Russ Feingold
Russ 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth2 March 1953
CountryUnited States of America
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I think we have to at least openly consider at what point we can bring our troops home or, at least, to begin to bring our troops home. Not only from the point of view of making sure there is support from the American people for this continued effort but also to consider whether the large presence of American troops here could contribute to or feed the insurgency and whether in any way it makes it more difficult for a government of national unity to be created.
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It's one of the things I'm most certain of in my 23 years as a public official and after over 900 listening sessions or town meetings over 13 years, ... This is one of the clearest messages I've ever received.
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I obviously agree Katrina has to be our top priority at the moment, ... we need to figure out a way to have sustained attention to (Iraq), particularly among Democrats. The situation looks worse and worse, and Democrats do not look like they have a clear way to go on this.
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The Bush administration has been very successful in one thing: in intimidating people into not uttering the words timetable or timeframe,
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I voted for Michael Brown and I think I made a mistake, ... Ever heard the president admit he made a mistake?
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One of the major challenges our government faces in the post-9/11 world is the ability to rapidly process information in a large variety of languages,
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Now we can take this legislation to the floor and have a real vote on reform, without constitutional arguments to hide behind,
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I think there is an orderly and dignified way to find out what happened. And, if there was a legal violation there needs to be accountability ... you can't put the cart before the horse, but I would not rule out any form of accountability.
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The few minor changes that the White House agreed to do not address the major problems with the Patriot Act that a bipartisan coalition has been trying to fix for the past several years. We've come too far and fought too hard to agree to a few insignificant changes.
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The Bush administration did a brilliant job, which has continued until today, not in getting us into the war and handling it correctly, but they did a brilliant job of intimidating us into somehow thinking that if we didn't vote for this, we weren't supporting the troops and we were soft on terror,
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This amendment targets a specific group of Americans and permanently excludes them from certain rights and benefits, ... The most often discussed text for a marriage amendment would not only ban same-sex marriages, it would threaten civil union and domestic partnerships laws at the state and local levels.
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Look, when you're going to take $500 million out of the system in one cycle, it is going to cause some anxiety, ... Face the Nation.
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I have continuing concern war about the war in Iraq, the need to address health care and job losses.
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This will allow more time to finally agree on a bill that protects our rights and freedoms while preserving important tools for fighting terrorism.