Senator Russell Feingold

Democrat  •  Wisconsin  •  3rd Term  •  Sworn In 1993
Current Term 2005 - 2010 View All
  • Votes with party 74%
  • Abstains: 0%

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

11/01/09
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

10/30/09
Parade Of PATRIOT Act Bills Grows Longer

...Mueller's recent urging that Congress reenact the provisions as essential tools in the FBI's counterterrorism efforts. Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., has also introduced a PATRIOT Act bill. Feingold and civil liberties groups criticized Leahy's measure

10/30/09
Parade Of PATRIOT Act Bills Grows Longer

...Mueller's recent urging that Congress reenact the provisions as essential tools in the FBI's counterterrorism efforts. Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., has also introduced a PATRIOT Act bill. Feingold and civil liberties groups criticized Leahy's measure

10/26/09
Senate health bill will include public option

On CBS' "Face the Nation," both Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona and Democratic Sen. Russell Feingold of Wisconsin said they expect some form of ...

Source: CNNMoney.com
10/26/09
Next phase in health-care debate: The art of the deal

...aides and Congress to work out the details. "I'm becoming increasingly optimistic that we will have a health-care bill," Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) said on CBS's "Face the Nation." "I'm frankly getting excited that we may have some momentum for some

10/25/09
Tracking the National Health-Care Debate | More »

"I'm becoming increasingly optimistic that we will have a health-care bill," Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) said on CBS's "Face the Nation. ...

Source: Washington Post
10/25/09
RE: Russell Feingold

... is wrong and the president should think hard before sending more American troops into such a situation, Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) said Sunday. ...

Source: Washington Post
10/25/09
TALK SHOWS

...Republican on the House Armed Services Committee. FACE THE NATION (CBS, WUSA), 10:30 a.m.: Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Russell Feingold (D-Wis.). MEET THE PRESS (NBC, WRC), 10:30 a.m.: Sens. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) and Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.). WASH

10/25/09
GUESTS: SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN (R-AZ); SENATOR RUSSELL FEINGOLD (D-WI)

Liberal Democratic Senator Russ Feingold and Republican Senator John McCain have written so much campaign finance legislation together that McCain-Feingold ...

Source: Federal News Service (subscription)
10/25/09
Afghan challenger not interested in joining Karzai

...assessment, said on CBS's "Face the Nation" that Obama will have trouble with his own party if he adds troops. Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) disagreed, saying American opinion is broadly against an escalation of the war, no matter the party affiliation

10/25/09
RE: Russell Feingold

"I'm becoming increasingly optimistic that we will have a health-care bill," Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) said on cbs's "Face the Nation. ...

Source: Washington Post
10/25/09
RE: Russell Feingold

... is wrong and the president should think hard before sending more American troops into such a situation, Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) said Sunday. ...

Source: Washington Post
10/23/09
Pay “Check” and the Pay Czar: Is this Constitutional?

In fact, this concern was recently articulated by veteran US Senator Russell Feingold. In an October letter to the President Senator Feingold made the ...

Source: Naples Daily News
10/15/09
Privacy, anti-terrorism, media issues divide Obama and his liberal allies in Congress

...refused to answer questions from exasperated lawmakers on what Patriot Act changes the administration would support. Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., said he had feared "the president would be surrounded with a series of presidential lawyers and advisers

10/15/09
Obama at Odds With Senate Allies Over Shield Law

...refused to answer questions from exasperated lawmakers on what Patriot Act changes the administration would support. Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., said he feared "the president would be surrounded with a series of presidential lawyers and advisers who

10/15/09
RE: Russell Feingold

Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., said he had feared "the president would be surrounded with a series of presidential lawyers and advisers who would say, ...

Source: The Associated Press
10/15/09
Bill Targets Sentencing Rules For Crack and Powder Cocaine

Durbin's bill, the Fair Sentencing Act, is co-sponsored by Democrats including Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy (Vt.), Russell Feingold (Wis. ...

Source: Washington Post
10/15/09
Privacy, anti-terrorism, media issues divide Obama and his liberal allies in Congress

...refused to answer questions from exasperated lawmakers on what Patriot Act changes the administration would support. Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., said he had feared "the president would be surrounded with a series of presidential lawyers and advisers

10/12/09
Time for a Timetable in Afghanistan

President Obama recognizes that the failed policies of the previous administration — particularly the war in Iraq — hurt our ...

Source: CounterPunch
10/09/09
Patriot Act Redo Clears Split Panel

...would be in a national-security case."The American Civil Liberties Union had endorsed changes proposed by Sen. Russell Feingold (D., Wis.) that would have led to a broader rewrite of provisions in the Patriot Act and in other counterterrorism laws.Micha

10/09/09
Partial Patriot Act Extension Is Approved by Senate Panel

...investigations, and keep current law in place by not imposing unprecedented minimization requirements on information. Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) said the bill "is heading in the wrong direction." He won an amendment to require the FBI to minimize in

10/09/09
Panel votes to extend parts of Patriot Act

...the FBI to provide "specific facts" that show the requested records are relevant to a terrorism investigation. Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., said the bill "is heading in the wrong direction." Civil liberties advocates also expressed concern, the Post

10/09/09
Partial Patriot Act Extension Is Approved by Senate Panel

...investigations, and keep current law in place by not imposing unprecedented minimization requirements on information. Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) said the bill "is heading in the wrong direction." He won an amendment to require the FBI to minimize in

10/09/09
Partial Patriot Act Extension Is Approved by Senate Panel

...investigations, and keep current law in place by not imposing unprecedented minimization requirements on information. Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) said the bill "is heading in the wrong direction." He won an amendment to require the FBI to minimize in

10/09/09
Panel votes to extend parts of Patriot Act

...the FBI to provide "specific facts" that show the requested records are relevant to a terrorism investigation. Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., said the bill "is heading in the wrong direction." Civil liberties advocates also expressed concern, the Post

10/08/09
Senate Committee Approves Patriot Act Changes

...government would have to demonstrate the information requested is relevant to an authorized investigation.   Liberal Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., sharply criticized his fellow Democrats for agreeing to the compromise bill.   "And while I am left scr

Source: CNSNews.com
10/08/09
Partial Patriot Act Extension Is Approved by Senate Panel

Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) said the bill "is heading in the wrong direction." He won an amendment to require the FBI to minimize information it gets ...

Source: Washington Post
10/08/09
End the War

So far, the Democratic leadership and the White House have rebuffed the legislation with Senator Harry Reid even remarking that everyone present at ...

Source: The Nation.
10/08/09
RE: Russell Feingold

Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) said the bill "is heading in the wrong direction." He won an amendment to require the FBI to minimize information it gets ...

Source: Washington Post

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