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...
hard imagine
It's hard for me to imagine it not being first,
mood
The mood has really shifted. We are in a whole different period.
dignified mean questions strongly tough
If by dignified they mean that tough questions are out of bounds, I must strongly disagree,
hardly justified members pay raise schedule seem time
At such a time it would just seem hardly justified to schedule a pay raise for members of Congress.
bill cannot conference dead extension jam mistake possible report thinking
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.
appearance case dismiss fact
My view, as of this moment, is that to dismiss this case would in appearance and in fact improperly 'short circuit' this trial,
although conclude final prefer strongly trial vote
although I strongly prefer that this trial conclude with a final vote on the articles.
enemy perfect
Sometimes you say the perfect shouldn't be the enemy of the good.
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comes closer to the core meaning of high crimes and misdemeanors.
disconnect hear rhetoric seems washington
There seems to be a disconnect between the rhetoric in Washington about what this is all about and what we hear here.
doubt happen reasonable time
no doubt that that's going to happen in a reasonable time frame.
entered items
Mr. Chairman, if those items could be entered in the record?
anywhere bill expects involves near perks public serious
Perks are a serious issue. If the bill only involves disclosure, that's not acceptable. That is not anywhere near what the public expects us to do here.
changed debate law oath president violation whether
There can be debate about whether the law should be changed (but) the idea that the President can just make up a law, in violation of his oath of office, has to be answered.