Kent Conrad, Michael Bennet, ...

Source: IowaPolitics.com (press release)
11/06/09
Obama signs unemployment benefits extension as national jobless rate breaks ...

Wisconsin Senator Russell Feingold says he will introduce a jobs tax credit bill to prime the employment pump, and Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed is ...

Source: Examiner.com
11/06/09
Jobless Figures Escalate Fight on Economic Priorities

Senator Russell Feingold, a Wisconsin Democrat, said he would introduce legislation offering tax credits to companies that add jobs. ...

Source: Bloomberg
11/06/09
Specter introduces resolution to televise Supreme Court proceedings

The resolution is cosponsored by Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas), Russell Feingold (D-Wis.), Ted Kaufman (D-Del.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Charles Schumer (DN. ...

Source: The Jewish Chronicle
11/04/09
The decision

In a hearing, Holbrooke confessed to Senator Russell Feingold that he could not be sure that a counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan would not merely ...

Source: National
11/02/09
FBI reports 400,000 people on watch list

...Committee members' questions. The answers were first made public last week in Steven Aftergood's Secrecy News. Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., who has shown concern over some of the FBI's relatively new investigative techniques assessing possible terror

11/02/09
North Dakota AG says law kept hospital merger review brief; may seek to expand ...

Byron Dorgan of North Dakota, Russell Feingold of Wisconsin and Any Klobuchar of Minnesota said they've been hearing from constituents that the pharmacies ...

Source: Gaea Times
11/01/09
FBI says 400,000 names on watch list

...Senate Judiciary Committee questions. The answers were first made public last week in Steven Aftergood's Secrecy News. Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., who has shown concern over some of the FBI's relatively new investigative techniques assessing possible

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