Russell Feingold
Russell Feingold
Russell Dana "Russ" Feingoldis a lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Wisconsin. He is a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2016, and previously served as a Democratic member of the U.S. Senate from January 3, 1993 to January 3, 2011. From 1983 to 1993, Feingold was a Wisconsin State Senator representing the 27th District...
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It's hard for me to imagine it not being first,
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At such a time it would just seem hardly justified to schedule a pay raise for members of Congress.
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While the president has now given four speeches ... the American public, the Iraqi people and our brave troops still don't have any clarity about the U.S. military mission in Iraq.
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Even the Heritage Foundation is interested in that kind of approach,
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Do you believe that the chief justice has the duty to influence the overall philosophical direction of the court through his personal leadership or through opinion-writing assignments or any other means?
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There's a deepening feeling of dismay in the country about the way things are going in Iraq, ... I think he's wrong. I think not talking about endgames is playing into our enemies' hand.
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It would have allowed the Senate to consider the strength of the evidence presented on the two separate articles and the possibility that one of the articles comes closer to the core meaning of high crimes and misdemeanors than the other,
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This bill is fair and even-handed. It affects groups on both sides of the political spectrum, it is not aimed at any particular group or players in the election, it is aimed at getting rid of secrecy,
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The mood has really shifted. We are in a whole different period.
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Sometimes you say the perfect shouldn't be the enemy of the good.
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One reason I voted for him and voted against Alberto Gonzalez (for attorney general) is that Gonzalez could not find the words to say that torture is illegal and that the President is not above the law. Roberts could.
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None of us want it to expire. It is only the president who is basically playing chicken with us.
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No one should make the mistake of thinking that a shorter extension will make it possible to jam the unacceptable conference report through the Congress. That bill is dead and cannot be revived.
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Business is finding out that this is the biggest domestic issue. I'm doing everything I can, but Congress should be spending a lot more time on it.