Russ Feingold

Justice Department Report on Use of National Security Letters Shows Continued Problems

March 13, 2008 -- Washington, D.C. – Today, the Department of Justice released its review of the FBI’s use of National Security Letters. Following the report’s release, U.S. Senator Russ Feingold, sponsor of the National Security Letter Reform Act, released the following statement:    » read more »

March 12, 2008 -- Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold announced today that assistance is available for rural small businesses and farmers to help with energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy systems. The Rural Business-Cooperative Service, an agency within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development, is accepting applications for the Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements Grants and Guaranteed Loans program.    » read more »

Bipartisan Trio of Senators Reject Funding Cuts to Great Lakes Programs

March 4, 2008 -- Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) is calling for greater protection for the Great Lakes from invasive species, decreasing water levels, and other problems.    » read more »

Urges Farm Bill Conference Committee to Strengthen Regional Food Systems

March 3, 2008 -- Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold is continuing his effort to help ensure communities have access to locally grown foods. Feingold is urging members of the House and Senate conferring on a final Farm Bill to include provisions that support community access to healthy, affordable foods and programs that connect schools, institutions, and underserved communities with local farms.    » read more »

Bipartisan Group Urges Increase in Maximum Pell Grant Award

February 29, 2008 -- Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI), Susan Collins (R-ME), Ted Kennedy (D-MA), and Norm Coleman (R-MN) are continuing their effort to strengthen the Pell Grant program to help more students attend college. The bipartisan group of senators is urging the Senate Budget Committee to include the highest fiscally responsible increase in the maximum Pell Grant award in the 2009 Fiscal Year Budget.    » read more »

Following a Town Hall Meeting, Feingold Continues to Pressure VA to Implement Year-Old Law

February 29, 2008 -- Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee, are leading a group of senators in urging the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) to implement a year-old health care law that will greatly benefit over a thousand veterans. In 2006, Congress enacted legislation requiring the VA to reimburse veterans and/or state veterans’ homes for care provided to certain veterans with service-related disabilities.    » read more »

Feingold Part of Effort to Fully Fund Job Initiatives Aimed at Reducing our Dependence on Oil

February 28, 2008 -- Washington D.C. – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) is supporting ways to move the country toward energy independence through the creation of “green collar” jobs.    » read more »

February 13, 2008 -- Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold is backing legislation to ensure that a person who registers with a “do not call” registry only has to do so once. Under the original law, names on “do not call” lists are automatically removed after five years. Feingold is cosponsoring legislation by Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) that would remove the automatic expiration. The legislation has passed Congress and is awaiting the president’s signature.    » read more »

Senators Say FAA Must Take Action to Relieve Stress on Air Traffic Controllers in Order to Ensure the Safety of the Travelling Public

February 12, 2008 -- Washington D.C. – U.S. Senators Russ Feingold and Herb Kohl are calling on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to address an air traffic controller shortage at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee. Feingold and Kohl’s concerns were raised after hearing that the Milwaukee airport is currently suffering a 30 percent shortage in air traffic control specialists.    » read more »

February 5, 2008 -- Washington D.C. - Today, during a Senate Budget Committee hearing, Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) urged the administration to endorse legislation he has introduced with Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) to help cut wasteful spending. During questioning of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Jim Nussle, Feingold suggested the Feingold-Ryan legislation falls in line with President Bush’s efforts to rein in unauthorized earmarks.    » read more »

In Letter to President, African Affairs Subcommittee Chairman Feingold Calls Current Crisis in Kenya a Reminder of the Critical Need for Political Reform

February 4, 2008 -- Washington D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Russ Feingold wrote to President George Bush asking him to emphasize continued democratic reform, respect for human rights and the rule of law, and peaceful conflict resolution during the President’s upcoming trip to Africa. Feingold, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations African Affairs Subcommittee, wrote that the U.S.    » read more »

Investment in Affordable Housing Helps Build Stronger Communities for all Americans

February 1, 2008 -- Washington D.C. – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold urged support today for a national affordable housing trust fund to help families facing severe housing cost burdens in Wisconsin and throughout the country. In a letter to the Senate Banking Committee, Feingold urged the Committee to take up and support the bipartisan National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act of 2007 introduced by Senator John Kerry (D-MA).    » read more »

Bipartisan Resolution Also Calls for International Audit of the December 2007 Kenyan Election Results

January 30, 2008 -- Washington D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution authored by U.S. Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI) and John Sununu (R-NH), condemning the recent violence in Kenya following the country’s December 2007 elections and calling on both of Kenya’s leading presidential candidates to support a peaceful resolution to the electoral crisis.    » read more »

Feingold Asks President to Increase Funding for COPS and Byrne Grant Programs to Help Law Enforcement

January 30, 2008 -- Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold is calling on President Bush to increase funding for two law enforcement grant programs with a record of success in helping fight crime. In a letter to the president, Feingold called on him to fund the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program and the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant program at their fully authorized funding levels in his budget proposal.    » read more »

Joins Bipartisan Effort to Ensure Clean Energy Tax Incentives Don’t Expire at the End of the Year

January 30, 2008 -- Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold is part of a bipartisan group of senators working to give a boost to renewable energy and energy efficiency.    » read more »